Listen to Social Connections interviewing Richard Jefts, Vice President & General Manager Digital Solutions at HCL Technologies. Learn more about the deal close, HCL investments, more details on the recent cloud announcements and HCL’s take on User Groups.
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10/072019
And we are back for some more customer sessions at Social Connections Munich. We are very proud to host 3 more customers share their story in the case study track.
Come and listen to Regina Schumacher from ista International GmbH, she will take about engaging your users with ICEC.
We also have Eurapco’s Marta Alvarez De La Campa presenting their Customizer project and how that dramatically . reduced the amount of user clicks.
Last but not least is Bernd Gewehr from Vössing Ingenieurgesellschaft GmbH. Bernd will present his companies use case on smart notifications.
03/072019
The Queen is dead, long live the Queen !
We want to introduce you to Danielle Baptiste, Vice President Product Management Connections Portfolio HCL Digital Solutions. In short the lead of product management for HCL Connections. Brand new at HCL since this week, experienced in the product for a long time. Limited by the vacuum around the closing of the deal, she can now finally unleash her full powers on the future of Connections. The future is indeed bright!!
Danielle and her team will be presenting their vision on the future of HCL Connections at Social Connections in Munich. Our event will be key in the HCL communications strategy for HCL Connections. You better register fast as seats are likely to run out fast.
Danielle’s first public communication is live on HCL’s Youtube channel and she is sending a strong message.
03/072019
On the morning after the Social Connections conference, September 18 we will be hosting 2 or 3 workshops. The content of the third one is work in progress but HCL wants you to join their workshops.
When you are booking your flights or other transport and you want to take participate, please take this into account. Goal is to finish the workshop around midday.
No location is known yet for these workshops, but we will update you in the beginning of July on location, timing and content. We will have a separate registration for these workshops and the only requirement is a valid ticket for the Social Connections conference.
28/062019
Social Connections launches a series of interviews leading up to our next event. We start with an interview with Matteo Bisi, newcomer on the Social Connections team. He shares some insights on his first months on the team.
You can find our Youtube channel here but to follow this series it might be better to bookmark the playlist link
Next Episode is coming soon
26/062019
We are very proud to present HCL to you, our platinum sponsor for Social Connections Munich. We are extremely pleased that HCL has become our strategic partner for this conference, and working together with them to deliver content is refreshing, agile and forward thinking. They get things done!
HCL will be delivering a keynote featuring Richard Jefts, General Manager for HCL’s Digital Solutions division, and many other sessions. He will be joined by Danielle Baptiste (Lead Offering Manager for Connections), Andre Hagemeier (Lead Developer Connections) and many more to deliver all the news on the future of our beloved software.
HCL will also be holding a workshop the day after the conference on September 18 in the morning. Topic of this workshop will be “LetsConnect: Defining ‘roles’ in collaboration” where Connections Offering management will take you for a deep dive into roles & permissions in Connections. Find more info about it here. We will have a separate registration process for this workshop
13/062019
We are very pleased to announce our first 2 customer sessions today. Join us in Munich to listen to thyssenkrup AG and Evonik.
Dr. Eric Marzo-Wilhelm from thyssenkrup AG will speak with Florian Schwade from the University of Koblenz and share teir unique insight on collaboration and Social Collaboration Analytics. They will share the story of how we.connect (IBM Connections) emerged as a platform for global collaboration at thyssenkrupp AG.
Rainer Gimbel from Evonik will be joined by panagenda’s Luis Suarez to learn about the impact of professional community management to the overall success of ESNs and the possibilities to measure and evaluate their health and maturity.
Both these sessions are an excellent reason to visit Social Connections in Munich on September 16 & 17. You can register here
Got inspired and want to submit a sessions as well, Abstracts are open until end of this month. Don’t be shy, go for it.
17/042019
The Social Connections team is very proud to announce they will assist IBM to host another #LetsConnect episode in the already successful series of events. The previous events have been a blast and the feedback to IBM on the future of the product has already been amazing. But we need more, we need more voices, more feedback, more direction and bright new ideas. And we need them from you!! The actual users of the platform!!!
The session will be hosted in Vienna at the IBM building and will be held on Thursday May 16. So put on your creative hat and see below for practical details.
If you want to participate, please register here.
Don’t wait too long as spaces are limited and will fill up very fast.
19/032019
IBM is running a series of jams to define the future of Connections. These interactive workshops will take place physically and virtually to iterate on the next version of Connections. Business leaders, Community managers, stakeholders, … come and help define the future of the product
Workshops will be held in the following locations:
- Belgium, Brussels (May 13)
- France, Paris (April 5)
- Germany, Frankfurt (April 1)
- UK, London (April 10)
- US, Charlotte NC (April 30)
- Switzerland, Zurich (April 3)
- Asia Pacific (2H 2019)
Register here
20/022019
We are super excited about the announcements and vibe around Connections at IBM Think
To start off with, just days before the conference, IBM released CR4 for IBM Connections 6. You can find a full description of what is new in that release here, but we wanted to share some highlights.
#New Community Catalog Page
The new design is following the Orient Me experience, with a large quick filtering bar on the top and a nice community list, that allows you to have a quick glance at what the communities are about and of course a link to enter them.
#Customizer light
It is now possible to install Connections Customizer without installing the rest of the component pack. This should make it lighter and easier to get started.
#File sharing via link
You can now easily share a file via a link that gets generated, to give read access to personal and community files
IBM has also announced CR5 to become available next quarter. We have seen a recent ramp up in pace in the release cycle that makes us very happy and grows confidence about the future of this great product.
Danielle Baptiste (Director, Offering Management, IBM Collaboration Solutions) also mentioned in her session that they now have over 4,500 ideas in the ideation system for Connections. If you don’t know how to access the ideation system, please check out the following link. Offering Management of Connections is listening to you, the customers. So go in and submit your ideas!
But probably the most exciting news for Connections was the announcement for the Jams. Following the successful pattern of Domino Jams, the Connections Offering Management team is announcing Jams for Connections in April and May. Please check this link to register.
There will be Jams in the following locations early this year:
Brussels (May date to be confirmed)
Stockholm (date to be confirmed)
Paris (April 5)
Frankfurt (April 1)
London (May date to be confirmed)
Charlotte (May date to be confirmed)
Asia Pacific (locations and 2H2019 dates to be confirmed)
But they will continue on later in the year as well. We are looking to add one to our next Social Connections event on September 16 and 17 and we are working to host one in Stockholm in April or May.
Last but not least we want to list some interesting content for you from the conference. Check out the following links to learn more about the bright future for Connections.
- Connections: The Future Looks Bright
The Connections keynote with Danielle Baptiste - Think-ing from far away Part 4 – It’s all Connections
Listen to this podcast on all the news on Connections from Think. One of the participants on the podcast is one of Social Connections board members Wannes Rams - Prentation about Connections Customizer from Wannes Rams