Enterprise Social Networking… 
Socialize your Enterprise 
make ITnetwork!
Peter van Hees? 
“Enterprise Social Networking Strategy, Collaboration Architecture, New World of Work Advice, Entrepreneur, IT Trend Watcher, Passionate Speaker and a Microsoft MVP” 
~ @MrPetrovic
the #What…
Yammer 
Jive 
Chatter 
IBM 
Microsoft 
SocialCast 
Connections 
VMWare 
Salesforce 
SocialText 
Convo 
Kaltura 
BlueKiwi
Social 
Enterprise Social Networking is … 
+ Consumerization 
& potentially “Big Data” 
(in the Social Enterprise)
the #Why…
Onboarding. 
Use Case One …
theYear 
‘98
“I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.” 
~ Daniel Boone
“As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.” 
~ John Locke
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” 
~ Benjamin Franklin
Communication. 
Use Case Two …
“...a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention...” 
~ Herbert A. Simon
It’s 
‘Sort of Like the Weather’
TIME 
How Much … 
Quiz?
25 
%
105 
125 
2011 
2015 
Electronic Mail. 
(d)Evolution of 
4
Video (Business PracticesThatRefuseToDie: Email Trees) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIqA_YKeboc
“Knowledge iswaspower!” 
~ original quote by Francis Bacon
“By 2014, Enterprise Social Networkingservices will replace e-mail as the primary 
vehicle for interpersonal communications for 20 percent of business users.” 
~ Gartner (Feb 2010)
4 
“Don't wait. The time will never be just right.” 
~ Napoleon Hill
Video (Sending a Message: blueKiwivs email) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBSY4RgB7fY
“And now, excuse me while I interrupt myself.” 
~Murray Walker
PHONE 
1900s 
E-MAIL 
1990s 
MANY 
-to- 
MANY 
ESN 
2000s 
ONE 
-to- 
MANY 
ONE 
-to- 
ONE 
“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” 
~ Bill Hicks 
Many-Many. 
The #1st difference …
MAIL 
ESN(YAMMER) 
Central(ized). 
The #2nd difference …
Push 
vs 
Pull 
MAIL 
ESN 
Pull. 
The #3rd difference …
SERVICESELF
Knowledge 
Sharing. 
Use Case Three …
“There's always a new challenge to keep you motivated.” 
~ Sean Connery
“Be water my friend.” 
~ Bruce Lee
“It is better of course to know useless things 
than to know nothing.” 
~ Tom Stoppard
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. 
The important thing is not to stop questioning.” 
~ Albert Einstein
“Now! No different, only different in your mind. 
You must unlearn what you have learned.” 
~ Yoda
“SMobile“ 
(Social & Mobile)
“Just Do It.”
“If you ask the right question. 
The answers will flow!” 
~ Anonymous
Ideation. 
Use Case Four…
“A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.” 
~ Mark Twain
Texting is fingered speech. Now we can write the way we talk. 
~John McWhorter
“Don’t fear failure… In great attempts it is glorious even to fail!” 
~ Bruce Lee
IDEABOX 
The …
Use Cases? 
Any Other …
“Too many people today know the price of 
everything and the value of nothing.” 
~ Ann Landers
the #How…
70% 
of organizations are implementing 
employee social collaboration 
~ Gartner
I8% 
 
Productivity
I2% 
 
Profitability
Absenteeism 
27% 

Turnover 
51% 

55% 
easier to 
Collaborate 
47% 
easier to 
Generate Ideas 
62% 
easier to 
Find Information 
~ Avanade
90% 
Failure Rate 
~ Gartner
“Do or do not... there is no try.” 
~ Yoda
Challenge. 
The…
“If you do not change direction, 
you may end up where you are heading.” 
~ Lao Tzu 
4
MICROBLOGGING + FOLLOWING + ACTIVITY STREAMS 
Social Networking. 
The email replacement features of …
Change. 
Show me the …
Change. 
Show me the …
Middle 
The squeeze of … 
Management.
“The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.” 
~ Charles Kettering
Strategy. 
The…
Step #one… 
Value 
(top-down) 
What’s in it for the organization? & 
What’s in it for the employees?
Step #two… 
Adoption 
(bottom-out) 
A substantial amount of effort 
is required to drive the User Adoption!
Step #three… 
Culture 
(middle-out) 
Enterprise Social isa mix of 
20% technology and 80% culture!

Enterprise Social Networking : Social Media Week presentation