Social tools help improve business communications, increase collaboration and nurture innovation, but what do you do if people won't use them? And how do you grow from a pilot to company-wide use?
The Email Problem and How To Solve It
3 Sept 08
Email is becoming a problem, with people sending and receiving hundreds each day. 'No Email Days' don't help, nor do inbox size limits. So just how do you reduce email and improve people's relationship with their inbox?
Suw Charman-Anderson is a social software consultant and writer who specialises in the use of blogs and wikis behind the firewall. With a background in journalism, publishing and web design, Suw is now one of the UK's best known bloggers, frequently speaking at conferences and seminars.
She recently launched Kits and Mortar, a blog about planning a green, cat-friendly self-built home. Her personal blog is Chocolate and Vodka, and yes, she's married to Kevin.
Kevin Anderson has been an online journalist since 1996, designing, editing and writing websites for both broadcast and print media. In 1998, he joined the BBC and became their first online journalist based outside of the UK, covering the US for its award winning news website. After coming to the UK in 2005, he developed a blogging strategy for BBC news, helped launch a programme on the BBC's 5Live covering weblogs and podcasts and was on the team that launched the interactive radio programme World Have Your Say on the BBC World Service.
Kevin is now the Blogs Editor for The Guardian, where he is responsible for management, strategy and 'leading by doing' for Guardian Unlimited blogs.
Well actually, it's the only Strange Attractor wedding! Kevin and I are getting married in February, and at last we've managed to get almost all the invitations out (although a few are still stuck here, with no addresses - for shame!). As we'd expect from our friends, so far we've had responses via IM and this one, via Seesmic. Thank you Lloyd!
You'll forgive us (well, me, really, as Kev's still writing prolifically), if blogging is a little lighter than usual in the run up to the Big Day.
Suw was wanting to carry her phone in her bouquet so that she could Twitter everything! We'll see. But we're not going to Twitter our honeymoon like Ev did. And I've been warned that the computers stay home. Thanks again for the best wishes.
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1. David Sasaki on January 3, 2008 5:01 PM writes...
Haha, blogger wedding are so great. Congratulations!
Permalink to Comment2. Kevin Anderson on January 9, 2008 12:08 PM writes...
Thanks David!
Suw was wanting to carry her phone in her bouquet so that she could Twitter everything! We'll see. But we're not going to Twitter our honeymoon like Ev did. And I've been warned that the computers stay home. Thanks again for the best wishes.
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