@DirDigEng Bump: Wonder if you cd share the CivllPages pilot business case (esp identified cost savings) to help this: [link to post]

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I read: Selling the benefits [of social media, to managers] [link to post]

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Get the people at the top of board and it’s just amazing how many middle management obstacles later on fall by the wayside.

Great, simple guide to motivating managers around Web2.0 from @davebriggs [link to post] #socitm09

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[Global] DavePress » Selling the benefits: I attended the session by Liz Azyan and Simon Hume at Socitm.. [link to post]

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When I talked about doing a blogsite for Socitm 2009 before the event, this didn’t generate much enthusiasm. Fortunately I was able to do it anyway. But when I showed the http://www.socitm09.net site to hitherto sceptical IT managers at the conference, and they could see the conversation being developed inside and (really important) outside the conference, they got it straightaway.

Of course there is a business case to be made, and for the activity around our conference, its about the huge additional reach and exposure for Socitm, which can be evaluated in cash and other terms.

But I guess my advice to people trying to get their organisations to embrace social media would be to spend resources actually doing something to demonstrate its power (it can be cheap and cheerful) rather than spend those resources talking about it.

Selling the benefits: I attended the session by Liz Azyan and Simon Hume at Socitm09 on social media – wh.. [link to post]

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@DirDigEng Wondering if you could share the CivllPages pilot business case (esp identified cost savings) to help this: [link to post]

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