Christian Gray

Your Professional ePortfolio Plan: The purpose of this plan is to provide a kick-starter and primer for those that have yet to dive into social networks for a professional purpose. It can also assist those that have started the process and are looking to expand into new applications or extend their reach.

Vol. 32 No. 1 — Jan./Feb. 2012

This is the inside story of how a handful of volunteers with no budget generated 4 million hits, 400,000 unique visitors, and 365 posts.

In this article, we share insights that we crowdsourced from our colleagues on how information professionals are preparing for the future. We also document the lessons we learned from implementing a daily, distributed social networking project and discuss how you can apply them in your own environment.

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Vol. 32 No. 1 — Jan./Feb. 2012

This is the inside story of how a handful of volunteers with no budget generated 4 million hits, 400,000 unique visitors, and 365 posts.

In this article, we share insights that we crowdsourced from our colleagues on how information professionals are preparing for the future. We also document the lessons we learned from implementing a daily, distributed social networking project and discuss how you can apply them in your own environment.

by Meryl B. Cole, Christian L. Gray, and Cindy A. Romaine Show less

Your participation in CSR/SR can enhance your skill set and give you an opportunity to take on new roles and responsibilities giving you a more agile career. CSR/SR is a very high profile matter for many public companies and other institutions. You will find yourself aligned with senior management’s desire to be a socially responsible organization by providing direct support to that department. And as CSR/SR relates to community, well it doesn’t take much effort to explain. That is what CSR/SR… Show more

Your participation in CSR/SR can enhance your skill set and give you an opportunity to take on new roles and responsibilities giving you a more agile career. CSR/SR is a very high profile matter for many public companies and other institutions. You will find yourself aligned with senior management’s desire to be a socially responsible organization by providing direct support to that department. And as CSR/SR relates to community, well it doesn’t take much effort to explain. That is what CSR/SR should be about, making a real difference in your community or the community that your organization represents. Show less

In this, the third and last article in our series on enterprise applications of
social networking, we focus on the results of a survey we conducted to
help us understand how Web 2.0 tools (i.e., wikis, blogs, RSS, online
social networks, virtual communities, social network analysis, social
bookmarking, social tagging, and podcasting) are being used in
enterprises. We call the collection of tools enterprise social
software, or ESS. The first article, published in… Show more

In this, the third and last article in our series on enterprise applications of
social networking, we focus on the results of a survey we conducted to
help us understand how Web 2.0 tools (i.e., wikis, blogs, RSS, online
social networks, virtual communities, social network analysis, social
bookmarking, social tagging, and podcasting) are being used in
enterprises. We call the collection of tools enterprise social
software, or ESS. The first article, published in July/August
2007, focused on the history, science, and scope of Web
2.0 tools for enterprises. The second article, published in
October 2007, carried 16 stories about how people use
the new technologies in enterprises. For this final
article, we interviewed and studied industry analysts
(e.g., Forrester and Gartner) and surveyed more than
600 people who work in corporate, academic,
and government enterprises. Over the last few
months, our topic has changed a bit, but the
focus has remained the same:
Web 2.0 tools for the enterprise. Show less

Enterprise social software is a term describing social software used in businesses and other enterprises. It includes such tools as blogging, people search, social network analysis, tagging, wiki, and collaboration/groupware. Christian Gray and Craig Honick join Phil and Scott to discuss their research. They define how ESS is different from traditional business models and why it is useful to study. They also discuss their initial findings and talk about how others can get involved.

The end user is finally engaged" said Puneet Gupta, CEO of ConnectBeam. Gupta hopes his clients can track increases in the velocity of product development (VPD) as a result of his social tagging software. Gupta recently heard a Honeywell user tell him, "while doing an internal search I found an external Web site that really helped." This was a "eureka moment" for Gupta. He knew his customer had discovered one of the essential benefits of social tagging.

This article is the first in a series of three that will explore the history and dramatic growth of online social networks and the implications of that growth for information professionals. In this “Past and Present” contribution, we intend to set the stage for the series, to explain the phenomenon and its historical underpinnings, and to define terms. The second article, entitled “Stories,” will include true stories about organizations and individuals who have deployed or used social… Show more

This article is the first in a series of three that will explore the history and dramatic growth of online social networks and the implications of that growth for information professionals. In this “Past and Present” contribution, we intend to set the stage for the series, to explain the phenomenon and its historical underpinnings, and to define terms. The second article, entitled “Stories,” will include true stories about organizations and individuals who have deployed or used social networking software or virtual communities; the third, “Applications,” will survey leading companies and recommend tools and processes for information professionals. Show less