Comments on: The Popular Kids and the Big Toe http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/the-popular-kids/ Connected Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:24:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Connected - Managing demand for a social software environment http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/the-popular-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 Connected - Managing demand for a social software environment Thu, 14 May 2009 14:54:58 +0000 http://giatalks.com/?p=131#comment-1293 [...] makes them strategic? Well, they could be the folks who’re clamoring the loudest, have the most organizational power, or are the easiest to get up and running [...] [...] makes them strategic? Well, they could be the folks who’re clamoring the loudest, have the most organizational power, or are the easiest to get up and running [...]

]]> By: Troy Jensen http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/the-popular-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Troy Jensen Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:03:42 +0000 http://giatalks.com/?p=131#comment-501 So I'm sort of like a popularity repellent - like deet for cool people. Does that mean I should stop using social software to encourage the rest of my group to use it? So I’m sort of like a popularity repellent – like deet for cool people. Does that mean I should stop using social software to encourage the rest of my group to use it?

]]> By: Gia Lyons http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/the-popular-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Gia Lyons Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:01:17 +0000 http://giatalks.com/?p=131#comment-500 Jon, you have a good point. Sometimes, just one critical story can do the trick. "We saved $2MM on a new system, because we found out that our newly acquired company already had it." Great way to fund a production social enterprise environment. :) Jon, you have a good point. Sometimes, just one critical story can do the trick. “We saved $2MM on a new system, because we found out that our newly acquired company already had it.” Great way to fund a production social enterprise environment. :)

]]> By: Jon Mell http://www.giatalks.com/2008/07/the-popular-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Jon Mell Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:34:37 +0000 http://giatalks.com/?p=131#comment-499 Great post (as always) Gia - as you say, the key is explaining how it helps solve problems. Justifications such as "the pilot group would never have completed their project on time if they hadn't had social software and that would mean your favourite customer would be very upset" can be far more powerful than "it will have the project team an average of 1 hour 23 minutes per week which translates into savings of $x" Posted on this yesterday at http://jonmell.co.uk/enterprise-20-roi/ Great post (as always) Gia – as you say, the key is explaining how it helps solve problems. Justifications such as “the pilot group would never have completed their project on time if they hadn’t had social software and that would mean your favourite customer would be very upset” can be far more powerful than “it will have the project team an average of 1 hour 23 minutes per week which translates into savings of $x”

Posted on this yesterday at http://jonmell.co.uk/enterprise-20-roi/

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