Forrester Executive Webinar: It Pays to Allow your Workers to Socialize

Webinar Overview

For companies to maintain a competitive edge in the global marketplace, taking advantage of knowledge sharing and Web 2.0 investments is quickly becoming an essential piece of the strategy. Creating online conversations around content and facilitating online social interactions between employees can significantly enhance a company's performance, boosting productivity and efficiency by optimizing workflows and processes - especially geographically dispersed organizations. There is no one-size-fits all answer, but this webinar will educate you on how to find the solution that best suits your organization's needs.

This is a 60 minute session where we explored many different ways that businesses could become more efficient through social activity.  We discussed:

About Rob Koplowitz, Forrester

Rob serves Information & Knowledge Management professionals. He leads Forrester's research in the areas of how basic content management, instant messaging, blogs, and wikis relate to enterprise usage and the emerging trend of using Microsoft Office as a front end for line-of-business information and processes.

Rob comes to Forrester with many years of experience in enterprise software consulting, product marketing, product management, and strategy. Most recently, he was director of product management with Microsoft, where he played a strategic role with Duet, a joint initiative brought to market with SAP. Prior to Microsoft, Rob was a senior director of product marketing with Oracle, where he was responsible for marketing for Oracle's content, collaboration, portal, and business intelligence offerings. He also spent 15 years in consulting, working for Lotus/IBM and other global software services firms.

About Grant Sojnocki, Arrow Electronics

As marketing & business development manager for Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions (ECS) Canada, Grant Sojnocki oversees marketing for the IBM Group and leads new business development for Arrow ECS' Canadian business.

Grant came to Arrow ECS with many years of experience in information technology sales, sales management, channel management and strategy. Previously, he was President of Northern Connection Solutions, a consulting company focused on reseller development.  Grant also has previous distribution experience, leading the establishment of Savoir technology Group in Canada. He also spent 14 years with IBM Canada in sales and channel strategy.

About Dan Latendre, IGLOO Software

Dan has been a technology innovator for the past 20 years working with such pioneering companies as MKS, Delrina and Open Text Corporation. He has always taken an entrepreneurial and visionary approach to business and has played significant roles in the development and marketing of numerous leading edge internet-based technologies and applications. After leaving Open Text in 2004, Dan accepted a position as CIO at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) - a not for profit research centre founded by Jim Balsillie. During his tenure, Mr. Latendre created the first free online research network for those working, studying and advising on global issues.