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The Real Roadblock to Social Business Success

Webbiquity SMM

Those determined to waste work time will do so regardless of social media policy. And, backed up with training and clear policies, they deserve it. Some will have “management team” pages that list a handful of top executives (though not with any direct contact information). Fear that employees will be unproductive.

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12 Cloud-Based Tools to Stay Productive | Justin Levy

Justin Levy

When I was at my old company I had a large outsourced team based in the Philippines. I also use Delicious but I use that more for storage and curating together lists such as corporate social media policies or food recipes. If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed.

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If You Want a Culture of Collaboration, You Need to Accept the LOLCats Too

Social Media Strategery

Before wikis were used by the Intelligence Community to develop reports on IEDs , people were creating user badges to show off their favorite NFL teams. Before our VPs starting using Yammer to communicate with the workforce, we had groups of Android geeks and fitness gurus.I'm It doesn't work like that.

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Time for a Change

Social Media Strategery

This week I'll be moving to Chicago and then on March 19th, I'll be joining Cramer-Krasselt's PR team as a Vice President, Management Supervisor. I created our now 6,000 member+ Yammer community more than three years ago), and Gov 2.0 (I This Wednesday, more than 3,000 days later, will be my last day at Booz Allen.

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Make Sure Your Social Media Evangelists Feel the Love

Social Media Strategery

“Why am I putting my butt on my line to bring about some real change in policies and culture, when I get the same raise as the guy who keeps his head down, does his job, and goes home at 5:00? . Has their work resulted in changed policies and practices that have opened doors for other initiatives? Support their initiatives.

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The Many Roles of an Internal Community Manager

Social Media Strategery

After all, you’re the advocate for the community, not a mouthpiece for the development team. You cannot possibly garden the wiki, write your blog posts, moderate all of the forums, stay active on Yammer, run your metrics reports and do everything else a community manager is asked to do by yourself.

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I Started a Blog But No One Cared | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Write something that more than the 20 people on your team will be interested in if you’re looking to get greater engagement. Do you want cross-team collaboration on a white paper? Are you asking your team if they have questions about the new reorganization?

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