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Klout for Enterprise 2.0 Networks is a Bad Idea

Social Media Strategery

I then read " Enterprise Social Networks, Performance Reviews, and Company Culture ," on the Social Media Club DC blog that rightfully (and thankfully!) Enterprise social networks don’t work like that. Communities don’t work like that. People don’t work like that.

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Pay to Play: Seven Ways Social Media is Getting More Expensive

Social Media Strategery

Sure, there aren’t usually any hard costs required to set up social media accounts, but someone is still had to create the content, engage in the conversation, monitor and manage those conversations, etc. Increasingly, to compete effectively in social media, brands realize that to play, they must pay.

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You Become What You Measure

Social Media Strategery

We use tools like Sysomos and Radian6 to track millions of social media posts. We use social network analysis to determine how messages flow from one person to another. We’re abdicating our relationships and conversations in favor of statistical models and algorithms.

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A Community of Practice Is More Than a Website

Social Media Strategery

Nowhere in the definition above does it mention the words website , wiki, blog, or social network. A CoP is built around conversation. Senior leaders want to establish them, new employees are being told to join them, and middle managers are being told to support them, but what, exactly are they?

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What Kind of Online Community Do You Have Behind Your Firewall?

Social Media Strategery

The conversations that occur within your community most resemble: An empty room. Conversations are guarded and transactional, and information is protected even more closely as trust between individuals is lacking. Non-work conversations are prohibited – none of that "social networking" stuff here!

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The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same | Social Media.

Social Media Strategery

Development Social Media The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Mon, Apr 27, 2009 Government 2.0 From entire conferences to unconferences to new government appointees to full-scale social networks , there’s no doubt that “Government 2.0″ ″ has become the latest and greatest buzzword.

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Can Greater Social Connections Improve Higher Education?

Social Media Strategery

the Schools App allows you to create a private, branded social network for your students within Facebook that will engage them in ways that Pages and Groups can’t. So, limiting the conversation to leadership and admissions is the best way to approach it. Created by Inigral Inc. , Learn how the Schools App works.

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