Recent articles and discussion
SBS2012: Defining Social Business and the Practical Strategies for Becoming One
Dachis Group’s 2012 Social Business Summit seven city global tour kicked off in Austin last week (the Summit comes to our part of the world on the 26th July, where it will touch down in Singapore). Now into its third year, the Social Business Summit continues to be the best place to get an insight… read full post
Learning through collaborating and “lurking” online at Intranets2012
Intranets2012 is shaping up to be the premier Australian intranet conference of the year and we’re excited to report that Mandy Geddes, from the Institute of Executive Coaching, will be there sharing her experiences in social learning. Mandy’s presentation is titled, Learning through collaborating and “lurking” online. What is social learning? Learning that is socially… read full post
Facebook for Brands: An Update
Dachis Group are the largest group of preferred Facebook developers in the world, which means we enjoy early access to new Facebook features like the Timeline well before their public launch. Our global team has been working closely with Red Bull to maximise their Facebook channel using the new Timeline for brands and has shared some of… read full post
What is a Social Intranet?
Tomorrow I’m running a short Webinar*, where I’ll be providing a show case of leading social intranet vendors. To help set the context for the showcase, I’ll be discussing the attributes of what makes a “social intranet” distinct from what I call a traditional publishing intranet. I thought it might be worthwhile sharing one of the… read full post
The Business Case for Jive Software
You have to admire Jive Software’s CEO, Tony Zingale, for not mincing his words about the importance of social business tools: Social Tools Are Essential, Not Extras. Behind that bravado, the success of the Jive Software IPO in December is itself a good indicator of how serious many companies are treating the implementation of social… read full post
Did you know about our success in the legal and professional services sector?
Did you know that over years Headshift | Dachis Group have been involved with a number of innovative and award winning projects for the legal and professional services sector? For example: We helped Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) to derive greater business benefits from its intranet along with its other content and information repositories. We are working… read full post
Turning Smartphone Apps into a Marketing Tool – Sydney, Tuesday 31st January
How do you create a success smartphone app? Here in Australia the use of mobile devices (including both smartphones and tablets) and the mobile Web is growing fast. But how do you create a successful app that consumers or marketing staff will actually want to use? To help you design better smartphone apps, Anne Bartlett-Bragg… read full post
Sky News Technology Behind Business panel on Knowledge Management
Last week I was invited by Nigel Freitas to participate in a panel discussion about Knowledge Management (KM) for Sky News Australia’s Technology Behind Business show. Technology Behind Business examines trends and analyses key IT concepts. Each week an expert panel focuses on one type of technology or strategy, explaining its use without the jargon,… read full post
Does Viral Adoption of Enterprise Social Business Software work?
This is an issue I’ve been tracking, pretty much from the moment enterprise social computing hit the stage (later to become “Enterprise 2.0″, and what Dachis Group talk about now in the broader context of Social Business Design – see some of the conversations around the Connected Company in particular). The short answer is yes, viral… read full post
3 Ways to Anchor Social Media Efforts in Asia
I love bingo. I love sitting for formal dinners. I love unpacking my suitcase in one place and, visiting six. I love breakfast buffets. I love being isolated in an ocean with no land in sight. I am a cruiser. I am also a marketer. Thus I accepted the invitation to speak at the first… read full post