meet Charlie

A.K.A…..

mr. Enterprise2.0

Charlie works here………..

and here………..

Charlie’s Project team are here ………..

so Charl ie has to find ways of working in a global team, in different t ime zones and with people he has never met……..

this is Charlie’s boss……..

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

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

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

Charlie l ikes tools like BaseCamp because they are l ightweight, easy to use and quick…oh and it has RSS….

No training needed for new team members – sign up and go

Charlie uses the company wiki….. a lot

the wiki is accessible and editable by everyone at the company

to create their own user documentation

he encourages the users to use the company wiki…..

that’s less work for Charlie…..

….and empowerment for the users

collaborative documentation…

Charl ie stores & tags all his bookmarks on the intranet

….everyone can see them….and he can see everyone else’s

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

Charlie’s boss & project team use the same Social Bookmarking app……

…..they subscribe to each others tag feeds via RSS

this is Carole

Charlie’s colleague & mentor

Carole normally has lots to say………

so she creates audio podcasts which are aggregated throughout the company

when a new podcast is available from Carole’s blog.....

Charlie is notified via RSS

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

Charlie has a LinkedIn profile……

….so does his boss

….and most of his team

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

….if people don’t know what you can do…..why would they ask you to do it?

Charl ie says……..

advertise yourself!

you see….

..social networking is not just for kids!

from his tags , his blog , his wiki entries and his LinkedIn profile………

people often contact Charlie from different departments and even countries……..

…just to say Hi….or to say, hey, I work on a similar project, how can we collaborate…?

i t ’s about collaboration

18 months ago Charlie was using these tools …..

all on his desktop….

today Charlie uses these tools …..

all through his

browser….

..ask Charlie what his favourite piece of software is………..?

if you were to…….

..he’d give it some thought………

..and say it was a trick question………

..and answer with………

FireFox

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

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

..he’d say he hates buzz words………

..but it’s most definately

Social Software within the firewall…….

..easy to use software

web based

bottom up , not top down

less feature bloat, more GTD

blogswiki’s podcastssocial networking online collaboration

tagging social bookmarking

..they all have a social element

..they are all browser based.

Enterprise2.0 …..

initiated by those

passionate about web2.0

and implemented by

people like Charlie….