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Start small and screenshot the small wins to show value and build a portfolio of awesomeness.. #ScreenshotAwesomeness

Look for a new job? That company is going down! :)

A9; Update your resume.

A9 Just do it on your own, Look at how Comcast did it or scoble, be the first, take initiative @IBMSocialBiz

Do what you can, where you are. Do it now. Don't study it, or think about it, or kick it upstairs. Just act.

A9) Find another company!! (sorry... I'm in this boat right now.)

Invest in your personal brand and digital footprint as that's the new resume! RT @MarkSBabbitt: A9; Update your resume.

A9 been there done that as well @JimCanto and yes, move on to someone that gets it

@MarkSBabbitt Exactly.

My coauthor's point, "Update your resume?" I hope employers are listening in. The top talent has the most options. They leave first.

Your personal brand depends on your willingness to embrace the Social Age. Lead by example. Start a trend.

A9 will initiate the change and see what happens

@MarkSBabbitt Wait...what?!? What's a resume?? I fell right in that little trap. Ha.

Educate your leadership. Define the ROI and provide case studies that support your goals. See what your competitors are doing.

If change was easy, anyone could do it. Lead the way.

Not working for a social brand.. Start with these tips: http://www.slideshar...

Take the initiative to change by using your own skills to improve the companies social collaboration

Often by showing the big wigs what social is capable of, how it can help the company by helping your team, ears perk up.

A9 one problem is social shows your true personality. What, as bill cosby said, you are an Ahole? Work with it, there are people that like that in their teams. @IBMSocialBiz

@calliensor If I have to "sell" them the value of social... I'm with the wrong company. IMO

Do it yourself! If your company isn't on board with #socbiz, they're probably not savvy enough to stop you from adopting your own sociz tools!

A9: Try to get buy-in for social by showing the ROI and be a catalyst for the change. If rebuffed repeatedly it is time to move on as life is too short.

Any company that will not collaborate is looking to shun innovation... Not cool.

Lead....

@MarkSBabbitt Good point Mark I'm listening

Do NOT wait for permission. Go social. Track your progress. Show quantified results.

Sometimes just starting to do the right thing yourself and with colleagues is enough - eventually they'll get the message. If not, it's your choice as to what you do next.

RT @jill_rowley: We're living in the Age of the Customer; no longer Age of the Seller. Customers have choice & voice #SellerBeware

RT @jcufaude: This. RT @skap5: Collaboration isn't reaching across silos 4 something U need, its recombining capabilities to create new value. #SocBizChat

Collaboration creates an opportunity for employees to share their ideas, good and bad. Some of those bad ideas could turn into great ones using collaboration.

Demonstrate the business value to offset the perception by some that social is trivial and frivolous.

I disagree @LindsaySkarda thet are not shunning innovation, just not being receptive to outside information. Different items. And it is not black and white. Look at Apple, no one blogs, tweets, tec.. @IBMSocialBiz

@MariaWinans Love that Maria... The good and bad ideas being shared have so much value in building teams!

Show them how it can be effective with qualitative results based on what other people are doing

@iSocialFanz Totally agree that is why a great and easy customer experience is huge!

A9 As @iSocialFanz @calliensor and @tedcoine said, demonstrate ROI to show executives why #social is important

@LotusEvangelist Interesting. would like to hear more about Apple behavior...

@LotusEvangelist That may be true. But does that mean that they are not socially collaborating internally?

@MariaWinans The greatest inventions were created by leveraging old or bad ideas, and adding that additional "idea/concept" that made it take off! Social collaboration allows innovation like this to happen much faster!

You can look it up, try to find anything beyond videos ever posted by Apple anyone @Korenlis

Also once upon a time, RIM was VERY against it all. May have helped killed them too. @Korenlis

Maybe they are, maybe they are not. I don't think they do it as much as people would think @LindsaySkarda

@LotusEvangelist Agree to Disagree. :)

@LindsaySkarda that's fine. Remember if Jobs didn't like it, nothing was green lighted. Not very collaborative

A7 That’s the big question, isn’t it? No two companies will have the same answer. It’s essential each ask it of themselves.

A7: be intentional in shaping a culture that embraces social engagement, sharing, collaboration, working open

Stop having meetings and have open discussion forums @IBMSocialBiz

A7 If you have a culture of trust, you’re already in the Social Age. If not, I’ll wager your current reality is dark and looking dire.

To be social you must first embrace a social philosophy not in the sense of using facebook rather creating conversations, engagement and building relationships!

No need to wait for the C-Suite to enable a socially-enabled team. Start at your desk!

A7: identify existing influencers and early adopters in the organization who can lead horizontally, helping peers to change how they work

RT @CBechervaise: A7 Companies should ask employees for their input and help...get them onboard! #socbizchat

Q7... In companies where traditional marketing rules, employees have to be enabled and new age social team members bought in who can help @IBMSocialBiz

.@IBMSocialBiz A7: Companies should make sure to integrate social into as many facets of their business as possible. #socialbusiness is the way of the world these days!

Own your mission. Share what you know. Build a team of collaborators. The C-Suite will notice.

A7: It's really important to a company's leadership take an active role in communicating that social collaboration is embraced and encouraged.

Empower your employees but investing in their personal brand and they will amplify and help build a culture and community that feel part of!

A7. People in my org appear obsessed with just the Social Media aspect, missing the subtlety of #SocialBusiness #SocBiz

@ldguy1 me response should have read A7; not Q7. Sorry for causing confusion in the chat!

Look for the ROC - Return on Collaboration - in your org and support it!

An Industrial Age fallacy: waiting for those with the right title on their business card to LEAD.

A7 - take the baby steps, don't jump into the deep end on day1. Accept mistakes will happen. Breath, have lunch, enable search bots. It will come. @IBMSocialBiz

Eliminate fear of the unknown through extensive training. Educate your teams on how to write shareable content that promtes your personal brand and supports your company. #socbizchat

@LazBlazter You're right, #SocBiz is not just Social Media.

RT @shellkillebrew: RT @ValaAfshar: Improve business collaboration:
1 listen
2 stay interested
3 be open-minded
4 invite feedback
5 be accessible

#socbizchat

Also important to clearly understand the requirements that will fulfil becoming a #SocBiz - it's so much more than communication and giving access to apps

@JimClaussen And probably what those terms mean to them too. This is still very new for most companies outside of the technology and software sectors.

@LazBlazter that's no good! can you give an example or two?

A great company culture without customers won’t be a company long... #SocBiz requires a philosophy that includes employees and customers in the community!

People have always said "my door is always open." Social tells us if that is true... or not.

@iSocialFanz I like that listen is first in your list.

A:7 Start don't wait till you get it perfect just do it and learn along the way

You can be social online using only email if you want, it will just be a slower process @IBMSocialBiz

A7) Step 1. Pull head out of ___!! Step 2.) STOP believing every claim made by those selling social mktg services. Step 3.) Realize ROI does not "prove" your doing it right.

@MariaWinans Right. On. The. Money.

A7. Companies should allow their employees to leverage social tools, be open & respond to their feedback, and allow for new ideas to be tried & improved.

@LotusEvangelist Social Business tools are used to move away from email.

SocialAge is about people empowering people and building communities focused on driving change... #BeTheChange

@MIsabelgarcia65 That's great advice for a whole range of things in life, Maria!

@MarkSBabbitt Usually not unfornately.

@ideakid88 @marksbabbitt So how can we change that?

lol, sadly, they are not yet, but they will, sort of. An EMail inbox is replaced by the stream, no difference. @LindsaySkarda @LindsaySkarda

A7 - P2: Also, allow for "learning experiences", Rome wasn't built in a day, trial/error/analyze/improve. Have TRUST in your org.

@iSocialFanz Great tips #socbiz

A7: I'm not sure you are ever ready; just have to be in a constant state of readiness for what comes your way

@LindsaySkarda Show examples of how internal collaboration works better than command and control. Also work to reduce insecurity.

@Camille_Brandon kind of reqmts I had in mind were accessibility of corporate #BigData and information silos; addressing how you tease the Unbelievers onto the programme and how much time you need