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.
Following on from our announcement regarding our customer keynote from Wells Fargo, the team are now pleased to announce that Rachel Happe, the Community roundtable will keynote at our next event!
Keynote:
Community management is quickly becoming the future of all management – and leadership. The ability to inspire and engage a diverse network to solve complex problems quickly is a powerful differentiator. At the same time, the barriers to building networks are lower than ever.
You will leave this session with an understanding of the latest research and thinking about community management, based on data and conversations with hundreds of community professionals from around the globe.
Bio:
Rachel Happe is a Co-Founder and Principal at The Community Roundtable, a company dedicated to advancing the business of community. The Community Roundtable collaborates with clients to develop proven, practical strategies for better engagement. Clients rely on TheCR’s models, research and networks to take their communities to the next level.
Rachel co-founded The Community Roundtable to support business leaders developing their community, collaboration, and social business strategies. Clients including SAP, Aetna, BASF, CA, and H&R Block benefit from Rachel’s ability to make sense of abstract trends and her ability to see the implications that technical and operational decisions can have on people and processes.
Rachel has over 25 years of experience working with emerging technologies including enterprise social networking, eCommerce, and enterprise software applications.
To find out more about the community roundtable – https://communityroundtable.com/
Look out for some other announcements from the team over the coming days. Places at the event are proving to be very popular, so please register now!
The Social Connections team are pleased to announce that we have secured another great keynote speaker at our event in Toronto on June 6th and 7th – Alan Lepofsky, VP and Principal Analyst, Constellation Research
Tools like Apple Siri, Google Now and Microsoft Cortana help keep us informed about the weather, news, stocks and sports scores. They can perform web searches, set alarms and play our favourite music. So what if you could have a similar digital assistant at work? One that dynamically prioritizes your daily work, automates responses, notifies you about important content, and recommend people you should contact. These assistants are coming, and in this session we’ll discuss not only what they’ll do, but why we should be wary.
After announcing John Stepper as keynote speaker yesterday, we are very proud to present Silvia Cambie as keynote speaker. As a digital strategist and thought leader in social technology she is well placed to talk about cultural changes needed to adopt to enterprise social networking.
Convincing the C-Suite: Collaboration begins with Culture
We are in the middle of the biggest change the enterprise has ever experienced in history. Yet, according to a recent Altimeter study, getting buy-in from execs still remains a top priority. Only 9% of the companies surveyed reported participation from the C-Suite on social.
Why are senior execs still so reluctant to embrace the benefits of enterprise social networking?
In this talk, you will learn how to use collaboration’s core principles as well as emerging phenomena like employee advocacy and disruptive innovation to get the C-Suite’s support to help you create a new corporate culture of connectivity and sharing.
You can find the abstract for her session here
We are very proud to announce John Stepper as one of our keynote speakers. John is the author of “Working Out Loud”.
A lot of his ideas and work is available on http://workingoutloud.com/
He will talk about how to make work more effective & fulfilling across your organization.
You can find the abstract for his session here
Maybe you’ve already checked out our agenda and seen the hints…? Either way, we are thrilled to officially announce that we’ll have three keynote speakers at Social Connections VII! All three keynote speakers are Social Connections veterans and we are honored to have them back to speak again.
First up…Louis Richardson. I don’t exaggerate when I say that Louis is one of the premier story tellers of the social business story. Although he is from IBM, the message is always unbiased and about how to work smarter using social. Louis rarely even mentions a product as he speaks. One of my favorite presentations from Louis is ‘Have you lost your mind‘.
Second…we have Mike Roche. Mike is the Chief Technologist at IBM Ireland and works directly with development of IBM Connections. Interestingly enough, Mike was one of the of the speakers at the first Social Connections event ever in 2011. Mike will be sure to bring us the latest news of what IBM has planned for IBM Connections.
And last but not least, we have Luis Suarez. An independent social business trusted advisor, who is leading the charge to work out loud as a charter member of Change Agents Worldwide. Luis is a passionate evangelist who speaks from his heart. He delivered one of the top sessions at Social Connections VI in Prague, ‘From Adaptation to Engagement‘.
If you have never seen these three guys speak, you are in for a real treat! And if you have see them, don’t worry…they will be delivering new and exciting presentations not previously seen at any Social Connections event!
So, if you haven’t already…go register now for Social Connections VII and we’ll see you in Stockholm on November 13th and 14th!
The team are thrilled to announce that the keynote speaker will be…
First some clues…
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Got it yet?
Yes, we can publicly declare that the keynote session at Social Connections VI will be delivered by IBM’s Luis Benitez:
I am a Social Software Product Manager at IBM and an Social Business/Enterprise 2.0 enthusiast who simply loves the whole concept of innovating. I help companies understand and implement Enterprise 2.0/Social Business solutions, specifically IBM Connections, all over the world.
Luis Benitez announcing IBM Mail.Next at the Connect 2014 Opening General Session (Orlando, Jan 2014)
The Social Connections team are thrilled and honoured to have Luis attending and speaking at this event.
We’ve always been delighted at the willingness of IBM’s Connections product management and development teams to support Social Connections events. Given that Luis is such a great advocate for the wider Connections community this increases our excitement at his attendance in Prague for this event.
Look out for more details regarding the agenda and timings very soon.
The Social Connections organising committee are delighted to be in a position to announce the two (yes, two!) keynote speakers for our next event in Zurich, Switzerland to be held on Friday, 28th June 2013.
Opening the event will be the fantastic Heidi Ambler, Director of Social Computing at IBM, presenting her perspective on the latest and greatest news on IBM Connections and the new Connections Content Manager solution.
Heidi is a long-time Loti (joining the organisation in 1991), and has previously been product manager for Smartsuite, Notes, Workplace and Connections. Now Heidi is responsible for the product management team for IBM’s Social Business products, so has the challenge of managing such talents as Suzanne Livingston, Baan Slavens and Luis Benitez. We are honoured and delighted that Heidi will be making the trip over from the USA to take part in the event.
Closing the day will be someone who will have travelled even further to be with us, over 11,000 miles from New Zealand. Industry analyst and collaboration strategy guru Michael Sampson will be wrapping up the event with a bang, delivering a second keynote on how to take Social Business solutions and ensure they truly add value to individuals and teams in your organisation.
Michael’s passion is helping organisations to make collaboration work, when their employees have to work together effectively while separated by distance and time. Michael advises end-user organizations in New Zealand, Australia, Europe, and the United States on making collaboration work.
And a very special bonus…
Given Michael is travelling so far to be with us, it would be madness not to make the most of his time in Europe. Therefore we are thrilled to announce our first Social Connections +1 event.
On the day preceding Social Connections V, Thursday 27th June, Michael will be delivering a special workshop for Social Connections attendees. Entitled ‘Doing Business with IBM Connections‘, Michael will be delivering a full day’s training on how to best use IBM Connections to solve your personal and organisational problems, to deliver enhanced productivity and to get the very best value from the investment you’ve made. Unlike Social Connections itself, it will be a paid event but we have no doubt that attending the workshop will pay for itself many times over! We’ll be announcing more details in the couple of weeks, but definitely keep the date free!
Call to action…
If you haven’t registered for Social Connections V yet, go do it now (see button below) It is shaping up to be the biggest and best Connections user group ever! We now have 9 amazing sponsors who are funding what will be an incredible day.
We are also looking for additional presentation abstracts for the event. If you are a seasoned presentation veteran or someone who has never stepped on stage before, we would love to hear from you. We plan to review the session abstracts on 1st May, so you have just a few weeks to get those sessions in!
Also, look out for more information on hotels and travel very soon… In the meantime, get registered!!
