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03/102018

Sponsor highlight: ISW / Kudos

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Our next Gold sponsor you might know as the Aussies (new: now also with a Swede), a k a ISW and the app suite Kudos Apps. One thing is certain though, Kudos Apps constantly evolves to meet the users’ needs.

Not only is many of the apps available for both On Premise and Cloud, they have also added on some fantastic things in the blockbuster Kudos Boards. Users who previously were working with the very popular Kanban view of their task can now also reach a whole new level of task management with 2 new ways on looking at the tasks. First we have the Timeline view which lets the user to see a calendar with all tasks clearly visible on the specific dates. Second we have a Mindmap view which lets you have a great overview over the whole project. And of course as earlier, drag and drop tasks in between lists and dates.

Your projects has never been more easy to manage and keep track on.

So come to our booth were you can take a closer look on these new major updates on Kudos Boards and see our other apps such as Kudos Ideas, Kudos Buzzy, Kudos Badges, Kudos Awards and Kudos Analytics.

26/092018

Join our workshop on Monday October 15! Learn all about Domino 10 and beyond

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Our Platinum sponsor HCL is organising a workshop on the Monday before Social Connections. Absolutely free for people with a valid ticket to the Social Connections conference!

Now that Domino 10 is out in the wild; come and join us to define the future of Domino 11 and beyond. The workshop is held by Jason Gary and is 2 hours.

Spaces are limited, we only have 20 spots and they will go out on a first come first serve basis. The only prerequisite is that you have a valid ticket to the Social Connections conference!

30/072018

What a beauty, have a look at our agenda for Berlin

News by Wannes Rams

The moment is there to be proud again, our agenda for Social Connections Berlin has been published. Thank you to all speakers that have submitted, our apologies to all that did not get selected, some choices were tough and the amount of abstracts was over double of what we could fit in. To all the ones that got selected, congratulations and see you soon in Berlin!

We are proud to have a strong representation from Offering Management at the conference. Danielle Baptiste, René Schimmer and Kirti Gani will be present. On top of that we have some excellent case studies from customers and business partners from the field talking about their implementations.

Next to that, we have a strong technical track with the classical Administration and Development tracks, and we are pleased to see so many submissions and thus sessions in the brand new New Technology track.

And last but not least, we have launched an Academic track. As we have seen lately that IBM Connections has a lot of traction in learning environments, the moment could not be better to amplify this message.

Now that the agenda is revealed, it is about time to register for the conference to secure your spot. We have a limited amount of seats in the venue so we will handle the first come first serve principle.

07/062018

Social Connections Berlin Sponsor packages published!

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Social Connections 14 will be hosted in Berlin, Germany. As every conference, we offer companies the opportunity to sponsor this event to showcase their products and skills to the visitors and to get their name out in the open. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity and sign up as a sponsor today.

New this time is that we have added the opportunity host a short workshop the day before the conference for our Platinum sponsors. Please inquire if you want more info

This year we have slightly changed the process, no more emailing to sign up, we are using Buzzy

Find details on our sponsor packages and our sign up form here https://socialconnections.info/become-a-sponsor/

See you in the fall!!!

06/062018

Call for abstracts is open for SocCnx 14 in Berlin

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Sharpen your pens, supercharge your keyboards, tickle those brain cells and release some awesome content to present at

Social Connections 14 in Berlin on October 16 & 17.

Yes we are calling on you, faithful speakers from our previous conferences, experienced but Social Connections novices and presenting rookies. Whether you are presenting geeky technical topics, want to use case the hell out of us or you just want to tell us an interesting story… the clock is ticking, the deadline is getting one second shorter with every second that passes.

Our call for abstracts will be open until Friday July 6. Submit fast and furious and we will reward many of you with spotlight, applause and eternal gratitude.

ps.: New submission form this year (thanks to Buzzy). Submit here

13/042018

IBM ICS Collaboration strategy for the Future of Work

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Come to Social Connections, and more specifically to the keynote of IBM’s Vice President, Offering Management and Design, Watson Talent and Collaboration, Aarti Borkar to learn about the strategic vision from IBM on the Future of work.

Learn how IBM will combine the different parts of the portfolio to create a unified toolset to take on the challenges companies face today and tomorrow.

28/032018

IBM Offering Management comes to you at Social Connections

News by Wannes Rams

Could not get to all the sessions at IBM Think? Did not attend ? Come and listen to IBM Offering Management talking about the ICS strategy and

product roadmaps at Social Connections in Philadelphia. We have a strong representation of the ICS OM’s that will speak at our event in April.

Come and listen to Aarti Borkar‘s keynote on how to make organizations work smarter and connected using smart technologies. IBM’s latest vision on the future of work.

All news on the Watson Workspace Roadmap, Marlon Machado will share the long term strategy and direction.

Baan Slavens will guide us through the roadmap for IBM Connections and the future of work.

Last but not least, Sam Bobo will on IBM Connections Application Development and Low Code

08/032018

Announcing Social Connections 14 Europe dates

News by Wannes Rams

We are proud to announce you the dates for Social Connections in Europe. We will having our 14th event in the fall of 2018 in a European city to be announced

Dates are set to

15-16/10

Watch our space for updates on the location.

Please remember that call for abstracts for our Philadelphia conference are still open until monday

https://socialconnections.info/submit-abstract/

We also have a couple of sponsors slots open
https://socialconnections.info/become-a-sponsor/

See you all in Las Vegas and Philadelphia soon, and somewhere over the ocean later this year

National Museum of American Jewish History
Barry Halkin/Halkin Photography

30/012018

Social Connections 13: We got ourselves a venue

News nmajh, philadelphia, soccnx by Wannes Rams

After announcing the dates, then the city, time to release another part of the puzzle. The venue!!!

We are proud to present you the “National Museum of American Jewish History” aka NMAJH.

This awesome venue in the beautiful Museum Area is in a amazing piece of architecture. Watch this space and our Social Media channels in the next couple of days as we will open registrations and call for abstracts very soon. If you are interested in sponsoring, please visit our sponsor page

Museum from Market Street
Todd Mason/Halkin Photography

Golda Och Atrium
Barry Halkin/Halkin Photography

31/102017

Social Connections Vienna… it’s a wrap!!

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It’s over…. finally….. damn, it’s over… is it really???

Mixed emotions at the end of a conference as always. The team is physically and mentally exhausted, so we are happy to see an end to it as we can now go back to full nights sleep and actually taking time to have lunch during lunch.

On the other hand, this conference that is so close to our hearts we have been working together on for months is over, how can it already be… It was too fun to be over already…

Well as it really seems to be over… some statistics for you

54 Speakers delivering 52 sessions from 16 different countries, including 15 IBM Champions
203 Registrations from 22 different countries

So what has happened in those 2 days… a lot, we kicked of with some great keynotes by IBM, Customers and External speakers to the fill up all 4 rooms across all tracks for an afternoon packed with sessions. Only to be paused for some food in the amazing palace we held the event at.

The evening dinner was a blast, what an amazing experience… It was hosted in the oldest basement in Vienna and had no cellular reception and no WiFi… We must admit we were not 100% sure it was a good idea to send 200 IT geeks into a basement where they could not use their phone, but it seems all survived and only about 60% needed mental treatment afterwards.. Unintentionally the lack of WiFi in the cellar was completely inline with the lack of it at the venue on the first day. We tried solving it on the second day to have 1 of the team members rush out to pick up some 4G routers and it seemed to help a bit. The evening in the cellar was a blast, the photo booth got us some great pictures and everyone seemed to have a good time.

On the second day we toned it down and only used 3 rooms… Lot’s of great sessions again to end in the main auditorium again for the Connections Pink session and closing with prize draw… Again a couple of winners that were not in the room, we should really start listing them on the website so they realise what they have missed out on by not staying around…

The team’s view on the conference… apart for the normal organisers hickups….it was a GREAT event… it shouts out to us.. let’s rock on with