Having worked in Knowledge Management for a large multinational I have had experience in the challenges involved in realising the value of shared wisdom across the organisation, without enforcing the burden of overcomplicated information categorisations.

So I read with excitement this manifesto on Social Architecture which provides a cleverly thought out view on how organisations can embrace socialisation to generate real value.

Phil Dobbie from BNET interviews me on the 3 elements to the Social Media Action Plan – Listen, Engage, Influence

My updated Social Media Action Plan presentation

Social Media – What is it?
“Open Conversations that encourage participation and connect people”

• FACEBOOK 9.7 million Australian’s on Facebook
• oTWITTER 800 tweets / second
• Youtube 2 billion views/day

Why it matters
- “Social media helps people express themselves and through the wisdom of crowds helps us discover new stuff”

What to do about it ?
- Can’t control it
- Ignoring it just elimates you from the conversation  Read more... (216 words, estimated 52 secs reading time)

Here’s a great presentation from Raffi Krikorian that runs through a series of stats related to continued growth of Twitter

Here’s an insightful look at some of the emerging Digital Trends from Frog Design

Here’s an excellent presentation I came across today from Rob van Alphen.
Great pictures, and covers many of the issues that we cover with clients about the ways to engage with social media.