Meet Charlie - What is Enterprise 2.0?

1. meet Charlie

3. mr. Enterprise2.0

4. Charlie works here………..

5. and here………..

6. Charlie’s Project team are here ………..

7. so Charlie has to find ways of working in a global team, in different time zones and with people he has never met……..

8. this is Charlie’s boss ……..

9. Charlie subscribes to his blog via an RSS feed He feels like he knows him real well, and always knows what he’s thinking and where the company is heading. he’s never met his boss in person

10. his boss subscribes to it via an RSS feed his team subscribe to it via an RSS feed 130 people he doesn’t know subscribe to it via an RSS feed they all feel like they know him and his project really well Charlie also has a project blog

11. Charlie uses BaseCamp to manage his project……. he assigns tasks & deadlines to team members online team members communicate & check off tasks online Charlie monitors progress and workload online

12. Charlie likes tools like BaseCamp because they are lightweight , easy to use and quick …oh and it has RSS …. No training needed for new team members – sign up and go

13. Charlie uses the company wiki ….. a lot the wiki is accessible and editable by everyone at the company

14. to create their own user documentation he encourages the users to use the company wiki …..

15. that’s less work for Charlie ….. … .and empowerment for the users collaborative documentation …

16. Charlie stores & tags all his bookmarks on the intranet … . everyone can see them….and he can see everyone else’s

17. his tags highlight his interests & stuff he’s keeping an eye on he can see who else is interested in the same things by exploring tags

18. Charlie’s boss & project team use the same Social Bookmarking app…… … ..they subscribe to each others tag feeds via RSS

19. this is Carole Charlie’s colleague & mentor

20. Carole normally has lots to say……… so she creates audio podcasts which are aggregated throughout the company

21. when a new podcast is available from Carole’s blog..... Charlie is notified via RSS

22. ……… .he then downloads, listens to & syndicates the podcast on his own blog

23. Charlie has a LinkedIn profile……

24. … .so does his boss

25. … .and most of his team

26. … .in fact, that’s how he got the job . Using a Social Network to find contacts and opportunities .

27. … .if people don’t know what you can do…..why would they ask you to do it? Charlie says…….. advertise yourself!

28. you see…. ..social networking is not just for kids !

29. from his tags , his blog , his wiki entries and his LinkedIn profile……… people often contact Charlie from different departments and even countries……..

30. … just to say Hi ….or to say, hey, I work on a similar project, how can we collaborate…? it’s about collaboration

31. 18 months ago Charlie was using these tools ….. all on his desktop ….

32. today Charlie uses these tools ….. all through his browser ….

33. ..ask Charlie what his favourite piece of software is………..? if you were to…….

34. ..he’d give it some thought……… ..and say it was a trick question ………

35. ..and answer with……… FireFox

36. ..as Charlie uses his favourite browser for almost any app

37. Ask Charlie what Enterprise2.0 is………..?

38. ..he’d say he hates buzz words………

39. ..but it’s most definately Social Software within the firewall…….

40. ..easy to use software web based bottom up , not top down less feature bloat, more GTD

41. blogs wiki’s podcasts social networking online collaboration tagging social bookmarking

42. ..they all have a social element ..they are all browser based.

43. Enterprise2.0 ….. initiated by those passionate about web2.0 and implemented by people like Charlie ….