My Presentation to the SharePoint User Group UK (SUGUK) on SharePoint Social, what it means and what organisations need to think about. It was supported by a great discussion.

1. SharePoint Social
SharePoint User Group UK – April 2013 – Mark Stokes

2. Mark Stokes
 Red Plane
 Microsoft Partner in North West UK
 www.redplane.co.uk
 @FlyRedPlane
 Office 365, SharePoint, Azure, nopCommerce, DotNetNuke, Windows 8
Apps, Windows Phone Apps, iOS Apps, .Net
 mark.stokes@redplane.co.uk
 @MarkStokes
 Interests: SharePoint, Technology, Photography, Raspberry
Pi, Snowboarding, Wakeboaring, Mountain Biking, My Dog Hugo

3. What is social?
 Social is all about “Sharing information”
 Social is connecting and finding like minded people / communities
 Social is a way to express opinions and thoughts
 Social allows “Crowdsourcing” Information
 Social interactions are free from a fixed and rigid structure
 They represent the way their users naturally think
 They allow many inter-connections and webs of information
 They develop and adapt over time
 Socially interesting content bubbles to the top
 Small conversations
 Trending terms
 Social tends to be more honest

4. Well Known Social Tools
 Facebook
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 YouTube
 Flickr / 500px / Instagram
 Stack Exchange / Forums
 News Sites / Blogs

5. Why are social tools successful?
 Quick and Easy - Path of least resistance
 Even if that means going out of the firewall!
 Why is email sharing still so popular when your users have SharePoint?
 Why do your users still send a link from DropBox / Sky Drive?
 Give them an equally easy way to share within the firewall
 Match the way that users think / Unstructured
 Social network / community membership
 Familiar

6. SharePoint versions of Social Tools
- Profile

7. SharePoint versions of Social Tools
- Timeline

8. SharePoint versions of Social Tools
- Status Updates

9. SharePoint versions of Social Tools
- Video Sharing

10. SharePoint versions of Social Tools
- Photo Sharing

11. SharePoint versions of Social Tools
- Groups

12. SharePoint versions of Social Tools
- Hashtags, mentions

13. SharePoint versions of Social Tools
- Badges

14. Things to think about
 Governance
 Controlled vs Uncontrolled tagging / metadata
 Should we let people say anything?
 Should we censor / moderate users comments?
 Cross Device Support
 Always connected – Smart Phones, Tablets, Google Glass, Smart TVs
 Bring Your Own Device (consumerisation)
 Instant Alerts / Notifications
 Where can we go?
 Happiness index
 Agile / fast moving business models

15. Social Plugins
 Yammer
 Newsgator
 Force.com
 Telligent for SharePoint
 Many many more….

16. Where will social take your
business?
Lets Discuss it…..