Here is a deck that I have used to present and demonstrate Lotus Connections. The deck is split into three areas: 1. Potential 2. Practicality 3. Reality Potential looks at what can be achieved using Social Software tools. This section is delivered as a story of my work day flying to Wellington NZ for a customer [...]

Question How do you install Lotus Connections v2.5 Answer By following the instructions in this document from IBM. Connections 2.5 Install Guide

I  *heart* Lotus Connections v2.5 communities and get a massive amount of personal value from being a member of the communities within IBM.  I suffer from an interesting problem in that I belong to about 25 communities which makes it difficult to access the community I want as soon as I access the communities area!  Maybe we [...]

As a new user of SUT which I think is WOW!  I noticed from RWW an article about some of the new Start-ups  specifically CallSpark. The application is a dynamic address book that lets you search for people across multiple accounts and social networks as well as in the popular CRM system, Salesforce, Whitepages, Yellowpages, and Yelp. But CallSpark [...]

I think social software usage is exploding. Infact i don;t think, I know.  As I cast my eye over the number of new Lotus Connections customers I think wow!  I also think that it shows that companies are ready for tools which modify and enhance employee engagement and sow the seeds for cultural change.

I was invited to present at the Wellington Software Association and I chose the subject “Social Software for Propserity and Growth”.  Its a topic that had be whirling around my head for some time – how can on-line communities contribute to the sales of start-ups, Small businesses and large enterprise businesses?  I put pen to [...]