I’m in the midst of moving beyond soft launch of our one-month-old advocate program for the Jive Community, called Jive Champions. One benefit to such programs is that these members routinely share their thought leadership, expertise, and guidance within and beyond the community.

Here are just a few gems the Jive Champions have shared since we started the program.

By Jamie Pappas, Social Media Strategist, EMC

• Taking Enterprise 2.0 to the Next Level. A Reflection on #E2Conf Boston
• Do you get social?

By Greg Lowe, Social Media Strategist, Alcatel-Lucent

• What are the metrics for a successful launch?
• Why are you here?

Discussion with Claire Flanagan, Director KM and Enterprise Social Business Collaboration and Communities Strategy, CSC

• Addressing Risk

By Roy Wilsker, Senior Director Technology Planning, Covidien

• How to write a blog (that someone else will want to read!)

By Tracy Maurer, System Engineer, United Business Media

• Sharing the love we’ve heard from our community members

By Ted Hopton, Community Manager, United Business Media

• Index of Cool Stuff in Jive SBS 4.0

By Jennifer Bouoni, Director Interactive Communications, Manheim

• Jivin’ With SharePoint Connector [9 Considerations for Implementing] – (Part 1 of 3)

The Jive Community has so many more excellent contributors, too! A few of them should expect an email from me soon, inviting them to join the Jive Champions.

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