The document discusses the importance of using social media to foster a culture of appreciation in the workplace, emphasizing employee engagement and recognition. It highlights how companies can leverage various social media tools to improve internal communication and satisfaction among employees, ultimately enhancing overall company performance. Additionally, it provides insights into the impact of social media on workplace dynamics and examples of successful implementation in organizations.

1. Using social media to build a culture of appreciation at work Patrick Byers Recognition Roundtable June 10 , 2009

2. Where the hell are the handouts?

4. Why should marketers care about this stuff?

5. 43% of employees do not feel they know enough about their own customers. Towers Perrin

6. 65% of employees do not feel they know enough about the competition to be fully effective. Towers Perrin

7. Only 39% of employees feel they are informed about the differences between their company’s products and the competition. Towers Perrin

8. Marketing is broken Too little trust Too much information

9. Casting responsibility Strategic responsibility Execution responsibility ROI responsibility Message responsibility Environmental responsibility Social responsibility Marketing is broken Too little trust Too much information

10. Engagement helps drive company growth Employee engagement Employee satisfaction + retention Customer service Customer retention + trust Profitability Growth

11. Agenda What social media is How social media can help Recognition Roundtable group setup Social networks for the enterprise Let’s get creative

12. What social media is

14. A social networking primer

15. “ People are the media in social media.” Joe Marchese SocialVibe

16. Social media is about user-generated content Blogs Microblogs / presence apps: Twitter , Plurk , Friendfeed , Jaiku , Identi.ca , Brightkite Social networking: Facebook , LinkedIn , Plaxo , MySpace Events: Upcoming.org , Evite.com Wikis: Wikipedia , Wiktionary Social bookmarking: del.icio.us , StumbleUpon Social news: Digg , Mixx , Reddit , Google Reader Opinion sites: epinions , Yelp Photo sharing: Flickr , Picasa , Zooomr Video sharing: YouTube and Vimeo Livecasting: Ustream and Justin.tv Audio and Music Sharing: Last.fm , Pandora , imeem Virtual worlds: Second Life Online gaming: World of Warcraft Game sharing: Miniclip.com

17. How social media can help build a culture of appreciation at work

18. Four stages of internal communications One-way print communications One-way electronic communications Interactive, moderated online publications Interactive, un-moderated online vehicles Steve Crescenzo

20. “ When properly rolled out, social media and Enterprise 2.0 tools can help companies meet their No. 1 internal communication goal – engaging employees.” Michael Rudnick Global intranet and portal leader at Watson Wyatt

22. The 12 Questions Do you know what is expected of you at work? Do you have the materials and equipment you need to do your work right? At work, do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? In the last seven days, have you received recognition or praise for doing good work? Does your supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about you as a person? Is there someone at work who encourages your development? At work, do your opinions seem to count? Does the mission/purpose of your company make you feel your job is important? Are your associates (fellow employees) committed to doing quality work? Do you have a best friend at work? In the last six months, has someone at work talked to you about your progress? In the last year, have you had opportunities at work to learn and grow?

23. The 12 Questions Do you know what is expected of you at work? Do you have the materials and equipment you need to do your work right? At work, do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? In the last seven days, have you received recognition or praise for doing good work? Does your supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about you as a person? Is there someone at work who encourages your development? At work, do your opinions seem to count? Does the mission/purpose of your company make you feel your job is important? Are your associates (fellow employees) committed to doing quality work? Do you have a best friend at work? In the last six months, has someone at work talked to you about your progress? In the last year, have you had opportunities at work to learn and grow?

25. EMC Accessed 4.5M times/month Over 50% of the workforce are actively participating Over 15k people chatting about EMC on Twitter “Fully opt-in, mostly viral platform for employees to be heard, do what they love, be intellectually stimulated, connect and collaborate with others in alignment with our company's strategy, and most everything else "good" - David Spencer, EMC

27. Sabre Town 60% of questions answered within one hour (one hour!) Each question receives an average of 9 responses More than $500,000 in immediate, direct savings for the company 65% of all Sabre employees became active Sabre Town members in the first 3 months More than 90% of employees are active today Prescient Digital

28. 52% of organizations using Web 2.0 achieved Best- in-Class performance (5% didn’t) Aberdeen Group

29. Companies using Web 2.0 tools achieved 18% increase in engagement (1% of those that didn’t) Aberdeen Group

30. Recognition Roundtable group setup

31. Social networks for the enterprise

32. Social networks for the enterprise Roll your own Facebook Ning Yammer – mostly micromessaging SocialText – wiki work Cubeless CubeTree

34. Let’s get creative

35. The 12 Questions In the last seven days, have you received recognition or praise for doing good work? Does your supervisor, or someone at work, seem to care about you as a person? Is there someone at work who encourages your development? At work, do your opinions seem to count? Does the mission/purpose of your company make you feel your job is important? Do you have a best friend at work?

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