Social Business strategist, podcaster, blogger, founder of Social Connections and conference speaker
The Community Roundtable’s ‘State of Community Management’ annual analysis of online communities is one of the resources that I use almost every day in my role as a digital strategist.
Michael Sampson has just published the results of this year’s IBM Connections usage survey: 
A couple of months ago I kicked off a global survey on the use and adoption of IBM Connections. The survey garnered 58 valid responses, and the results are finally available.
They are really fascinating results and statistics, and it’s going to take a while to digest them!
You can download the report directly from Michael’s site.
My good friend and esteemed analyst and author, Michael Sampson, is asking for feedback on your usage of IBM Connections:
I am running a research survey on how organizations are using IBM Connections. The survey has 17 questions, spread across four pages:
- Demographics and Current State of Connections
- Current and Forecasted Use of IBM Connections
- Upgrading to Connections 5.0
- Satisfaction, Value, and Next Steps
If you are decision-maker with reference to IBM Connections at your organization, please take the survey.
If you know people who are using IBM Connections at their organization, could you please forward them the link and ask them to take the survey?
Michael has run similar surveys previously, and the results have been very useful in terms of understanding the take-up of Connections across the world, and also the value derived at both the individual and the organisational level.
Please do take a few minutes to complete the survey – your input will be much appreciated!
Niklas Heidloff and the team at OpenNTF recently raised the question of which hashtag should be used for IBM Connections development-related posts and tweets.
It’s a very fair question, after all having an agreed common hashtag that is used on relevant posts makes it much easier for advocates and newcomers alike to find and follow Connections-related content. Given that IBM is pushing Connections as a development platform of the future, it is crucial that the community makes Connections as open and prominent for developers as we possibly can.
Therefore, I asked the question on Twitter, Skype and LinkedIn over the past 7-10 days, captured a number of suggestions, and opened a vote. The results are now in:
So, the community has spoken… #ibmcnx and #ibmcnxdev have been chosen!
Let’s see them being used! 😉