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Keeping Social Business Design Real
I was watching the Friendface episode of the IT Crowd the other day. At one point, Roy, Jen and Moss are all sitting in the office together but end up talking to each other on 'Friendface' (you can watch the clip here). It... read full post
Considering the influence and impact of Social Business
Announcing the Social Business Summit, Sydney, March 25, 2010 "Considering the influence and impact of Social Business for your organisation." We're delighted to announce the final event in a series of global Social Business Summits hosted by the Headshift/Dachis Group... read full post
Finally, no more cookie cutter online communities
I first became seriously involved in online communities while working at a professional services firm in the early 2000s - our total sum of knowledge about running 'discussion databases' fitted easily into about 1,000 words (just right for consumption by... read full post
A Wiki Case Study: Replacing a Static Intranet at a Law Firm
A few months ago we announced the release of the Social Networking for the Legal Profession report by the Ark Group, which was written by Headshift's Lee Bryant and Penny Edwards.The London team recently followed up the release of this report... read full post
Powered up Downunder!
While we were asleep downunder, the Twitterverse was going wild with the announcement of the Dachis Group's acquisition of Headshift - followed by a series of blog post commentaries. Rather than re-post what Social Business Design is all about, I... read full post
SharePoint or Wiki?
This article was originally published in the May/June 2009 edition of Image & Data Manager magazine.Archimedes famously told us that with a long enough lever and fulcrum to rest it on, he could move the world. The story of designing... read full post
Evaluating social computing options? Some local knowledge can help
Other than Atlassian (who started in Australia and happen to have an office in Sydney), many of the newer enterprise social computing vendors don't actually have a local presence in our part of the world. So does this mean you... read full post
New report on Social Networking for the Legal Profession
Headshift are proud to announce the release of what is a major new report, published in association with Ark Group, entitled Social Networking for the Legal Profession.In the report, Lee Bryant and Penny Edwards look at ways in which legal professionals are... read full post
Why you should add social computing to your IT strategy
I'm not sure if this is a trend yet, but I've had a couple of client enquiries recently, but not about social computing or social media explicitly - instead they want help with IT strategies more generally. Considering that it... read full post
The Impact of the Social Web on Corporate Reputations
In this McKinsey Quarterly article (free registration required), the authors look at the impact of two key factors changing what they call the 'reputation environment':"the influence of indirect stakeholders--such as NGOs, community activists, and online networks--has grown enormously.""the proliferation of... read full post
One year on plus BOSS Magazine interview
Friday last week was Headshift Australasia's first birthday. :-) To celebrate, the 'team' - Anne, Stephen (Executive Director at Headshift Australasia), Shelley (more about Shelly another day) and me - headed over to the MCA Cafe for lunch. It was... read full post
Christoph Schmaltz on Second-wave Enterprise 2.0 adopters
I noticed that Christoph Schmaltz's three-part post about Second-wave Enterprise 2.0 adopters over on the original Headshift blog has been getting some attention today:"I decided to break this blog post down into three parts, as it had become way too... read full post
Zen and the Art of Social Media Guideline Maintenance
If you're reading this, then the chances are you thinking about the need for or even writing social media guidelines. Perhaps you are looking for examples to draft your own policy? Before you do that, just pause for a moment... read full post
Get enterprise wiki software for just a few bucks
Between now and the 24th April, enterprise wiki software company, Atlassian, is offering a fully functional 5 user license to Confluence for just US$5 (that's about AU$7) as part their 'Atlassian $timulus Package'. This includes a full year of support... read full post
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