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4 Reasons to Use Social Enterprise Networks for Business

Mindjumpers

Most people wrongly assume social enterprise networks are simply Facebook for business. Such platforms as Yammer, Chatter and Jive certainly look and feel similar to Facebook – with a news feed, groups, friends and status updates. This month, I surveyed end users to find out how they draw value from going social.

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The Conscious Company Global Leaders Forum

Janet Fouts

Instead, after almost every session the participants broke out into small groups to discuss the topic of the panel and how we could apply it to our own businesses. Mike Brady CEO of Greyston Bakery , a benefit corp and social enterprise bakery in Pennsylvania, practices the collaborative approach to hiring.

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The Real Roadblock to Social Business Success

Webbiquity SMM

. • Fear that employees will waste time on social sites. Employees have been finding ways to distract themselves, and others, and generally waste time at work, for pretty much as long as groups of human beings have worked together. Those determined to waste work time will do so regardless of social media policy.

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I Didn’t Fail the Test, I Just Found 100 Ways to Do It Wrong

Social Media Strategery

Here are ten that I particularly liked: How to Fail at Enterprise 2.0. “If they bash another group, I don’t want that group to see it. You can’t commit halfway to Enterprise 2.0 – you can’t say, “well, we can afford the tools, but not the community managers&# or vice versa.

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Interview with Geoff Livingston Author of Marketing In The Round

Diva Marketing Blog

They don’t usually end up at weekly meetings of the marketing group, but are an integral part of the larger customer experience, and as such, they end up attending CMO meetings almost every month if not more frequently. I think they get social in the sense of when an agency or partner is doing a good job for them, and when they are not.

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There's Plenty of Room to Grow for Enterprise Social

Stay N' Alive

On Thursday Altimeter Group released a report, titled "A Strategy for Managing Social Media Proliferation", on the state of social media strategy in global corporations with over 1,000 employees.

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An Awesome Interview with the Founder of GovLoop, Steve Ressler.

Social Media Strategery

You mentioned doing more charity work, especially with the GovLoop Kiva group. I’m particularly interested in businesses like Tom’s Shoes and Honest Tea that are social enterprises and have a focus on doing good and giving back. What charities are you particularly passionate about, and how do you plan to help them?

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