I work with a talented team of community managers and I know many more through speaking, conferences and social media. Yes, community moderation is a skill set that may not jive with writing white papers, e-books and deep thoughtful content but it doesn’t mean community managers aren’t capable of it. They are an integral part of the team. I was part of a discussion on Twitter this morning around this post of George Snell’s.” MORE

Agile was designed specifically for software teams working on large projects. In order to improve the final product and reduce waste, the project is broken down into smaller components and the team works in “agile sprints” towards smaller goals. This approach ensures the organization is ready to pivot if necessary, and can even improve morale by setting team members up to celebrate small wins and accomplishments made along the way. MORE

But a team of researchers has found ways to reveal what undersea creatures perceive through a special camera process. and why facts don't always jive with what we believe. Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see? MORE

I’m going to share with you how to promote your business online in a way that builds your reputation as a reliable, resourceful, team-playing professional that everyone will love to work with. You need to find another group, on another platform that jives with you and is buzzing with newly engaged brides-to-be! You’ve narrowed down your ideal client or group of people you would love to work with. You’ve figured out where they are online. MORE

Both companies (as well as a second tier of contenders) are working on new features and ramping up their business development teams. MORE

Such platforms as Yammer, Chatter and Jive certainly look and feel similar to Facebook – with a news feed, groups, friends and status updates. Social enterprise platforms move conversations from someone’s inbox to the public, so management has continuous insight into the team’s progress. Then, they are continually rewarded as they watch project teams bring the idea to fruition. MORE

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Out of everyone, shouldn’t the development team, at least, be the biggest advocates of the very software they’re implementing? The team responsible for increasing awareness of your Enterprise 2.0 Now, take a look at the official support areas for WordPress , Telligent , MindTouch , Jive or any of the dozens of social software vendor sites. MORE

Whether you’ve a selection team working on this or the entire project has been delegated to you, here are nine critical considerations to keep in mind as you review and evaluate your options. Social media monitoring tools are increasing essential for companies of all sizes as the explosion of social media content renders manual monitoring efforts hopeless. But how do you choose one? MORE

Home About Archives Press Clips Spark Advisors Suggested Reading Bravo Dan Gilbert – a PR stunt that worked Written on July 21, 2010 by Espo in PR About two weeks ago the city of Cleveland, the NBA and its fans around the globe were treated to The Decision – a one-hour long special on ESPN where LeBron James let everyone in the world know that the Miami Heat would be his next NBA team. The team can’t roll out the red carpet for him, but hey there are no rules about fans scorned. MORE

At the end of the day, these two teams are closely linked, whether they like it or not. Being a prolific content creator just makes it that much more imperative to support your work by backing up your sales team. How to increase communication and transparency between your sales and marketing teams. It’s not indexing what’s relevant today—what the marketing team has blessed to be the most important or successful asset today. Jive Collaboration Solutions. MORE

Social business software companies Jive and Lithium have picked up their own listening platforms. If your needs are more specific—you want an analyst team or a virtual focus group capability, for example—the list gets longer quickly. Every few seconds this morning, TweetDeck brings another comment on today's announcement that Salesforce.com is buying Radian6. MORE

For example, I write a lot about AOL, and after the recent layoffs, I wrote how the entire mobile advertising team took a voluntary buyout and quit the company. Matt Cutts Matt Cutts is a blogger and Principal Engineer at Google, where he heads Google’s Webspam team. Submit content that jives with the recipient. Thanks for putting this together, I MUST circulate this within my PR team. MORE