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social elephant in the
room

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social is cool, popular, so you should probably be
using it right?
Is social media for internal
communications a myth?
96%
of execs cite lack of collaboration or
ineffective communication for
work place failure
Social Media Around the World 2012 – In-Sites
Professionals receive
an average of 304
emails a week
Average office
worker checks their
email 36 times an
hour
It typically takes 1015 minutes to
refocus on a project
following an email
Integrating social
collaboration
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Strategy informs your tool set
2

Everyone participates –
no exceptions!
3

Don’t over complicate it
4

Make it about the employees
It can work…
When it works
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Improve
collaboration

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Expedite projects

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Cut down on
emails and
meetings
Questions?
Social collaboration

Social collaboration

Editor's Notes

  • #4 Social media for your business doesn’t really exist…
  • #5 Social media for businesses is a myth
  • #6 But social collaboration is a real thing
  • #17 it comes down to strategy, and how you approach/integrate these tools
  • #22 Make it web based (easy to access globally) doesn’t depend on hardware Younger workforce comes to expect digital tools that make things easier