1. Powering the Enterprise 2.0 Website
Techweb is a new customer for Jive. They chose us to power the community aspect of the conference and launched just days before the conference. This includes the front and real-time “back channel” of all engagements before, during and after the event. You can read Steve Wylies blog about it […]
Last Thursday I posted about a quick contest to win a free registration for Enterprise 2.0, which is next week in Boston. I received four submissions but only three of them qualify since one was a joke from Bill Lynch, one of Jive’s co-founders. I’d add my own commentary but I’ll save that for the […]
Yesterday, I hosted an online event called Business Social Software Jeopardy. We wanted to provide an entertaining way to share some commonly requested facts and make it as interactive as possible. The contestant were Jeremiah Owyang, Bill Johnson and Laura Ramos. You can watch a recorded version of the event here. Dennis Howlett did […]
The Enterprise Octopus has a nemesis. His name is Norman Naysayer. You might think the Enterprise Octopus’ nemesis would be a boat propeller but Norman is the real deal. You all know Norman. He’s the guy who sits across the table and throws obstacles at you.
Quotes that reveal you’re dealing with a “Norman”
I’ve seen all […]
The naysayer’s timeline of technology in the workplace.
Email has no place at work (1994)
It’s clearly used for goofing off. The last thing I want are my employees wasting my money emailing each other. What’s the use case for email at work? What’s the ROI? Who else is doing it?
Internet access has no place at work […]
The staple of Enterprise Social Software are discussions. Simply, it’s the active clash of interactions that powers the big gains. There’s no place to have these conversations at most companies so suddenly being able to get together and talk is a basic but unbelievably powerful behavior. It’s connective tissue that surrounds all objects.
Here’s how we […]
New employee introduction
There’s a tradition at Jive that all new folks post a “First” blog. Some do “My first week at Jive.” Some do first month or even keep the idea going after that “First year,” etc. Right off the bat, the new employee starts getting comments from people and many folks now are aware […]
Step into the light
What happens when we rebuild our online experience around people? We now can connect to those we want to in our private and work lives and build an online experience around them and the people that they are connected to, too. The most important underpinnings of a social network is trust and […]
No, not an email inbox
Even the people who develop email software like Microsoft, Google and IBM know that the inbox sucks. We don’t need a new email inbox we need something completely new. The problem is that Social Software seems to headed into the same problems as email and we certainly don’t need another dump […]
Or heck, even Twitter for that matter? In the meantime, a little cottage industry of Twitter-focused services has sprung up. Noticeably absent is Google. I can’t tell if that’s some sort of Jaiku-in-the-waiting move, or no move at all. Perhaps they’re waiting for someone else to get it right so they can buy them. No […]
I am currently the CMO at Jive Software and a frequent speaker, blogger and work-a-holic. Although I write about social software, my opinions are biased in favor of Jive's collaboration and community solutions. I live in Portland, OR with my wife and two sons.
Copyright ©2008 Sam Lawrence — Views expressed here are not necessarily those of my employer.