Social Collaboration for Dummies Paperback

About the Book: Social Collaboration for Dummies Social Collaboration For Dummies will help you understand and realize the potential of social collaboration to improve operational performance through improved collaboration, knowledge sharing and communication within your organization, big or small. It explains the principles and technologies behind social collaboration, and how these can be applied to address various business problems and challenges, leading to improvements in productivity, organizational agility, innovation, and employee engagement. The book cover: Transforming into a social business Empowering your employees Serving the long tail of information needs Identifying productivity drains and how to fix them Using social collaboration technologies Engaging and learning in communities Leveraging existing processes Case studies Content Introduction Part I: Getting Started with Social Collaboration Chapter 1: Connecting Business Collaboration with Social Networking Chapter 2: Getting Familiar with Social Collaboration Tools Chapter 3: Putting Social Collaboration to Work Part II: Organizing Work with Social Collaboration Chapter 4: Everyday Sharing on a Social Network Chapter 5: Working Your Network Chapter 6: Managing Projects and Tasks Chapter 7: Collaborating on Content Part III: Exploring the Social Collaboration Software Market Chapter 8: Beginning Your Search for a Social Collaboration Platform Chapter 9: Charting the Products and Vendors Chapter 10: Social Collaboration in the Cloud Chapter 11: Standards for Social Networking and Integration Part IV: Managing Social Collaboration Chapter 12: Succeeding with Social Collaboration Chapter 13: Managing Successful Collaboration Communities Chapter 14: Engaging External Collaborators Part V: Playing Your Part in a Social Business Chapter 15: The CEO and Executive Management Guide to Social Collaboration Chapter 16: The CIO Guide to Social Collaboration Chapter 17: The Workplace Leaders Guide to Social Col