Changing the way to work to harness collective knowledge,
serve your clients with speed, and amplify impact across the business. This guide can help you get started, be more efficient, and achieve greater impact in your business.
Getting The Most Out of Open Source and Drupal (Michael Meyers, Acquia)myplanetsteph
Slides from Michael Meyers, VP of Large Scale Drupal at Acquia. Presented at the 2012 Drupal Business Summit in Toronto, Chicago and NYC.
www.acquia.com
www.drupalbusinesssummit.com
Google Apps is a suite of Google products which are Google Docs, Gmail, Google
Video, Google Sites, GTalk, Google Calendar, Google Groups and Postini. The Google
Apps Suite can be used for various purposes such as collaboration, document
management, Social networking as well as enterprise intranet both within small,
medium and Enterprise organizations.
Getting The Most Out of Open Source and Drupal (Michael Meyers, Acquia)myplanetsteph
Slides from Michael Meyers, VP of Large Scale Drupal at Acquia. Presented at the 2012 Drupal Business Summit in Toronto, Chicago and NYC.
www.acquia.com
www.drupalbusinesssummit.com
Google Apps is a suite of Google products which are Google Docs, Gmail, Google
Video, Google Sites, GTalk, Google Calendar, Google Groups and Postini. The Google
Apps Suite can be used for various purposes such as collaboration, document
management, Social networking as well as enterprise intranet both within small,
medium and Enterprise organizations.
This is the in-depth presentation I did at UX Australia 2013 in Melbourne. It gives first an approach grounded in the theory of complexity and then expands on the two fundamentals to design social experiences.
Lazy Coder Camp (Edition 1)
The first edition of the camp is a daylong event that is totally free for IT enthusiasts and students to attend. We will be discussing about bootstrapping Drupal. The discussion will cover all aspects of Drupal installation, setting up a basic website and integrating all your social media streams to your basic site. The event will serve as a great learning opportunity for young professionals from other domains to come experience Drupal first hand with the PHP experts. The speakers will bring their unique experiences and insights to share with the audience and will be addressing all apprehensions related to taking up Drupal development.
Lotusphere 2012, BP105: tick.tick.tick.tick. #! It's time to Evangelise, Educ...Mat Newman
Mat Newman's tick.tick session from Lotusphere 2012. Where does Social fit into your business, and why Lotus Notes is the Glue to hold it all together.
Best and worst practices deploying IBM ConnectionsLetsConnect
Depending on deployment size, operating system and security considerations you have different options to configure IBM Connections. This session will show good and bad examples on how to do it from multiple customer deployments. We will describe things we found and how you can optimize your systems. Main topics include simple (documented) tasks that should be applied, missing documentation, automated user synchronization, TDI solutions and user synchronization, performance tuning, security optimizing and planning Single Sign On for mail, IBM Sametime and SPNEGO. This is valuable information that will help you to be successful in your next IBM Connections deployment project. Don’t miss it.
Alan Hamilton - Real-world Social Business Adoption Tricks and TipsLetsConnect
This session will focus on the tips and tricks you can use to make the rollout and deployment of IBM Connections as smooth as possible. Focusing not on the technical side, but the people, this session walks you through a sample adoption approach with example documents, presentations and lots of tips along the way. By the end of the session you can expect to be more confident in your approach to rolling out Connections and be able to anticipate some of the issues you might expect during your deployment.
What can IBM Connections Cloud do for my business?Alan Hamilton
In this presentation we explore some common use cases applicable to any business, and demonstrate how IBM Connections Cloud can help build productivity, effectiveness, stronger relationships with customers and potential reduce travel costs.
Iconuk 2016 - IBM Connections adoption Worst practices!Femke Goedhart
Regardless if you've implemented IBM Connections, are considering it or in the middle of the planning stages - there are wrong (and right) turns to take at every step. Join Femke to learn about misconceptions and tribulations others have faced while striving to become a socially enabled company. Hear about real World examples and often funny anecdotes from the trenches of adoption to show you how NOT to do it and giving you tips on how to do it better along the way.
Walk away with a grasp on what to focus on to make a success out of your IBM Connections environment.
Thinking, like fire, happens when certain things are present. This is a short intro into how social smarter cognitive systems can help us think...and solve problems
Story Matters - You use stories every day to communicate ideas and events in your personal life. But for some reason, when you walk through the doors of your office or open your business email application, you avoid your natural storytelling DNA. In today's market you need to be interesting and relevant and stories are the way to get there.
This is the in-depth presentation I did at UX Australia 2013 in Melbourne. It gives first an approach grounded in the theory of complexity and then expands on the two fundamentals to design social experiences.
Lazy Coder Camp (Edition 1)
The first edition of the camp is a daylong event that is totally free for IT enthusiasts and students to attend. We will be discussing about bootstrapping Drupal. The discussion will cover all aspects of Drupal installation, setting up a basic website and integrating all your social media streams to your basic site. The event will serve as a great learning opportunity for young professionals from other domains to come experience Drupal first hand with the PHP experts. The speakers will bring their unique experiences and insights to share with the audience and will be addressing all apprehensions related to taking up Drupal development.
Lotusphere 2012, BP105: tick.tick.tick.tick. #! It's time to Evangelise, Educ...Mat Newman
Mat Newman's tick.tick session from Lotusphere 2012. Where does Social fit into your business, and why Lotus Notes is the Glue to hold it all together.
Best and worst practices deploying IBM ConnectionsLetsConnect
Depending on deployment size, operating system and security considerations you have different options to configure IBM Connections. This session will show good and bad examples on how to do it from multiple customer deployments. We will describe things we found and how you can optimize your systems. Main topics include simple (documented) tasks that should be applied, missing documentation, automated user synchronization, TDI solutions and user synchronization, performance tuning, security optimizing and planning Single Sign On for mail, IBM Sametime and SPNEGO. This is valuable information that will help you to be successful in your next IBM Connections deployment project. Don’t miss it.
Alan Hamilton - Real-world Social Business Adoption Tricks and TipsLetsConnect
This session will focus on the tips and tricks you can use to make the rollout and deployment of IBM Connections as smooth as possible. Focusing not on the technical side, but the people, this session walks you through a sample adoption approach with example documents, presentations and lots of tips along the way. By the end of the session you can expect to be more confident in your approach to rolling out Connections and be able to anticipate some of the issues you might expect during your deployment.
What can IBM Connections Cloud do for my business?Alan Hamilton
In this presentation we explore some common use cases applicable to any business, and demonstrate how IBM Connections Cloud can help build productivity, effectiveness, stronger relationships with customers and potential reduce travel costs.
Iconuk 2016 - IBM Connections adoption Worst practices!Femke Goedhart
Regardless if you've implemented IBM Connections, are considering it or in the middle of the planning stages - there are wrong (and right) turns to take at every step. Join Femke to learn about misconceptions and tribulations others have faced while striving to become a socially enabled company. Hear about real World examples and often funny anecdotes from the trenches of adoption to show you how NOT to do it and giving you tips on how to do it better along the way.
Walk away with a grasp on what to focus on to make a success out of your IBM Connections environment.
Thinking, like fire, happens when certain things are present. This is a short intro into how social smarter cognitive systems can help us think...and solve problems
Story Matters - You use stories every day to communicate ideas and events in your personal life. But for some reason, when you walk through the doors of your office or open your business email application, you avoid your natural storytelling DNA. In today's market you need to be interesting and relevant and stories are the way to get there.
What is new in IBM Connections 5.5 and IBM Docs 2.0Luis Benitez
This deck covers the highlights of the new capabilities introduced in the IBM Docs 2.0 and IBM Connections 5.5 released on December 2015.
To learn more, go to http://ibm.com/social
Follow me:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/lbenitez
LinkedIn: http://pr.linkedin.com/in/luisbenitez
My Blog: http://www.lbenitez.com
Storytelling is a hot topic, but how do you get better at telling stories. Here are a 10 tips I'd give to someone asking for my advice. Hopefully you will find them helpful to you. Happy Storytelling!
Concise Guide on How to Use Connections (to manage your projects, your team, ...Jim Claussen
Tips on how to setup and use IBM Connections to manage your team. My hope is that this helps other managers lead their teams in working social through Connections, to be more collaborative, engage together, be more efficient, and harness group knowledge & expertise. Connect with me @jimclaussen. More resources at: www.jimclaussen.com and www.executivesocialacademy.com
Office 365 Tour South Africa - East London - Without Change, There Would Be N...Heather Newman
We all want to be quicker, more productive and collaborate rapidly on any device at any time. The good news is that our technology continues to innovate at the speed of light. The bad news is true adoption is sorely lacking, we often stick to what we know.
Join Heather Newman, Microsoft MVP and Chief Marketing Officer of Content Panda, as she uses real-world use cases to provide you the blueprint for a metamorphic change in employee productivity and simple tips and tricks for using Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Planner on the go.
You’ll leave this session with a clear understanding of how your employees can leverage both Microsoft Teams and Planner together with OneNote, OneDrive and SharePoint.
Shazam!
Overview of confluence with practical use case. Meant for use by the Atlassian community members, this information is provided free of cost by Atlassian
AAF Central Texas - Building a Solid Foundation in the Social WebDeltinaU
Author and developer Deltina Hay presents on how to build a solid foundation in the Social Web at the American Advertising Federation-Central Texas Summer Seminar. From an overview of the tools, to choosing the tools, to optimizing/integrating the tools, to creating a strategy and plan, Deltina covers a lot of ground in this presentation...
This is a project I worked on while I consulted at LinkedIn.
The LinkedIn Groups Guide is a resource for marketers on how to create and manage successful groups on LinkedIn. Tips for getting started, building engagement and group moderation are all included.
How to Start, Grow, and Manage a Learning Community of PracticeDaniel Jones
Daniel Jones share his tips and experiences on how to start, grow, and manage a learning community of practice in order to promote continual learning outside of the traditional and online classroom. This is the "book" format of the presentation Dan gave at the Association for Talent Development's Middle East North Africa conference on March 8, 2015.
Iwmw2008 workshop session use of web 2.0 in teamsandyramsden
This is the output presentation from the workshop I ran at the IWMW 2008. This version includes captures of audience response, SMS responses and word clouds
Technology has changed what it means for learning communities to “be together.” Digital tools are now part of teaching and learning. Jackie Taylor and Nell Eckersley used this PPT in an interactive session to explore how to use a configuration of social media tools like Twitter, Ning, Delicious, discussion lists, blogs, and Wikis to seamlessly sustain communities of practice.
Social Media and Web 2.0 Fundamentals WebinarDeltinaU
This Webinar is entitled “How to Keep From Falling Off the Face of the Internet” This introductory Webinar is intended to give a brief overview of the Social Web, and to demonstrate a realistic strategy that can be used to build an optimized foundation within it.
Main topics presented by Deltina Hay include:
* A brief introduction to the Social Web
* Creating a realistic strategy
* Preparing your content for the Social Web
* Implementing and optimizing the tools in your strategy
* Integrating your chosen tools
* Evaluating what is working
Real-world case studies presented by Cynthia Baker from the following industries:
* Retail
* Nonprofit
* Marketing
* Event promotion
Describes steps to deploy a single node of IBM Sametime 9 on AIX® 7.1 systems, including:
-- Preparing the environment prior to installation
-- Screen shots of the user interface during the configuration of each component
-- Common problems encountered during deployment
Note that this document supplements but does not replace the official Sametime 9 technical documentation. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSKTXQ_9.0.0/welcome/welcome.html
IBM Sametime Unified Telephony Lite Client: Configuring SIP trunks to third-p...jackdowning
The IBM® Unified Communications and Collaboration (IBM UC²®) vision makes easy to find, reach, and
collaborate with others through a unified user experience. This strategy is implemented by means of the IBM
Sametime® Unified Telephony and Sametime Unified Telephony Lite Client software offerings that make it
easy for you to access and manage telephone communications from inside the Sametime Connect or Lotus
Notes® client.
This guide examines the rich set of features, architecture, and configuration options for Sametime Unified
Telephony Lite Client by walking you through an example configuration of the SIP trunking feature with thirdparty
audio/video equipment.
Installation and Setup of Lotus Sametime 8.5 ”From Zero to Hero” in Just Two ...jackdowning
Component requirements, architecture, and pilot deployment of an IBM Lotus Sametime 8.5. What are the 21 steps to a IBM Lotus Sametime 8.5 pilot deployment?
Are you working with a large team or a small one? Are your documents confidential or open? Is your project long-term or short-term? Use this guide to find out which Lotus product is best for your team, your project, and your goal. This guide examines when Lotus Connections 2.1, Lotus Quickr 8, Lotus Sametime 8, or Sametime Advanced 8 may be the best solution for your team or project.
1. The Concise Guide
on How to Use IBM Connections Cloud
(to manage your projects, your team and
put Connections Cloud to work for you)
Changing the way to work
to harness collective knowledge,
serve clients with speed, and amplify
impact across the business.
COPYRIGHT 2015 IBM Corporation
2. Purpose
Help you get started, be more efficient, achieve
greater impact.
Why?
The more we all use Connections Cloud,
the more impact & value we can all drive.
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Table of Contents
Being Open: What It’s All About ……………..………….............
The Big Picture: Connections Cloud Overview
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Start: Setting up Your Social ……..…………….………………...
The Toolbox: The Tools to Accelerate Your Team …..……….
Day-to-Day: How to Manage it All ……….....…………………...
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
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Being Open: What It’s All About
What is Social Business?
Social business = Open Business
Open interaction that scales through participation and
connectedness
Social business is a way of working
Networked, open collaboration, shareability, member led
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Being Open: What It’s All About
Why is this important?
Creates value… for your company, for clients, for partners
Your value will not be what you know, but what you share *
Social is a market differentiator
Multiplier effect (leveraging your numbers and your size)
It’s not a lift, it’s a complete shift
People driven transformation in new age age of connection
* Ginni Rometty, IBM CEO
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Being Open: What It’s All About
Yesterday
Closed
Scarcity effect
Email (inbox full = mail jail)
Small closed teams
Duplication of work
Reinventing the wheel
Sequential processes
Stuff on your hardrive
Knowledge drain
Computer dies, work lost
Today
Open
Multiplier effect
Connections (+ less Email)
Dialog, sharing, insights
Open & extended teams
Reuse of existing work
Nonlinear processes
Resources in the cloud
Knowledge retain
Computer dies, nothing lost
A shift (not an add) – it’s a change in HOW we work
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Connections Cloud Overview
What can you do with your team?
Share and jointly edit files
Manage team projects
Brainstorm with your team
Share useful and important links
Collaborate on documents
Centralize education and training
Share opinions and drive though leadership
Leverage team knowledge across your organization
Re-use what other teams have already created
Achieve alignment and focus around objectives
…all from any internet device (laptop or mobile)
Tip: Start with Activities
to manage projects.
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Connections Cloud Overview
View updates from people and content you follow. See responses
to you as well.
See who is mentioning your name
View notifications
View items that require your response, like To Do items in Activities.
How do I follow my team?
Then, use the Homepage to view updates from the
people on your team.
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Connections Cloud Overview
Where do I work ‘social’ with my team?
Community Description – summarize purpose / focus of community
Blog – share opinions, lead with insights, provide guidance
Activities – manage projects
Files – upload, centralize, jointly edit, share assets
Bookmarks – share important links
Wikis – jointly build & edit rich text or HTML pages
Forums – openly engage, discuss and share ideas on topics
Subcommunities – build out sub categories of specialty focus
Use the tools in Communities
Tip: Define clear goals and
focus in Description.
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Starting Out: Get Setup
Where do I start?
STEP 1
Add your team to your network
Add your ‘extended’ group to your network
Follow senior leaders or executives
Add tags for your expertise
Add your key links (twitter, blog, team community…)
Post updates on what you are working on
Setup your Profile
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Starting Out: Get Setup
Then what?
STEP 2
Go to Communities > All Communities
Click Start a Community Button
Select Restricted for working team Communities
Add your direct team as members
Add Apps such as Blog, Activities, Bookmarks, Forums
Start adding content (see Toolbox for app information)
To add more members, click Members in left column
Add Tags to make findable
Setup a Community as your team’s social hub
Tip: Follow a Community to
get updates on the homepage
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Toolbox: The Tools to Accelerate Your Team
How do I create a Community Description?
WHEN TO USE THIS TOOL:
To describe the goals and focus for the community
Go to your team community
Click Community Actions > Edit Community
Click Upload a Community Image to add a community icon
In the description area, edit/paste content
- Add links
- Add images
- Use Rich Text formatting
- Can paste HTML from another HTML editor
Add Tags to make findable
Ideas for Community Description
• Detail community goals
• Describe purpose of community
• Use graphics to create a menu
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Toolbox: The Tools to Accelerate Your Team
How do I create an Activity?
WHEN TO USE THIS TOOL:
Use an Activity to manage a project with
your team
In your Community, click Community Actions
Add the Activity App to your Community
Click Start an Activity, name it and save
Click Add Section for parts or steps of the projects
In each Section, click Add Item (click Add File for assets)
Click To Do Item to add actions for team members
Click Notify Other People to alert team to Activity info or To Dos
Add Tags to make findable
Examples of Activities
• Manage team meetings
• Track travel requests for your team
• Manage finance submissions
• Plan for an event
Tip: Click and drag Sections
to change their order in Activity
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Toolbox: The Tools to Accelerate Your Team
How do I create a Blog?
WHEN TO USE THIS TOOL:
Use a Blog to share guidance, commentary,
insights, or lessons learned with your team.
In your Community, click Community Actions
Add the Blog App to your Community
Click New Entry
Enter title and content (rich text), add relevant tags
If you know HTML, you can copy and paste into HTML view
Option: click on a blog post, at bottom, click More Actions, Notify Others
Add Tags to make findable
Examples:
Share a How To
Guidance on key initiative
Perspectives on strategy
Sharing a success story
Tip: Highlight your blog post with a
status update. Include link.
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Toolbox: The Tools to Accelerate Your Team
How do I create a Forum?
WHEN TO USE THIS TOOL:
Use a Forum as an online discussion board or
to ask a question
In your team community, navigate to Forums
Click Start a Topic
Enter Title for discussion
Add an attachment if appropriate
Click Reply to this Topic to comment on the topic
Click Reply under a specific comment, to comment on the comment
Add Tags to make findable
Examples:
Team brainstorming
Ask a question
Debate a topic
Share team thoughts on topic
Tip: Use a Forum to pre-discuss a
topic before a team call
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Toolbox: The Tools to Accelerate Your Team
How do I add Bookmarks?
WHEN TO USE THIS TOOL:
Use Bookmarks to share key web sites with your
team in a community
Go to your team community
Navigate to Bookmarks
Click Add Bookmark
Enter URL and name
For persistent links you want to highlight, click Add to Important
Bookmarks
Examples:
Point to key resources
Highlight key training
Tip: Keep Names short to prevent
wrapping in Important list
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Toolbox: The Tools to Accelerate Your Team
How do I create a Wiki?
WHEN TO USE THIS TOOL:
Use a wiki for team collaboration. Publish best
practices, standards, or methods and procedures.
Create content for in HTML or rich text.
Go to your team Community
Click Wiki, then Edit, or create a new page.
If you see wiki design you like, you can copy and paste
the whole page into a new wiki page.
Examples:
Create repository of collateral
Create table of contents on page one
Create a community newsletter
Tip: Use tables in a wiki to
organize your information
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Toolbox: The Tools to Accelerate Your Team
How do I upload Files?
WHEN TO USE THIS TOOL:
Use Files to share documents with team without
sending as attachment in email.
Tip: Get the Desktop Plugins so you can Share and
Sync your local files with copies in the cloud.
Upload files to share with individuals or communities
Go to Apps > Files to work with your Files
Click Upload a File
Add Title and Tags
Choose to share with no one, specific people,
communities, or everyone
Notes:
Upload from Profile: only you edit
Upload in Community: open edit
Set if others can share file
Upload once, post everywhere
5 GB limit
Use Folders to organize
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Toolbox: The Tools to Accelerate Your Team
More details on Files
FILE MANAGEMENT TIPS:
Main features to manage your files and folders
Pinned Files: Priority files you pin to keep at top of file list so
you can easily find them.
My Files: Files you have uploaded and shared
Shared With Me: Private files shared directly with you
Sync: Offline files on your desktop or mobile device that are
automatically synced with copies in the cloud
Shared By Me: Private files you have shared with
individuals
Community Files: Files in communities of which you are a
member
Tips: Use Tags to make files findable. Use
Folders to organize lots of files.
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More details on Files
INSIGHTS ON THE FILE VIEW:
Understanding the details of the
file view
TIPS: Tag it to make findable. Like
it to share with your network.
Download: Put file on your hard drive.
Upload New Version: Update with new version (previous versions are retained)
Share: Control private (share with specific people) or public
Add to Folder: Organize into a specific folder
More Actions > Edit Properties: Give file a new name
More Actions > Lock File: Prevent further edits/changes to the file or to avoid editing conflicts.
Add Comment: Add remarks or guidance on file for viewers
About this File: See how many and who has downloaded the file
Versions: See the version history (you can open any version)
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Day-to-Day: How To Manage It All
This all seems like more work….
Remember, it’s a shift… a change in how we work
Email less, use Connections Cloud more.
If you are not used to it… stick with it – it’s actually pretty easy
If you try it… you will start to have ah ha moments on value.
Start with small steps and build momentum.
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Day-to-Day: How To Manage It All
How to get started
Steps to success in working social with your team:
1. Setup your Profile
2. Add your team to your Network
3. Keep building your Network
4. Share updates on what you and your team are working on
5. Create a team Community
6. Start with Activities, Files, Bookmarks
7. Then add Blogs and Forums
8. Engage with others through Connections Cloud
9. Grow your momentum, be creative, experiment
10. Follow the 5 Tips to success
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Day-to-Day: How To Manage It All
Tip #1 - Follow a Community
Stay connected to interesting projects, announcements, and
discussions
For Communities you belong to, go to
the Community and click Follow this
Community to get updates from the
community in two places:
Daily Email Newsletter
Updates on the homepage
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Day-to-Day: How To Manage It All
Tip #3 – Take time to glance at your home page
See real time updates from people and content you follow
View updates from people and content you follow
See who is mentioning your name
View notifications
View items that require your response,
such as To Do items in Activities
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Day-to-Day: How To Manage It All
Summarizing the toolbox for Managers
Is collaboration critical to your team’s success? How do you foster the kind of open
communication on your team that encourages information sharing, learning, partnering
on projects, breakthrough thinking?
Communities
Do you ever need to find experts outside of your team to be successful on a project or
with a client?
Profiles
Do you look for places where your team’s critical skills can be put to use? Is
networking with other teams important to your personal success? Do you want a better
way to stay current on what’s happening in your network?
Homepage
Activity Stream
updates
Do you want a way to manage projects, assign tasks and due dates and get an overall
view of the project’s status – in real-time?
Activities
Do you need to more easily communicate your strategy and priorities with your team in
an open space where they can respond and communicate with one another as well?
Blogs
Has your email inbox become a productivity drain filled with an unmanageable number
of notes and large attachments? Have you been in email jail in the last 6 months?
Files
Do you want to foster creativity, collaboration, and best practice sharing on your team? Forums
Do you need to co-create web documents or curate online material? Wikis
Do you want to share valuable web links for others to use? Bookmarks
Do you struggle to share information and stay current when you are traveling or can’t
be attached to the network?
Mobile
Connections
File Sync
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Additional Resources
Getting Started with Connections Cloud – interactive first steps to guide you
Social Business Insights Blog – insights on Social Business in the enterprise
@IBMSocialBiz – feed for info, updates, resources, studies on Social Business
Executive Social Academy – helping managers magnify impact & grow into social
AskJim Podcast – answering user questions on IBM Connections, 5 days a week
Where to go for help – user help, administrator help, and mobile help
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Build Your Knowledge – 5min a Day
The AskJim Podcast
Answering your questions about IBM Connections, 5 days a week
www.executivesocialacademy.com/askjim
Subscribe via Soundcloud
Embed the Player in your Community
Ask a question
New 5min episodes 5 days a week
Jim Claussen
Strategy Manager Social Business Category
IBM
www.jimclaussen.com
www.executivesocialacademy.com/askjim