The book is finally finished … with the last screenshot taken at 11.10am today. There are four final finalizations required, including the sign-off on the Foreword, a final check of the Appendices, and getting my hands on a high-res version of the photo for the back cover. Two […]
I have spent the week working on finalizing the manuscript for Doing Business with IBM Connections (2013), and while I’m almost there, it’s not quite done yet. Here’s where I’m at: 1. All the feedback from my editor and the technical reviewers has been incorporated into the text. […]
There are only 12 pages to go in my new 400-page book on Doing Business with IBM Connections (2013). The book presents ten common collaboration scenarios that people do on a day-to-day basis, and explores how to use IBM Connections to improve and enhance each. It’s been a […]
Over the past few weeks I have been pouring everything I have into getting my latest book, Doing Business with IBM Connections, finished. It's almost done, and I expect to have copies available by the end of May. A couple of updates: 1. There are three chapters that […]
In conjunction with Silverside in Netherlands, I will be presenting a one-day User Adoption Strategies Workshop in Gouda on June 26. The details are now live, and registration is open. I’m looking forward to being back in the Netherlands for this workshop. As Roland mentions in the description […]
Progress on my new book, Doing Business with IBM Connections: Opportunities for Improving Processes, Driving Results, and Achieving Great Outcomes with IBM Connections, continues. I took a month off writing from mid-December to mid-January, then got ready to attend IBM Connect 2013, and once back in New Zealand, […]
Sasja Beerendonk, a collaboration consultant at e-office, is talking about the role of gamification in achieving user adoption. It’s a very popular session – the room is about 80% full; easily 300 people in the room. Some notes: 1. Focus is on how to use gamification to drive […]
Alan shares his view on what will happen with the social business space in 2013, with the main theme being “less talking, more doing.” “My thoughts about 2013 are based on the hundreds of conversations I’ve had with social business product vendors and customers over the last twelve […]
A few months ago Pamela wrote that Effective enterprise collaboration strategy needs everyone on the bus. I’m confused by some of the advice in the article – there’s an underlying ethos throughout that rings off to me. Here’s the reactions I’m having as I’m reading it through. Paragraph […]
“For as long as I have been running my own business, I have advised clients who were using various IBM technologies as part of their collaboration technology portfolio. In recent years, some of these clients have started using IBM Connections. I wanted a book to give to my […]
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