Comments on: The risks of not waiting for IT http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/06/25/the-risks-of-not-waiting-for-it/ Business, Communication, Technology Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:25:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sandy http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/06/25/the-risks-of-not-waiting-for-it/#comment-52258 Sandy Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:34:52 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/06/25/the-risks-of-not-waiting-for-it/#comment-52258 We evaluated these issues as a community and decided that if we could get "our" company in the drivers seat around social expression, they would be better prepared to give us permission and enable us to use social tools. Hence, the blogging guidelines and virtual worlds guidelines. The first is already public and the second soon will be public. I recommend going back to the management with that approach. It wasn't easy but it was successful in a very large, conservative BLUE company. We evaluated these issues as a community and decided that if we could get “our” company in the drivers seat around social expression, they would be better prepared to give us permission and enable us to use social tools. Hence, the blogging guidelines and virtual worlds guidelines. The first is already public and the second soon will be public. I recommend going back to the management with that approach. It wasn’t easy but it was successful in a very large, conservative BLUE company.

]]> By: neville http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/06/25/the-risks-of-not-waiting-for-it/#comment-52252 neville Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:13:59 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/06/25/the-risks-of-not-waiting-for-it/#comment-52252 Thanks for sharing that, Dave. It looks like a terrific initiative. Just browsing through the section listing all communities gives a good indicator that this is a resource many people in local government are actively using. Interesting that you mention how difficult it is to get movement into social media and Web 2.0 technology going in that sector. One of the things I've concluded from being part of the 'Delivering The New PR' series of conferences over the past 18 months is that some of the best examples of great practice with social media is coming from the public sector (the public sector generally, not specifically local government). I've heard about some really interesting and imaginative things being done. Good ideas and thinking are not the exclusivity of companies and others in the private sector! Thanks for sharing that, Dave. It looks like a terrific initiative. Just browsing through the section listing all communities gives a good indicator that this is a resource many people in local government are actively using.

Interesting that you mention how difficult it is to get movement into social media and Web 2.0 technology going in that sector. One of the things I’ve concluded from being part of the ‘Delivering The New PR’ series of conferences over the past 18 months is that some of the best examples of great practice with social media is coming from the public sector (the public sector generally, not specifically local government). I’ve heard about some really interesting and imaginative things being done.

Good ideas and thinking are not the exclusivity of companies and others in the private sector!

]]> By: Dave Briggs http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/06/25/the-risks-of-not-waiting-for-it/#comment-52247 Dave Briggs Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:26:43 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/06/25/the-risks-of-not-waiting-for-it/#comment-52247 Great post, Neville! I work in UK local government, and I imagine that Neville and other UK readers will know exactly how difficult it is to get movement into social media and Web 2.0 technology going in that sector! But we are trying, and the <a href="http://www.communities.idea.gov.uk" rel="nofollow">Communities of Practice</a> is a social network based around knowledge management principles, including blogs, wikis, forums and file sharing. It works well and hopefully the benefits of this sort of initiative will see these techniques creeping into every part of local government life. Great post, Neville!

I work in UK local government, and I imagine that Neville and other UK readers will know exactly how difficult it is to get movement into social media and Web 2.0 technology going in that sector!

But we are trying, and the Communities of Practice is a social network based around knowledge management principles, including blogs, wikis, forums and file sharing. It works well and hopefully the benefits of this sort of initiative will see these techniques creeping into every part of local government life.

]]> By: neville http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/06/25/the-risks-of-not-waiting-for-it/#comment-52241 neville Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:19:02 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/06/25/the-risks-of-not-waiting-for-it/#comment-52241 Good examples of a) self-destructing attitude (from Stephen) and b) relatively smart attitude (from Shel). The prevalent one seems to be a), though. Collisions ahead. Good examples of a) self-destructing attitude (from Stephen) and b) relatively smart attitude (from Shel).

The prevalent one seems to be a), though. Collisions ahead.

]]> By: Shel Holtz http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/06/25/the-risks-of-not-waiting-for-it/#comment-52119 Shel Holtz Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:53:21 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/06/25/the-risks-of-not-waiting-for-it/#comment-52119 I helped a Fortune 100 company set up a blog on an external server because IT wouldn't support it. As soon as IT found out, though, they said, they WOULD support it and brought it in-house. Sometimes the end run can serve as a wake-up call. I helped a Fortune 100 company set up a blog on an external server because IT wouldn’t support it. As soon as IT found out, though, they said, they WOULD support it and brought it in-house. Sometimes the end run can serve as a wake-up call.

]]> By: Stephen Davies http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/06/25/the-risks-of-not-waiting-for-it/#comment-52042 Stephen Davies Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:07:33 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2007/06/25/the-risks-of-not-waiting-for-it/#comment-52042 Hi Neville, I was talking to a girl at a North East PR agency last week using Facebook. Later that evening she text me to tell me that she won't be able to communicate via FB as it's been banned at work - meaning the IT guys won't let anyone go on it while in the office. Two days later the same girl emailed me and asked if I could give her some information on why employee blogging was a bad thing as she was writing a piece for her boss to give to clients. It annoyed (and saddened) me at how shortsighted some people actually are. This is the way the world is turning, deal with it. Hi Neville,

I was talking to a girl at a North East PR agency last week using Facebook. Later that evening she text me to tell me that she won’t be able to communicate via FB as it’s been banned at work - meaning the IT guys won’t let anyone go on it while in the office.

Two days later the same girl emailed me and asked if I could give her some information on why employee blogging was a bad thing as she was writing a piece for her boss to give to clients.

It annoyed (and saddened) me at how shortsighted some people actually are.

This is the way the world is turning, deal with it.

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