BlogTalk 2009 (6th International Social Software Conference) – Call for Proposals – September 1st and 2nd – Jeju, Korea

BlogTalk 2009
The 6th Int’l Conf. on Social Software
September 1st and 2nd, 2009
Jeju Island, Korea
Overview
Following the international success of the last five BlogTalk events, the next BlogTalk – to be held in Jeju Island, Korea on September 1st and 2nd, 2009 – is continuing with its focus on social software, while remaining committed to the diverse [...]

Social networking services for enterprise use (2)

In a previous post, I listed some interesting articles I found about the application of social networks to business scenarios. This was based on research I did for a presentation on “Social Networking and Collaboration Tools for Enterprise 2.0” in October. Referencing these articles, I also prepared some answers for questions at the [...]

“The Long Tail Wags”

I’ve just read Chris Horn’s article entitled “The Long Tail Wags” which was inspired by a recent conference I participated in. His post describes how commercial organisations can benefit from and add value to the global Web 2.0-using community.
There are some interesting observations on risks and opportunities associated with the large quantities of user-generated [...]

Social networking services for enterprise use

Here are some interesting links I’ve come across in the past few days related to social networks and their applications in enterprise / business scenarios.
The water cooler is now on the Web
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_40/b4052072.htm
The expanding world of social networking
http://wistechnology.com/article.php?id=4247
Social networking: a time waster or the next big thing in collaboration?
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201808149
Social networks may become interoperable
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201808173
Business faces up to [...]