My Slides for the Web24Business Brainstorm #w24brainstorm

A couple of days ago I gave a talk about (some of) my Enterprise 2.0 experiences at the Web24Business Brainstorm. Saskia Lammers of the Temporary Art Center Eindhoven (TAC) was also invited to speak. She told about her work in developping a new social website that would support the community of artists. It was interesting to see the idea of the website consisting mostly of content from elsewhere, like Facebook, Youtube, etc.

My 20-minute presentation gave a short overview of the work that was done in Océ in the Enterprise 2.0 space. And some of my insights. Here are my slides:

Enterprise 2.0 Experiences

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And, as always, comments are more than welcome!

Ask Not...?

Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.

Yep, Kennedy. I heard this inspiring quote a couple of days ago while watching an interesting documentary about Ronald Reagan. It struck me how much this quote relates to social media. Social media is not about waiting for others to come to you, but you going to them by serving them. Social media is not about taking, but giving. Social media is not about shouting, but listening first. It's about asking, not stating. Etc.

Although humans are deeply social, I do think we have to reminded regularly that this is true. And live up to that fact. At least this quote helped me remember.

Are You Coming to the Intranet Conference? #intra11 #intranet

I just wanted to make some noise for one of the largest Intranet conferences in the world. I've been there twice (to give a breakout session) and can say this conference is one of the best I've ever attended. The location is great, the people are super, the content is inspiring, the food is good, etc. This year I'm one of the organizers of the conference and I hope we can live up to the expectations... ;-)

Are you coming to the Intranet Conference (Dutch: Congres Intranet)? I hope you are. You can find the program here in English or Dutch. I think we have really nice list of keynote speakers. Dion Hinchcliffe, Jane McConnell, Martin White and Tony Byrne. Big thinkers and inspiring speakers in the intranet space. As the program shows, we're taking a bit broader approach to intranet than the previous years. So we'll focus on the traditional intranet, but also on social intranet, social media, enterprise 2.0 and social business.
Peter Hinssen will lead us through the day and I'm sure his experience and humor will give us a great time together.
The set of breakouts we set up are very interesting as well. They help you relate to your specific situation, focusing on different market segments, intranet approaches and platforms

Please leave a comment if you're coming. And also leave a comment if you're not coming. I'd love to hear why.

By the way, if you want to get an impression of the 2009 and 2010 conference, please read these posts (2009 and 2010).