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The simple reason for this post is to make you aware of the dangers of introducing third party tools into your SharePoint environments and to recommend a series of steps to take to help you understand and decide if a third party tool is right for you. Third party tools can and do add real value, but be sure that these tools do not interrupt your core SharePoint environment.

Research article o the implementation of CoPs, Very good assessment tools for measuring collaboration

Today, the power of the Internet extends far beyond research, data collection, and news feeds. Companies can engage clients in healthy dialog, create brand evangelists and empower employees to promote your company to audiences previously inaccessible.

Your company's workforce is its most valuable asset. It is the employees who translate your organization's strategy into reality, interact with consumers and determine the corporate brand. "Living the Brand" demonstrates how you can empower and enthuse your employees to create "brand champions". This approach enhances employee commitment, improves service standards and focuses efforts to deliver business goals.

Chances are your employees are already engaging in social platforms, so why not empower them as brand advocates?

The 'People Talking About' metric refers to user-initiated activity on a specific page, which includes posting to the Wall; "liking", commenting or sharing one of the posts or a piece of content on the page; answering a Facebook Question posed to fans, or mentioning a page in a status update.

Each brand is classified under an Engagement Profile, according to the brand's magnitude of presence and engagement. Those with high engagement and many channels (on the top right quadrant) are called mavens while those with one channel and low engagement (lower left quadrant) are named wallflowers. 

A Google book from Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (only part of the content is displayed)

Die Autoren dieses Artikels gehen der Frage nach, wie Organisationen im Jahr 2020 mit Wissen umgehen werden. Dazu haben sie in einem ersten Schritt nationale und internationale Wissensmanagementkonferenzen, Publikationen und Internetveröffentlichungen analysiert, um Wissensmanagement-Visionäre aufzufinden. Dabei sind vier Visionäre aufgrund Ihrer Keynotes und ihrer Veröffentlichungen zu Wissensmanagement-Trends aufgefallen: David Griffiths, Dave Snowden, David Gurteen und Norbert Gronau. Sie werden hier zusammen mit ihren Thesen und Visionen zum Umgang mit Wissen vorgestellt. 

Im Artikel werden auf Basis von aufgestellten Grundanforderungen gängige WikiLösungen vorgestellt, die für den Einsatz in Unternehmen oder anderen  Organisation geeignet sind. Anhand bestimmter Features werden sie verglichen und bewertet, inwieweit sie für die Anwendung im Bereich Wissensmanagement geeignet sind. Die Wikis werden in Bezug auf Benutzerfreundlichkeit, Recherche, Strukturierung und Validierung von Wissen verglichen

Something to disseminate widely!

A bit dated study of Fraunhofer-Institute but it shows clearly where are the problems when SMEs try to globalize

"New are ideas happen when hunches collide and combine" "Chance favors the connected"