Enterprise Social Collaboration & Innovation – Strategy & Implementation

Enterprise Social Collaboration & Innovation – Strategy & Implementation

Thursday, 11:00-11:45 am

Just to go on record, I am exercising my right to be anxious and impatient when it comes to attendance at Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston. The 3-day conference is  simply going to be a whirlwind for me as I try to inhale all the cutting-edge discussions and expert-led sessions.

Glancing at the topics and speakers list for Thursday,  I couldn’t help but be overwhelmingly impressed by Karthik Chakkarapani’s professional biography. Particularly, the implementation of various enterprise applications and infrastructure projects at AHA, including the ‘Enterprise Social Collaboration & Innovation’ platform. “No doubt, we will hear practical, real-world advice from Karthik, who has caught the vision and inspires change!

And then, along comes Michael Idinopulos, co-speaker and indeed, the icing on the cake. I loved his blog on a transparent Office, wherein he writes, “Every organization has its “prescriptions”, information or transactions which employees need on a regular basis. If you make your social software implementation a place–better yet, the place–to fill those prescriptions, you greatly increase the likelihood of its adoption long after the hype and hoopla of the initial launch has faded.”

I’m trying to figure out how best to take advantage of all the critical knowledge and information at this conference and, at the same time, I can’t help but hope for some face-to-face encounters of the ‘same’ kind.

Boston – now home of the Stanley cup!   Here we come!