All in Web 2.0
What Goes Up Must Come Down: Comparing 'Big Data' with 'Web 2.0'
While I expect that the term “big data,” like the term “web 2.0,” will be with us for a long time, it use may very well decline as different organizations move ahead by incorporating improved analytics into both operations and their decisionmaking — regardless of what they call it.
White Paper: Assessing Readiness for Enterprise Social Software
This White Paper was developed under contract to Jive Software. This is from the introduction:
Recently I received a comment on an old blog post from 2006 titled “Slide Presentation: ‘Expertise Management Systems’.”
I’m wondering if the huge Federal deficit in the U.S. will help or hinder the adoption of collaboration and social networking technologies by Federal agencies.
On Attempting an Updated Definition of "Web 2.0"
I recently had an opportunity to provide an updated definition of “web 2.0” for a project I’m consulting on. The project, managed by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), is called Changing the Conversation: From Research to Action. “Web 2.0” is one of those terms that just won’t die. Even as some have tried to invent and sell newer-sounding terms like “web 3.0,” there are still many for whom the underlying concepts of “web 2.0” and social media are new, unfamiliar, or ready to be revisited after an initial or limited exposure.
I found Going overboard with Social CRM by Gartner’s Michael Maoz to be a discouraging read.
Two Simple Organizing Models for Communication Program Planning
Sometimes I need to be whacked on the side of the head to keep things simple.
I’m optimistic. I’m beginning to think that second-nature use of collaborative technologies by non-technologists, both for social engagement as well as for work, could reach a tipping point much sooner than I had thought. It’s not going to be completely smooth sailing, though.
Are These "Web 2.0 Adoption Stereotypes" Still Valid?
Last year I published Pop Quiz: Web 2.0 Adoption Stereotypes with this mindmap outlining a high level grouping of stereotypes regarding Web 2.0 adopters and their identifying “slogans”:
Challenges Facing Development of a DoD "Web 2.0 Policy"
A public website has been established to gather input in support of developing a U.S. Department of Defense “Web 2.0 Policy.” In a recent post titled The Responsible Way Ahead Jack Holt says this:
The following slide deck accompanies the Seminar on New Media presented on August 10, 2009, by the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA):
More Thoughts About "Web 2.0 and Sales Process Management"
My survey-based report Web 2.0 and Sales Process Management is now available in its published form via The Customer Collective and Social Media Today.
In September 2006 I published The Justification of Enterprise Web 2.0 Project Expenditures. It examined differences between the cost justification of current information systems compared with cost justification of older systems. It discussed how some of the rules for calculating and thinking about technology related costs have changed.
Every sales person I know wants better leads. Because of this the benefits of applying Web 2.0 techniques to prospecting and qualifying would seem to be a no-brainer. But what about using Web 2.0 techniques to support other sales processes?
I’m almost finished building my list of state government stimulus reporting web pages. Soon I’ll circle back and do a more detailed state by state assessment of what these pages reveal about how “open and transparent” states are being about how they use the money coming from the ARRA.
With sponsorship from Social Media Today LLC and Oracle Corporation, I’ve developed a brief online survey for sales managers who have responsibility for a team of sales people.
The report Six Practical Steps to Improve Contracting by Dr. Allan V. Burman, Adjunct Professor, George Mason University, is based on a series of discussions co-sponsored by The IBM Center for the Business of Government and George Mason University concerning government procurement practices.
“Web 2.0 Is Dead” posts are a dime a dozen. It’s a pleasure to read one with real content. Andrew Chen’s Which startup’s collapse will end the Web 2.0 era? warns that business models that don’t include secure revenue streams are hazardous to corporate health. At minimum, if you have valuable content parked in the cloud on a network you use for free, consider yourself warned, especially in these perilous economic times.