Michael Sampson

Doing Business with IBM Connections. A masterclass! (23rd September 2013, London)

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UPDATE: DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL THIS WORKSHOP HAS HAD TO BE POSTPONED.  A NEW DATE WILL BE PUBLISHED ASAP.

Collaboration Matters takes pride in approaching Social Business and Collaboration from a business-value perspective.

It is therefore never about “technology for technology’s sake” but instead we help our customers to focus on transforming their organisations to become increasingly open in approach, to share knowledge more widely and to collaborate in ever more transparent ways with colleagues inside and outside the organisation. Therefore tools and platforms such as IBM Connections are merely a means to an end rather than the focus of the work that we do.

Michael SampsonWe love working with others in our community that feel similarly, and Michael Sampson is a shining example of this. From his vendor-neutral approach through his brilliant books on Social Business and User Adoption to his exceptional workshops, we feel that Michael sets the standard for analysing why and how Social Business techniques can be leveraged to generate business value.

For that reason, Collaboration Matters is delighted to announce that we are hosting an upcoming Doing Business with IBM Connections masterclass delivered by Michael, to be held in St. Pancras, Central London on Monday 23rd September 2013. This is an updated version of the successful workshop that was ‘tagged on’ to Social Connections V in Zurich back in June.

The Doing Business with IBM Connections masterclass provides a forum for quickly exploring real-world applicability of IBM Connections in organisations today. The workshop presents ten core collaboration scenarios that business people do on a day-to-day basis, and examines how to bring each of these to life in IBM Connections 4.5, in the context of business and human factors. The scenarios include co-authoring documents, managing meetings, running projects, and making decisions. Each of the ten collaboration scenarios are explored, with demonstrations to bring each of the scenarios to life. Attendees do more than just hear the ideas; they also get to see each of the scenarios being worked out before their eyes.

If your organisation is exploring the potential benefits of using IBM Connections, this workshop provides a vendor-neutral, independent perspective to guide your planning. And even if you have been using IBM Connections for some years, this workshop provides targeted advice on making the most of the platform to help you and your organisation do business better.

Discounted ‘Early Bird’ tickets are available until 6pm this Friday, so if you would like to attend, register ASAP!

New help with User Adoption? Ask Michael Sampson to help at this exclusive London workshop

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The big news today is that IBM Connections 4.0 is now available.  However, whether you’re running Connections 3 or 4, MS Sharepoint, Jive SBS or any other collaboration or Social Business platform, the technology is only a small part of your project.  If you put in a great tool but nobody uses it, then you’re arguably even worse off than you were before.  Therefore, planning a strategic approach to user adoption is vital!

To help, Collaboration Matters have partnered with renowned collaboration and user adoption expert Michael Sampson (all the way from New Zealand) to deliver a one-day seminar on user adoption strategy for Social Business and Enterprise Collaboration environments.

Based on the newly released second edition of Michael’s successful book, this workshop will help you and your organisation formulate your own strategies to drive user adoption of the technology you wish to deploy to your users.

The seminar is to be held on Monday 1st October 2012 at the prestigious Royal Exchange location just a stone’s throw from Bank Station in the heart of the City of London.

All attendees will receive a signed copy of of Michael’s book and all refreshments will be provided.

Overview

The Developing a Social Business User Adoption Strategy seminar provides a forum for learning and engagement about encouraging user adoption for new collaboration tools. Over the course of one day, you learn about the main ideas in the book, plus have an opportunity to discuss, debate and localize what you are hearing with the other attendees.

Details

Here are the key details of the seminar:

  • The one-day User Adoption Strategies public seminar is focused on the contents of the book, and subsequent material.
  • The aim is to have multiple firms represented at each public seminar, to maximize cross-fertilization of ideas.
  • If you’re an intranet manager, knowledge manger, IT decision maker or in any way already involved in or planning to be involved in using new collaboration tools inside your organization then you would benefit greatly from this public seminar.

Agenda

The agenda for the seminar is:

08:30     Registration and Coffee
09:00 Opening Comments
09:30 Context and Models
10:30     Morning Break
11:00 Winning Attention (Stage 1) – Group Learning
12:00 Cultivating Basic Concepts (Stage 2)
12:30     Lunch
13:30 Enlivening Applicability (Stage 3) – Group Learning
14:30 Making It Real (Stage 4)
15:00     Afternoon Break
15:30 Measuring User Adoption
16:15 Your User Adoption Approach
16:50 Closing Comments
17:00    Finish

Registration

The cost for the day is £249 for those that book before 21st September, and a slightly higher rate for those that book in the final week before the event.  There is also a discount for those that qualify as academic or non-profit – students, universities, higher education and charities for example.

To book your place on this in-demand session with one of the world’s experts in this area, head over to EventBrite.  Any questions, just contact us.