JiveWorld09: The power of together.

The road to business transformation can be a solitary journey. The good news is, you’re no longer traveling alone.

In fact, as a Jive customer, partner or thought leader, you’re a founding member of a powerful, forward-thinking community that’s leading a global shift toward a social business mandate. And it’s time for this community to come together for the first time at JiveWorld09.

Why now.

This year’s conferences are being canceled left and right. So deciding to host Jive’s first-ever community conference in October may seem untimely.

But customers are sending us a different message. In a tough economy, they’re using Jive to break down barriers and maximize operational capacity, generating real business results in the process. And standing behind Jive’s own record-breaking growth in 2009 is a roster of industry leaders who’ve said "yes" to Jive and "no" to business as usual.

Social Business Software is at a tipping point. Companies are casting their votes to eliminate silos in exchange for more connected and productive business conversations. Employees and customers are, dare we say, happier. The time to bring us all together to maximize the potential of a more social business environment is now.

Together, we are proof that powerful, authentic conversations translate into more powerful business outcomes. Picture yourself in San Francisco with us, and imagine what kind of results can be achieved together.

Conference Highlights

Jive Together: The Jive SBS Showcase

This is the nerve center of JiveWorld09, where you’ll get hands-on demonstrations of new Jive features, answers to burning questions and one-on-one time with product experts and consultants.

  • Get a firsthand tour of Jive’s latest features at our demo stations, and learn how your organization can immediately benefit
  • Sit in on any or all "Ask the Expert" sessions to get your business or technical questions answered
  • Get guided walk-throughs of specific features like Jive’s social capabilities, bookmarking, tagging and search
  • Chat one-on-one with a Jive consultant to develop take-home strategies for community adoption and growth

Solution Stations

We'll have a number of solution stations, each dedicated to a particular aspect of Jive SBS. You'll get a firsthand tour of Jive's latest features and learn how your organization can immediately benefit.

Jive SBS Roundtable Sessions

These are two dedicated suites for small group discussions about a specific business or technical topic. Participation is limited to eight people.

Online Sign-Up Required for Roundtable Participation. Here's How:

These are two dedicated suites for small group discussions about a specific business or technical topic. To support an engaging, small format discussion, seats for each roundtable are limited to 8 people. To reserve your spot, please complete a brief registration here.

Ask the Product Experts Roundtable

The Ask the Product Experts suite provides an open forum for attendees to ask questions, have discussions and provide open feedback to Jive's product experts.

Explore Together Roundtable

The Explore Together suite provides an open forum for attendees to share ideas, experiences and best practices for taking Jive SBS to the next level.

Conference Highlights

JiveWorld09 is about and for you — the progressive leaders who are among the first to break down hierarchies, forge connections and create a new kind of social capital that elevates business performance.

Jive customers will network with a business and technology community that speaks the same language of groups, spaces, widgets, community adoption and customization. You’ll share ideas, learn how to adjust the dials and develop strategies that ensure you maximize the business value of Social Business Software.

As a partner or sponsor, you’ll engage with executives leading the social business transformation, showcase your products and services, and position your company as a key business partner.

And members of the press and industry analysts will discover what’s next in Social Business Software with access to selected sessions featuring Jive executives and customers.

Learn Together

No matter where you are in social business adoption, JiveWorld09 will be time well spent.

We’ve developed a rich agenda of business and technical tracks, featuring immersive case studies and hands-on sessions featuring peers, product experts and thought leaders.

  • Get deep product dives and consulting advice that would otherwise be time-intensive and costly to book separately
  • Take back actionable strategies and best practices to implement immediately, elevating your company’s use of SBS to the next level
  • Benefit from an ongoing, lively online community discussion with your peers, before, during & long after the conference is over
  • Build a network of peer support that accelerates your social business initiatives
  • Strengthen your Social Business Software skills with an array of focused training sessions

See complete track and training descriptions

Come Together

Industry thought leaders and Jive executives will talk about the global business transformation sparked by Social Business Software.

Design Jive Together: Ideation Session

On the last day of the conference you’ll have an opportunity to influence the future direction of Jive products and solutions. All customers are invited to join Jive product experts in an engaging, interactive ideation session. Your ideas and feedback will spark lively discussions that help us prioritize and design future product capabilities.

Discover Together

Live and breathe the social business revolution at JiveWorld09 by embracing the social aspects of the conference. This isn't a one-time conference that starts on Tuesday and ends on Thursday. Instead, we're producing a 24/7/365 experience that uniquely integrates Jive Social Business Software and leading social networking features into a JiveWorld experience that lasts year-round.

Don't wait until the end of October to engage with your fellow customers and the Jive team. Visit the JiveWorld community to get pre-conference questions answered, spark some lively discussions and get personally connected before you even show up at the W.

And during JiveWorld09, not only can you tweet it, discuss it, text it, link it or upload it—you also be able to visualize the content and connect with others in a whole new way. You might even walk away inspired to make your next event more social.

Applaud Together: The Jive SBS Awards

Some of our customers are taking their Social Business Software implementations to new heights. JiveWorld09 will recognize 5 customers that have achieved exceptional business outcomes from their use of Social Business Software.

Nominate your company

Tracks & Training

Tracks

Business Tracks

Business tracks focus on topics relative to community adoption, management, growth and measurement.

Technical Tracks

Technical tracks focus on topics relative to software features, customization, widgets, applications and hosting.

TRACK 1: BUSINESS

Spotlight: Employee Communities

This track is for business users looking to learn best practices, tips and tricks, anecdotes and detailed methodologies related promoting, managing and measuring internal employee networks.

Sessions will include experts from Jive’s strategic consulting group, detailed customer case studies, proven approaches to measuring ROI and insights into gaining community adoption and managing for success.

TRACK 2: BUSINESS

Spotlight: Public Communities

This track is for business users looking to improve customer, partner and prospect relationships by leveraging community technologies.

Sessions will cover improving customer support, increasing sales, improving marketing campaign and promoting innovation. Sessions will include experts from Jive’s strategic consulting group, detailed customer case studies and proven approaches to launching successful communities.

TRACK 3: BUSINESS & TECHNICAL

Diving into Jive SBS

This track will dive deeply into the latest in Jive functionality, providing comprehensive overviews of the latest Jive features and capabilities. Additionally, Jive’s product management team will uncover some of its future product plans and actively engage participants to help shape the future of Jive Social Business Software.

TRACK 4: TECHNICAL

Jive Tech Talk

This track is for technical users and administrators of Jive SBS who are looking for tips, tricks and best practices related to customizing Jive SBS. Sessions will include details on theming, Jive’s plugin and widget frameworks, an api overview and detailed integrations with enterprise applications. Jive SBS customers will also be sharing some of their unique and innovative customizations, sharing code and ideas around Jive SBS.

Jive Training

Strategic Training Track

No matter what stage you're in using Social Business Software, it's always good to revisit the best practices for planning, launching, managing and growing your employee and market communities. This track will go through in detail each of the major stages of the community lifecycle and will provide detailed recommendations for getting the most out of your community, your participants and your investment in Social Business Software.

Technical Training Track

Are you a Jive expert looking for new ways to bend Jive SBS to your needs or are you new to Jive SBS and want to better understand everything the solution has to offer? The technical training track will provide a detailed description of the various component that make up Jive SBS, how to use these features and how to customize Jive SBS to suit your company and business needs.

Design Jive Together: Ideation Session

On the last day of the conference you’ll have an opportunity to influence the future direction of Jive products and solutions. All customers are invited to join Jive product experts in an engaging, interactive ideation session. Your ideas and feedback will spark lively discussions that help us prioritize and design future product capabilities.