Author Archives: OrangeTrail

ESM presentation

Here’s most of the presentation we used today in our workshop on Enterprise Social Media adoption at the Dutch Microsoft office at Schiphol. Enterprise Social Media Workshop View more presentations from Jaap Linssen.

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Proper use of your Activity Stream

There is great danger that your activity stream rapidly fills with posts about people changing their profile picture, linking to others, mentions of birthdays, etc. and this is especially true as the network grows. The consequence is that this type … Continue reading

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When the hype dies, the real work begins

We came across an interesting survey by Useful Social Media which studied a number of facets of social media use by enterprises. To us the most interesting finding proved a conviction we’ve had for a while. Enterprise marketing and communications … Continue reading

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Do you want to allow anonymous posting on your social media?

We’ve had a number of clients discussing the merits of anonymous posting with us. Some feel it’s the only way to generate significant activity on their ESM environment. Our feeling is that the desire to have anonymous posting can be … Continue reading

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Dealing with the social media message avalanche

When social media tools are launched to support the activities of enterprises the most frequently heard complaint is that people will be overwhelmed by an avalanche of messages. This article reviews the problem and suggests how a company can make … Continue reading

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Six Reasons To Build Your Enterprise Social Media Community

Here’s six compelling reasons to build a social media community within a corporate setting. We’d like to hear your views on the list, or any additions you might have based on your experience. (you can comment below). 1. You’ll get … Continue reading

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McKinsey: Highly networked companies clearly outperform others

McKinsey has performed research on Web2.0 usage within companies with a response of 3,249 executives. Here is their advise: “The imperative for business leaders is clear: falling behind in creating internal and external networks could be a critical mistake. Executives need … Continue reading

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Introduction to OrangeTrail

A brief company presentation of OrangeTrail outlining what internal social media are, why they are important to your business, and listing our portfolio of services. Continue reading

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Jive finds staggering results from use of internal social media

Jive software, one of the key software vendors for internal social media, recently commissioned a survey with their customers to find out what the results are of using internal social media. They found some staggering results: An increase in collaboration … Continue reading

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Are you transitioning to Capitalism 3.0?

Steve Denning wrote a post on the transition from Capitalism 2.0 to Capitalism 3.0 that is starting to take shape. It is becoming increasingly clear that the management paradigm most of us grew up with (Capitalism 2.0) does not deliver. A key factor in this is the enormous disengagement of the workforce. However, a new paradigm is emerging; Capitalism 3.0. We believe that internal social media (ISM) can be an important leverage enterprises can use to make the shift to 3.0. Continue reading

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Top 10 Google Labs Projects From 2010

Google presents their top 10 Google labs projects. “Google Labs is the place where you can find a lot of experimental services that are developed by Google engineers in their “20 percent time”. As Jeffrey Ressner points out, “Labs began [back … Continue reading

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Gartner Says Worldwide Enterprise Social Software Revenue to Surpass $769 Million in 2011

Gartner: “Worldwide enterprise social software revenue is on pace to total $664.4 million in 2010, a 14.9 percent increase from 2009 revenue of $578.2 million, according to Gartner, Inc. The market is poised for continued growth in 2011 when revenue … Continue reading

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