12 September 2005

Social Software

> My definition :

Tools for Sharing & Interconnecting :
- ideas
- informations
- business
- knowledge
- contacts

> 4 main elements :

- social bookmarking
see : blogmarks.net

- social networking
see : my linkedIn Profile

- wiki
A wiki is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. (from wikipedia). From Hawaïan wikiwiki, meaning "quick" or "informal".
See also : european blogosphere, on Loic wiki, and "Les blogs" conference in Paris page, April 2005

- blogs
Download 050914_blog_explication.ppt

> Joi Ito : " what's Google Juice ? "It's what people who think they have a network don't have"
[See the video on Loïc Le Meur blog]

Somebody talks about you...

> About "Dell Hell" in Loïc Le Meur blog

> Steria search in Google

> Steria search in Technorati (see this french blog or this one about use of blog in Steria France and this one, more complete)

> Kryptonite video on engagdet.

> Kensington lock video, on Loïc blog.

14 September 2005

RSS : a new dimension

RSS : real simple syndication
See : wikipedia definition

> Thne info doesn't wait, it travels

> For read or republish

> The web site is no more the point of convergence, the user is on the center

> RSS will kill newsletters ?
- RSS not compatible sith spam
- No viruses
- The reader decide
- No psychological resistance on giving e-mail address
see : mail Vs Rss on Alex Barnett blog (found on affordance.info)

> IE 7 & Outlook 12 will read RSS (Mozilla already does...)

> Text, but also sound: podcasting
see : conversation with Robert Scoble in Loïc Le Meur blog,
see also : wikipedia page

To see clear in the "blog fog"

How can I search and survey in blogosphere ?

> Agregators : such as Feeddemon

> Search engine, such as Technorati or blogpulse

> Both : custom your RSS feed on keywords, and receive it on your agregator.

> Tags

> Podcasting : P2P alternate

Blog uses (1/2)

> Personal blogs

> Thematic blogs
Passion, music, product, etc.

> Citiezen blog
monputeaux.com

> Media blogs
Type_of_bloggers_1

see : the Guardian Newsblogs

> Experts / SoHo Blogs
See: my blog [Cup Of Tea], Crawford Killian

Blog uses (2/2): corporate blogging

Corporate_blogs > Managers / employees blogs
Can blogging boost IBM's revenues and reduce layoffs ? Silicon Watcher article from Affordance.info

> "Blogging has provided me with recognition within the company, and outside" Catherine Helzerman, IBM [see her blog]

> Sun 2 000 corporate bloggers : "Integrating employee voices into its marketing strategy, Sun Microsystems increases its corporate blogging activity" [read the news in PR Machine blog]

> "My hat is off to Apple" Robert Scoble, Microsoft [in his blog, scoblizer]

> " Like many other companies, we believe that blogs have the potential to become powerful communications tools. We have created this community to give our consultants the opportunity to participate in the blogosphere, to listen to and learn from our audiences, and to contribute their own vast insight and experience on topics related to our industry. " "About this blog", on the Hill & Knowlton's professional blogging community (found on BloggingPlanet)

> "We believe there is scope – even if limited – for using corporate blogs. For example, a company could keep a customer relationship blog as a forum for discussing products. CEO blogs can be used as an instrument for business agenda-setting or image-building." from the report "blogs: the new magic formula for corporate communication" [download PDF] by Deutsche Bank Research, Think Tank (found on PR Toughts).

Type_of_bloggers > "In a very short time, the blogging phenomenon has drastically altered the landscape and challenged traditional tenets about the control of messaging by corporations, the media, the government, marketers and company stakeholders." from Edelman/Intelliseek "Trust Media, How Real People Are fFinally Being Heard" [download PDF] (from Olivier, Affordance.info)

> Theme / lobby
To put a theme on the political agenda, know the temperature, the opinion, discuss with customers, experts. Lobby & event : example of a blog about the LOLF (French Finance Law Project) where Steria taking part.

> PR
see : RUmeur Publique, PR Machine

> eCommerce
see LaFraise

> Events
Convention, seminar
See : marcop, Apple Expo

> Internal
see : Padawan (Cap Gemini Webmaster) for rebranding weblog

> 4 reasons why large corporation should blog, [ QuickTime 5,2 Mo] by Loïc Le Meur. See the note and transcript.

Internal blogging

> "One area suited to the use of blogs is internal communication, e.g. for dialogue between board members and company employees. Via internal blogs the responsible parties can respond quickly, pointedly and appropriately to topics raised, as long as the company has an open culture that provides the proper framework." [download PDF] by Deutsche Bank Research, Think Tank (found on PR Toughts).

> "The experience in internal blogging has been very positive in term on internal circulation of information but also helped raised new projects thanks to sharing ideas."  Didier Masse, Steria France, from corporate blogging (Internal), by Guillaume du Gardier on iaocblog.

> Steria France uses blog as internal communication tool (in french).

Why blogs are so successfull ?

IT'S SIMPLE

> To read
> To understand
> To explain
> To find
> To install

IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE

> See the prices...

IT'S PRODUCES QUICK & VISIBLE RESULTS

Blogs for Steria ?

INTERNAL :

> Employees / management
> Themes
> Job alert
> Ideas ("laboratory of unreal ideas")
> Events orgnization, registration + feedback
> training

EXTERNAL

> Products
> Press
> lobby
> experts...

10 reasons of why a company should blog

1> Corporate evangelism

2> Make the debate, not following it

3> Visibility
Do you thing I really worth this rank ?

4> Belong to a wide network

5> Collect info

6> Have fun !

7, 8, 9, 10> See Loïc video !

steria seminar / salle valbonne

steria seminar / salle valbonne

steria seminar / salle valbonne

steria seminar / salle valbonne

27 September 2005

Powerpoint presentation Blogs and social software

Powerpoint presentation of joël ronez - 14 sept 2005 (3,9 MB)

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