From faster knowledge transfer to more transparent communication, enterprise social will revolutionize the way your company works. But, like any software roll out, you’ll want to be strategic about it. Here are 5 tips for finding, implementing and rolling out enterprise social software:
- Easy breezy—pick social software that’s easy to use and implement. We’re talking days to weeks, not months.
- Social everywhere—whether it’s your intranet or file sharing system, wherever your employees land, put collaboration in context by including a link to your enterprise social network. Better yet, include a gadget with the relevant social feed right on the page.
- All-in-one software—integrate your social software with your existing authentication mechanism, regardless if that’s an app, LDAP or a database. Single sign-in is key.
- Integrate everything— merge facts and feedback in context to resolve problems faster. Integrate data from your applications and events into your social conversations.
- Executive Sponsorship—from day one, it doesn’t hurt to have your executives and senior managers contributing and getting the conversations going. Nothing is more powerful than the CEO, CIO, CFO, COO providing their opinion and direction on a social network.
