#csctechtalk - CrowdChat

9/25 TechTalk Soundbites

CSC Technology Communities Landscape - Where do you fit in? A guided tour from community leadership

#csctechtalk @ivlatkovic @ernestoldiaz @phowarth001 @drbobcsc @sharonwaligora @neilfagan

LeaderBoard

#csctechtalk9/18 TechTalk SoundbitesResearchNetwork - Insights-to-Go! An overview of services and predictive advances being made

#csctechtalk10/02 TechTalk SoundbitesCSC Ingenuity Worx challenge winner - Adaptive Sourcing for Government Next Gen Services

Stream Ended

Establishing a secure connection

As we rebuild our "technology voice" inside CSC the communities provide the amplifier so you can be heard too. My challenge to everyone is to think about one simple thing you can do to get more involved, that would help your "day job"

[+] Show Hidden Comments

we should all involve at least one of our colleagues who is not involved already... guess most of us on this tweet chat are already involved to some level

Suggestion: Whenever you need help or someone to brainstorm with, instead of going to the colleague at the next desk, ask the communities - and include the colleague at the next desk

One thing is to blog or start a discussion in C3 on a topic of interest to you or that you need help with. Get a mini community going around you as a start.

use twitter when sharing (non confidential info) with your colleagues as it makes others chip in as it is publicly available

Heather Simpson 🌈🍃

@LisaAnneBraun agree, start a thread and then cross-promote in other channels--if we see it and can do so, we'll help! and agree, @sorenhelsted, we need a "bring a friend" day to an upcoming transformation meeting, town hall (Oct 2) or soundbites!

@heatherscsc @sorenhelsted I like that "bring a friend" day/idea.

Great idea @heatherscsc i love the idea of encouraging people to bring a friend along to the Town Hall

@heatherscsc @sorenhelsted this "bring in a friend day" is a great idea to increase community involvement!

@heatherscsc So ICP will be based on how many people one engages?

Heather Simpson 🌈🍃

Invite a friend to our next Transformation Town Hall, Oct 2: https://plus.google...., get them to RSVP via G+, tweet us using #cscbringafriend and we'll add you to our #csctechawesomeness list

October 2 Technology Transformation Town Hall and CrowdChat - Google+
Join us as we kick off the next phase of our @118416213869891352236 Technology Transformation, looking back at our progress and forward to preview the next phase of our tech transformation strategy and program plan. @100398710978866863311 and @116020...

Chris Fangmann6

Why does everybody fully understand and embrace team work and for so many it's so hard to accept virtual communities as team extensions?

[+] Show Hidden Comments

teamwork means sitting next to your mate, sweating and cursing together... Virtual teamwork is a stretch despite all communication channels, so it's a matter where each one is putting his fences

@sorincos I guess this is the mental switch we all have to make - I consider virtual teams as fully operational & functioning teams - as you said below, we need to brag about success stories

agree about the mental switch - and while physical teams only engage when they are together, you can always engage in your virtual teams

Heather Simpson 🌈🍃

I hear you on that one! And, @sorincos I understand what you're saying, but for some of us, its not a choice, and I can jump into an impromptu hangout session with most...and sweating and cursing is totally appropr in sametime, right?

@heatherscsc Even can include the virtual gathering after day's work.....#Wine@Nine :-)

@sorenhelsted should we recommend some readings or trainings on the soft skills side of working virtual?

@sorincos starting to participate in the technology transformation is the on-the-job-training that I will propose

@sorincos @sorenhelsted There's a lot to read on the matter - but (might not work for everybody) I just suggest to jump in. Some guidance maybe via sessions like we did when we started TechTransformation

@heatherscsc yes and no - no smiley will fully replace THAT sulky look :)

@sorenhelsted virtual teamwork will always be a "shared" form of individual work, or a team where the individual matters much much more

Chris Fangmann3

Also look at the "giving" side - if you share your expertise you'll improve reputation, become more "wanted" and suddenly receive a real lot interesting tasks & questions

[+] Show Hidden Comments

In theory Chris. We have to recognise and reward the behaviours and then they will become habits.

@NigelBarron I know what you mean, Nigel - but there actually is (at least for me) quite a nice portion of reward given automatically - the feedback of the communities

always be giving, it build your digital reputation as a good citizen and you will always be rewarded

Hence your behaviours have become habits. Not everyone seeks recignition and reward in the same vein.

as @NigelBarron puts it, it won't work for everybody. My best mate here doesn't give a zit on collaboration yet still is the goto for many tech issues

@sorincos Then we need to convince this colleague - find out his sweet spot

Sounds like the larger culture change effort we are all undertaking.

@sorincos That's a great pitty Sorin as his/her insights could be useful to CSCers all over the world

Hi all--Thanks for joining us! Feel free to submit questions and discussion for the Communities Team They'll be joining us here at 20-25 past the hour. See them live now at https://plus.google....

September 25 TechTalk Soundbites: CSC Technology Communities Landscape - Google+
CSC has a rich network of technology-related communities that can help you learn and perform well. These communities provide a wide range of opportunities for you to connect with your peers, get help from experts and share your expertise and ideas. ...

[+] Show Hidden Comments

How to encourage/attract people to join a community?

Lead by example - be part of communities and show how fast they can help you to a) get better and b) get tasks done in higher quality and increased speed

work through communities, being it C3 or twitter or G+ and invite people there to participate

@ngocdotw @ChrisFangmann @sorenhelsted We could use some "community success stories"...

Stackoverflow is hard to beat on technical stuff, maybe CSC should maintain only the company-specific communities - I mean verticals, offerings, processes

I think Bob's talks (slide Be Leader - Noticed) have answered some parts

Heather Simpson 🌈🍃

@ngocdotw when you figure this out, let me know : ) We try and encourage collaboration and communication in our communities, and then cross-promote in other community and social channels...but there are so many communities I think it gets confusing!

@heatherscsc I don't think there's a success recipe for communities, but there's enough writing on best practices

@sorincos Stackoverflow and others are good for focused questions. How do we bridge IaaS, PaaS, SaaS into a full stack? That is something a CSC community can help answer.

Our video session today was slightly longer than usua - but as you could see there was a lot of ground to cover. Trying to reflect the richness of the tech communities is tough - but most easily seen at TechCom where all this comes to life!!

[+] Show Hidden Comments

How can we leverage awareness for our communities (i.e apply M1 - Mobile First)

[+] Show Hidden Comments

talk about it, tweet about it, blog about it - and whenever you meet a person that should be involved but is not, ask the big WHY?????

I would say use the tools at hand - C3, twitter, G+, etc.

I think this is imperative 'Why Social Media Must Be In the C-Suite’s DNA' https://c3.csc.com/d...

CSC Global Pass - Login
Use of Electronic Communications Media By signing on, clicking OK or otherwise attempting to log on, access, or connect to a CSC network or system resource anywhere in the world, you are notified of the monitoring and inspection of all your electroni...

Agree. Social is a component of the tech manifesto: to be highly connected, active on social, and plugged into industry-shaping movements (eg, OSS).

Are Sharon's slides from this session available on C3 or will they be made available here?

[+] Show Hidden Comments

You can actually always view the full session on YouTube if this helps

@ChrisFangmann the slides were only shown in a small window some of the time and difficult to read

you mean these slides? https://c3.csc.com/d...

CSC Global Pass - Login
Use of Electronic Communications Media By signing on, clicking OK or otherwise attempting to log on, access, or connect to a CSC network or system resource anywhere in the world, you are notified of the monitoring and inspection of all your electroni...

@ Yep - thanks Sorin

I'd like to thank our community contributors for today's session - and for accommodating such a wide range of time zones around the world to be online together! All the session details in the Tech Talk C3 space: https://c3.csc.com/d...

CSC Global Pass - Login
Use of Electronic Communications Media By signing on, clicking OK or otherwise attempting to log on, access, or connect to a CSC network or system resource anywhere in the world, you are notified of the monitoring and inspection of all your electroni...

[+] Show Hidden Comments

Thanks for organizing, Paul - and thanks to all speakers!

Chris Fangmann0

Have you noticed that when writing questions and answers - even in brainstorming community mode - there's no need anymore to write minutes? It's automatically there :-)
Doesn't work with phone calls

[+] Show Hidden Comments

Remember that anyone can access the replay of this event via Youtube by following this link:
http://www.youtube.c...

September 25 TechTalk Soundbites: CSC Technology Communities Landscape
CSC has a rich network of technology-related communities that can help you learn and perform well. These communities provide a wide range of opportunities fo...

[+] Show Hidden Comments