Enterprise Social Networks Archives

03 Dec Letting Go – Embracing Imperfection

Posted at 17:26h in Collaboration, Enterprise Collaboration, Enterprise Social Networks, Uncategorized by Andy Jankowski 1 Comment

This post originally appears on Allison Maguire's LinkedIn. Have you ever written an email that was received by someone in a way you did not intend? I'd wager that scenario only had to play out a couple of times before you modified your behavior, reading and re-reading...

02 Sep Don’t Let Your Inbox Rule Your Vacation

Posted at 18:03h in Enterprise Collaboration, Enterprise Social Networks, Internal Communication, Intranet, Uncategorized by Andy Jankowski 0 Comments

We’ve all dreaded an inbox of emails after a long vacation—or even just the weekend. Today, with enterprise social networks gaining adoption in small businesses and large corporations, it’s likely some of these emails are notifications from your enterprise social network, such as Yammer or Chatter....

18 Aug Back To The Basics: The Intranet Is Not Dead

Posted at 16:39h in Enterprise Social Networks, Intranet, Social Business, Uncategorized by Andy Jankowski 0 Comments

"Anyone that says intranets are dead, or can be replaced by enterprise social network alternatives, is ignoring the basic needs that an intranet fulfills…all of which our study showed were important to employees." -Andy Jankowski Did we statistically prove the case for a social intranet? YES!...

27 Jul Teeing Off: The Front Nine of Internal Communication

Posted at 17:06h in Collaboration, Communication, Enterprise Collaboration, Enterprise Social Networks, Internal Communication by Andy Jankowski 0 Comments

The Course of Corporate Internal Communication Picture a large corporation. A corporation doesn’t like the game of golf. Sure- their associates, executives, and clients probably golf, but the corporation itself prefers their activity-- the pursuit of progress and success-- to move at the same pace I...

26 May Driving Yammer Adoption, One Business Team At A Time

Posted at 21:19h in Communication, Enterprise Collaboration, Enterprise Social Networks, Internal Communication, Uncategorized by Andy Jankowski 0 Comments

This post originally appears on Microsoft Office Blogs. When I first read Gartner’s prediction that,” Through 2015, 80 percent of social business efforts will fail to achieve the intended benefits due to an overemphasis on technology and inadequate leadership involvement*,” I laughed and then, I cried....

29 Apr Making Your (Digital) Mark Inside Your Company

Posted at 19:45h in Communication, Enterprise Social Networks, Internal Communication by Andy Jankowski 1 Comment

People constantly want to know how to get ahead in their careers--how to earn more than the next person, how to advance to a key management role, how to get in front of a dream client or account. Too often, people incorrectly use social tools...

05 Mar Gamification: It’s Elementary

Posted at 22:03h in Collaboration, Communication, Enterprise Collaboration, Enterprise Social Networks, Gamification, Internal Communication, Intranet, Social Business, Social Enterprise, Uncategorized by Andy Jankowski 0 Comments

When I look back at my elementary school days, one thing gives me immediate anxiety: math board races. For third graders, it only takes a few runs through a multiplication table for teachers to notice disengagement. Much to the chagrin of my passive self, teachers...

18 Nov The Missing Part Of Your Enterprise Social Network: Executive Support

Posted at 02:59h in Collaboration, Communication, Employee Engagement, Enterprise Collaboration, Enterprise Social Networks by Andy Jankowski 0 Comments

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy C-Suite executives can put their stamp of approval on the implementation of enterprise social networks. They can praise the importance of usage and collaborative knowledge sharing in their monthly departmental meetings. They can even...

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