May 2009 - LLiu's Community Zen Master Blog

The true value of Enterprise 2.0 tools for CXOs: Understanding what the f*ck is really happening inside your company! :-)

That’s right, I said it. After seeing the recent survey of C-level execs top priorities for next 12-18 months and reading about Microsoft’s annual CEO Summit happening this week , I wonder how many CEOs and C-level execs, especially in relatively large...

Published Mon, May 18 2009 6:27 PM by Lawrence Liu

Filed under: Strategy, Corporate Culture, Harvest Reporting Server, Analytics, Social Networking, Collaboration, Teamwork, Community Server Evolution, Enterprise 2.0, Telligent Business Community

Why am I posting nuggets from my tweetstream on my blog? To avoid Twitter Search suckage! And you can, too!

I use Twitter both as an online journal for my thoughts, ideas, and activities and as a medium for connecting and interacting with people, who have common interests as I do. While the tweetstream and more generally “The Stream” are getting...

Published Mon, May 18 2009 4:05 PM by Lawrence Liu

Filed under: Strategy, Social Media, Omni Media, Search, Twitter

Nuggets from my May 8-14 2009 tweetstream

Enjoy... Thu May 14 22:59:56 Telligent showcase: U of Chicago "Defining Wisdom" Initiative http://bit.ly/F5a4X [What is ur org using to define/capture/share wisdom? :-)] Thu May 14 22:23:20 Nugget:Community can be planned but not completely...

Published Mon, May 18 2009 1:55 AM by Lawrence Liu

Filed under: Strategy, Community, Telligent, Customers, Partners, Analysts, Analytics, Metrics, Marketing, Social Computing, Social Media, Social Networking, Collaboration, Teamwork, Facebook, Integration, Enterprise 2.0, Nuggets

PR and marketing audiences in the modern business life cycle

Todd Defren ’s “ Audience Targeting in Social Media ” blog entry compelled me to finish my own post on the topic that’s been stuck in my Drafts folder for the past few months. In the modern business life cycle of the Web 2.0 era, people are much more...

Published Fri, May 15 2009 1:22 PM by Lawrence Liu

Filed under: Strategy, Customers, Marketing, Social Media, Enterprise 2.0, Telligent Business Community

Charting Enterprise 2.0 from 2007 to 2009, Dion Hinchcliffe style!

I don’t know if Dion gets any creative design help for the charts in his blog entries , but I always look forward to seeing them. Here are my favorites (in logical order from my perspective) that are worth at least a thousand words on my or anyone else...

Published Fri, May 15 2009 11:49 AM by Lawrence Liu

Filed under: Strategy, Corporate Culture, Social Computing, Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Telligent Business Community

Build your own community or go where people already are? Do both and integrate!

I just read Matt Rhode’s “ Build your own community or go where people are? Do both ” blog entry and was compelled to add to it with my own blog entry beyond just my usual retweet gesture because this issue has become an FAQ lately for...

Published Fri, May 15 2009 12:38 AM by Lawrence Liu

Filed under: Community, Social Networking, Integration, Enterprise 2.0, Telligent Business Community

How the SharePoint community evolved into a vibrant, self-sustainable "tribe"

A couple of things caught my attention during the past week. Community Self-Sustainability First, it was Joel Oleson’s “ SharePoint Community Evolution ” blog entry, which highlights some of the key reasons for why the SharePoint community...

Published Wed, May 13 2009 1:58 PM by Lawrence Liu

Filed under: Strategy, Community, SharePoint, Telligent Business Community

Updated my Insights Discovery Personal Profile – yes, I'm still Fiery Red!

To celebrate the posting of the Telligent customer showcase for Insights last week, a couple of my colleagues took the 25 question Insights Discovery Personal Profile survey for free, thanks to the generosity of Doug Upchurch , the Head of Community Development...

Published Fri, May 08 2009 1:25 PM by Lawrence Liu

Filed under: Career, Personal

Being "social" is just one aspect of the modern business life cycle

Dion Hinchcliffe is spot on (as usual) in his blog entry about 12 Rules For Bringing 'Social' To Your Business , which is definitely a must-read. However, "social business" or “making a business more social” is just one aspect...

Published Fri, May 08 2009 12:48 PM by Lawrence Liu

Filed under: Strategy, Community, Presentations, Corporate Culture, Customers, Partners, Social Computing, Social Networking, Collaboration, Teamwork, Enterprise 2.0, Telligent Business Community

Nuggets from my May 1-7 2009 tweetstream

Enjoy... Thu May 07 23:16:28 @stevengroves @GeorgeDearing Value of Twitter is that it can be used in many diff ways. For me, it's abt microblogging & microconvos. Thu May 07 22:32:24 Lessons Learned From The [#KFC] Great Free-Chicken Fiasco Of...

Published Thu, May 07 2009 6:43 PM by Lawrence Liu

Filed under: Strategy, Community, Corporate Culture, SharePoint, Customers, Analytics, Metrics, Marketing, Social Computing, Semantic Web, Conferences, Social Media, Social Networking, Collaboration, Facebook, Nuggets

Nuggets from my April 22-30 2009 tweetstream

Enjoy... Thu Apr 30 23:25:40 KPIs like http://ow.ly/4BDH help sales reps get2 Know fast. Better than get2 No. Sounds same but Isn't: http://ow.ly/4BDt (by @jcousineau) Thu Apr 30 23:07:00 Telligent customer showcase: Insights (http://bit.ly/ZrVM2...

Published Thu, May 07 2009 6:31 PM by Lawrence Liu

Filed under: Strategy, Community, Telligent, Corporate Culture, Customers, Partners, Competitors, Analytics, Metrics, Marketing, Social Computing, Conferences, Social Media, Social Networking, Collaboration, Teamwork, Facebook, Integration, Enterprise 2.0, Nuggets

Nuggets from my April 15-21 2009 tweetstream

Enjoy... Tue Apr 21 19:10:08 Report: Yahoo Top Search Performer On Mobile Web http://bit.ly/QZddS [Really??? Guess I'll need to give Y! Mobile another try.] Tue Apr 21 19:00:20 RT @mdurwin: RT @Incilin: Google lost $470 million last year running Youtube...

Published Thu, May 07 2009 6:01 PM by Lawrence Liu

Filed under: Strategy, Community, Analytics, Social Computing, Conferences, Social Media, Omni Media, Social Networking, Collaboration, Nuggets

Nuggets from my April 8-14 2009 tweetstream

Enjoy... Tue Apr 14 21:17:40 @jonathansander I think 50 is more realistic Dunbar# but trick is juggling diff 50 at diff times w/ consistently high relationship quotient. Tue Apr 14 19:13:12 How Mayo Clinic Uses Social Media http://ping.fm/2VkUA (via ...

Published Thu, May 07 2009 5:42 PM by Lawrence Liu

Filed under: Strategy, Community, Corporate Culture, Analytics, Metrics, Social Media, Social Networking, Integration

Wordle cloud for my April 2009 tweetstream

Highlights for April: Review of Rob Salkowitz ’s book, Generation Blend. Dialogue with Michael Cayley about “social” being an overloaded, overuse, and overrated buzzword. Wordle cloud link .

Published Thu, May 07 2009 1:13 PM by Lawrence Liu

Filed under: Community, Corporate Culture, Social Media, Visualization, Collaboration, Wordle