Below is Jeremiah Owyang's formal write-up on the forum he ran yesterday (10/14).
Thanks so much for attending yesterday, I really appreciate you taking your time out of your very busy schedules and travelling just to attend this event.
We hit our objectives: found 12 Key Findings (and so much more), relationship were formed, and I learned a lot more about the industry I cover.
The 12 Key Findings
Although I'll publish a more detailed presentation later, here are the 12 key findings:
Although I'll publish a more detailed presentation later, here are the 12 key findings:
Prediction 1: Community will participate in all aspects of marketing/strategy, product development, and support.
Challenge: Brands have difficulty managing the culture shift
Solution: Develop a business program to create incremental benefits
Prediction 2: Brands present and participate where organic communities exist.
Challenge: Reorientating the organization to deliver value to the community first.
Solution: Brands require monitoring tools, internal training and processes, in order to deliver value to communities where they exist.
Prediction 3: Workstyle evolves as employees collaborate beyond colleagues to get work done.
Challenge: Rules within corporate culture prevent adoption
Solution: Develop strategy for internal process change
Prediction 4: One identity with controllable multiple facets.
Challenge: Industry does not agree what should be portable, and how it should be, resulting in no trust
Solution: Despite this being a prediction, market demand doesn’t yet exist to spur adoption and innovation
The solutions look very thin as one sentence lines, when I send the presentation it will have more context. There were many other findings, as well as other sessions lead during unconference, those will be folded into final presentation (we didn't get time to get to David's session, I've asked him for notes --will include).
Simmer and Distil
Although you should take the time to think about this first, be sure to take this information back to your teams, discuss with management or board of directors, and think about all these findings. To be successful, you should have an internal meeting with your stakeholders to discuss what was learned, next steps, and individuals you should contact for followup. Don't just let this information be idle --be the actionist.
Next Steps (2/2) the Presentation
Due to schedule, I won't be publishing the high level presentation for a few days (but no later than Monday), due to schedule, and it also gives some me some thinking time to really think about what did we learn.
Due to schedule, I won't be publishing the high level presentation for a few days (but no later than Monday), due to schedule, and it also gives some me some thinking time to really think about what did we learn.
Tags #futuresocial08
I look forward to your blog posts, be sure to email me, as I'll try to collect them on one post and point to them, although the tag is also #futuresocial08 for blogs, photos, whatever else.
I look forward to your blog posts, be sure to email me, as I'll try to collect them on one post and point to them, although the tag is also #futuresocial08 for blogs, photos, whatever else.
Soft NDA
To reiterate, the soft NDA is in place, meaning we're sensitive not to call out any companies or individuals specifically without first getting their consent (emails are below), everything else is fair game to discussion and share online, 'cept the chair throwing by those rough and tumble enterprise guys and gals
To reiterate, the soft NDA is in place, meaning we're sensitive not to call out any companies or individuals specifically without first getting their consent (emails are below), everything else is fair game to discussion and share online, 'cept the chair throwing by those rough and tumble enterprise guys and gals
Live Chat Archives
Mark Finnern (SAP) and Jeff Nolan (Newsgator) have an archive of their live chat. http://finnern.com/
Next time, I'll get a more represntative attendee group in regards to gender, but to be fair, in some cases, companies selected the attendees, I wasn't the only decision maker. I'm very cognisant of this and will improve it for next time. My apologies.
Mark Finnern (SAP) and Jeff Nolan (Newsgator) have an archive of their live chat. http://finnern.com/
Next time, I'll get a more represntative attendee group in regards to gender, but to be fair, in some cases, companies selected the attendees, I wasn't the only decision maker. I'm very cognisant of this and will improve it for next time. My apologies.
Connected by Twitter
If you want to connected to the other attendees on Twitter, simply tweet out something with the #futuresocial08 tag, and then visit this page
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=futuresocial08
If you want to connected to the other attendees on Twitter, simply tweet out something with the #futuresocial08 tag, and then visit this page
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=futuresocial08
Special Thanks
SAP is fantastic in hosting this event, making it truly a no cost community event, thanks
Thanks to Kenny and the GPJ staff for providing an excellent ice breaker, taking pictures, and being very supportive
SAP is fantastic in hosting this event, making it truly a no cost community event, thanks
Thanks to Kenny and the GPJ staff for providing an excellent ice breaker, taking pictures, and being very supportive