Let me repeat that question one more time. Are YOU ready for Enterprise 2.0 Santa Clara? If not, then you better start getting reading, because the leading social business event is just under 3 weeks away. Yeah! 3 weeks! Needless to say but things are picking up here in the SF office. There is an energy that has been growing exponentially the past few weeks.  People have an extra pep in their moxie and some folks have been seen literally skipping to meetings as though there was a hopscotch course in front of them. Hey if Paige Finkelman wants to skip around the office, then more power to her. I’m not going to stop her.

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Launch Pad is back!

Congratulations to the four companies with the most votes from the video round, qualifying them to present live at Enterprise 2.0 Santa Clara. Catch them on November 16, 2011, where they each have 3 minutes to demo their product on stage. After the Final Four present, our live audience will text their vote via Mozes to crown the People’s Choice Winner.

These guys did a great job creating and promoting their videos; congrats to the Santa Clara 2011 Final Four:

1. CubeVibe: CubeVibe provides software that helps managers connect with their teams and improve engagement.  CubeVibe delivers on-demand tools to help managers hold effective meetings, set individual and team goals, track progress with simple metrics, and share real-time feedback.
2. Flowr: Flowr is a European start-up innovating in social business collaboration, passionate about design and web apps. With more required to encourage true collaborative work flow, Flowr helps embrace innovation in a dynamic business environment.
3. Inmagic: Inmagic is a leader in developing and implementing Social Knowledge Networks for enterprise organizations. Inmagic helps business users break down information silos and create true knowledge-based communities to improve productivity and collaboration and support strategic transformation initiatives.
4. Streamer: Streamer adds a Social Layer across systems and teams and breaks down silos of information spread across business. Streamer improves productivity and decision making and empowers people.

You can read the full press release here. Looking forward to seeing these companies demo live at E2 Santa Clara.

Sometimes the best way to learn is to utilize a hands-on approach. The interactive training offered through Enterprise 2.0 Santa Clara’s Monday workshop agenda empowers attendees through deep dive analysis of key areas. Categories including customer engagement, innovation management, and the latest collaboration tools and platforms are covered throughout the day. Monday workshop topics include:

• Insider’s Guide to Evaluating Architectures and Selecting Vendors
• Building a Unified Communications and Collaboration Roadmap
• Community Management Toolkit
• Organization Next
• SharePoint 2010 as a Social and Collaboration Platform: Key Opportunities and Roadblocks

Check out some of the Organization Next speakers Mike Gotta, Sara Roberts and Daniel Rasmus discussing some of the topics explored in the workshop, including scenario planning, change management, collaboration readiness and organizational dexterity.

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Hey everyone. Jason Quesada here, Digital Media Marketing Manager for Enterprise 2.0. Did you know that we are just 4 weeks away from Enterprise 2.0 Santa Clara? All of the cool and latest social business technology tools will be displayed on the Enterprise 2.0 expo floor. It’s going to be buzzing I tell ya! Buzzing!

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There are a wide variety of events and conferences of interest to community leaders these days – from those explicitly focused on community management to those focused on social media, communications, specific tools, functional processes, or on digital content – but there are very few events that speak to senior managers who own the social strategy for a large organization or a functional area and need to understand the business side of communities.

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