{"id":949,"date":"2012-03-27T08:10:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T12:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/?p=949"},"modified":"2015-07-26T23:23:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-26T23:23:49","slug":"how-not-to-fail-at-enterprise-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterprisestrategies.com\/2012\/03\/27\/how-not-to-fail-at-enterprise-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"How Not to Fail at Enterprise Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you signed up for your first Facebook account back in the early 2000s, you were probably curious. You wanted to learn more about this new \u201csocial media\u201d platform and see if it might be fun and useful to you. After a few weeks, you were hooked. Facebook made reconnecting with old friends possible. It made sharing photos of your newborn easy. And you were able to do it at your own speed, on your own time. The same ease of adoption doesn\u2019t always happen in the enterprise.<\/p>\n

In a recent Harvard Business Review article, Tammy Erickson<\/a> discusses challenges to adopting collaborative technology tools. She looks at personal social media use and why people are eagerly engaged in it compared to enterprise social media. Control and choice are at the heart of the comparison.<\/p>\n