Social Collaboration For Dummies

Chapter 3

Putting Social Collaboration to Work

In This Chapter

Harnessing the energy of social networks for business

Gearing up for implementation

Addressing enterprise requirements for social collaboration

Viewing an alternate vision of workplace software

In the first chapters of this book, I define social collaboration and cover its history as well as some of the megatrends driving changes in collaboration technology and its use. In this chapter, I talk about how to put social collaboration to work, pivoting from theory to practice. After all, where do you begin? Keep reading to find out about common requirements for the implementation and rollout of any social collaboration platform.

You can find more on product selection in Part III.

Harnessing the Energy of Social Networks for Business

Seeing the potential for social networks to streamline collaboration within your organization is a good start but only a start. How are you going to make it happen? Where are the biggest opportunities?

Developing specific business scenarios for how you think social collaboration can be used productively ...