The Social Factor: Innovate, Ignite, and Win through Mass Collaboration and Social Networking

Description

Harness the Power of Social Networking to Promote Innovation and Drive Growth

* A treasure trove of strategic and tactical insights for the business leader
* Provides relevant experience from a host of powerful case studies and compelling business scenarios
* Secrets for avoiding costly mistakes that can cripple a social networking initiative

Millions of people use social networking sites, and companies are increasingly turning to social networking to build relationships with customers. But companies routinely miss the best opportunities to create value and promote innovation - by using social networking to build thriving communities of employees, partners, and customers.

Business leaders and strategists can drive immense value from social networking inside the firewall. Drawing on her unsurpassed experience deploying innovative social networking systems within IBM and for customers, Maria Azua demonstrates how to establish social networking communities, and then leverage those communities to drive extraordinary levels of innovation. Azua offers specific techniques for promoting mass collaboration in the enterprise and strategies to monetize social networking to generate new business opportunities.

Whatever your industry, you'll learn how to choose and implement the right social networking solutions for your unique challenges...how to avoid false starts and wasted time...and how to evaluate and make the most of today's most promising social technologies - from wikis and blogs to knowledge clouds.

CONTENTS:

Introduction xix

Chapter 1: Dawn of the Social Age 1

Chapter 2: Social Age Organizations 17

Chapter 3: Wikis: Bringing the Crowds to You 31

Chapter 4: Blogs: Your Personal News Outlet 45

Chapter 5: Tagging and Social Clouds 63

Chapter 6: Cloud Computing Paradigm 85

Chapter 7: Social Media and Culture 101

Chapter 8: On the Shoulders of Giants 121

Chapter 9: Social Brain and the Ideation Process 143

Chapter 10: Social Innovation 161

Chapter 11: Social Economy 181

Chapter 12: Mobile Society 195

Endnotes 217

Index 233