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The IBM Institute for Business Value's report, The Business of Social Business, is full of research and survey data that can help in understanding how organizations are "seeing the value of applying social approaches, internally as well as externally.

The more social circles or Facebook friends a person has, the more likely social media can become a source of stress, Scottish researchers say. The more groups of people in someone's Facebook friends, researchers at the University of Edinburgh Business School reported, the greater the potential to cause offense, particularly if employers or parents are included. Stress rises when users present a version of themselves on Facebook that is unacceptable to some of their online "friends," the researchers said. Some 55 percent of parents follow their children on Facebook, they said, while more than half of employers have admitted to not hiring someone based on the applicant's Facebook page. "Facebook used to be like a great party for all your friends where you can dance, drink and flirt," Edinburgh researcher Ben Marder said. "But now with your Mum, Dad and boss there, the party becomes an anxious event full of potential social landmines." The researchers surveyed more than 300 people on Facebook, mostly students, with an average age of 21."

NN/G's latest analysis of the social intranet space.   Summary:  "Employee collaboration and open communication are now business drivers in many companies, but social enterprise features are often poorly integrated with the rest of the intranet."

Spot on summary of recent Gartner report that supports out approach to social employee engagement (social business)

With the tremendous excitement around Social Media and Social Business, there are pressures on organizations to embrace "all things social", on how Social tenets can transform a business; citing agility, empowerment, employee engagement, increased market reputation, improving customer relationships, and providing an overall competitive advantage.

Private social networks for business: Edward Saatchi, son of advertising guru Maurice Saatchi, believes online social media can have the same impact on business as it has had with consumers.

Tools to manage social media accounts e.g. analytics, advertising, brand awareness measurements, etc.

for The Daily Muse A decade ago, businesses didn't have company Facebook profiles, Twitter accounts or Instagram feeds. In fact, Facebook didn't exist. When you start thinking about how much social media has changed the way that businesses operate in the past few years, you can't help but wonder how much more - and how - it will change in the coming decade.

Three London based students have got together to try and build a social network that seamlessly links brands with customers. Social scientist Edward Heywood, computer engineer Peregrine Park, and business management student Sharan Soni have put their skills together to create Urban Cloud - "a social network that unites people on a platform designed to promote collaboration".

A study published in 2010 surfaced a startling statistic, "75 percent of employers say their business has no formal policy instructing employees on the appropriate use of social networking sites on the job." The report, "Employer Perspectives on Social Networking," compiled data from 34,000 businesses in 35 countries.

a new report by IBM on "Social Business: Patterns in achieving social business success by leading and pioneering organizations." Among all the topics, the document reports on finding expertise, increasing knowledge sharing, improving recruiting and on-boarding, enabling workplace safety, etc. The paper is available from the following link:

The Social Business Collaboration 2013 will take place again with 100+ board-level attendees from all industries across the globe to discuss on the latest challenges and solutions of social business collaboration, alignment of internal and external communication channels

Ms. Rozwell explores social business strategy, including social media, social networks and collaborative communities.

How Social Intranets Cultivate High Performers - and how to avoid the disconnect associated with static intranet systems

David Jones from Havas Group says we're in the 'age of damage' where people can find out about any aspect of a business and have the potential to question, challenge or even harm its reputation

Company culture is a lot like meetings and memos: it's an inescapable, and inevitable, part of the employee (and candidate) experience. But with the rise of social media, virtual employees and global teams, new business paradigms mean that when it comes to communicating culture and developing an authentic and resonant employer brand, it's anything but business as usual.