Another Enterprise 2.0 is in the books! This year’s show featured a lot more diversity in terms of content and focus, moving beyond a social networking and into areas such as video, organizational strategies, and policy/governance. But perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of the show was the evolution of collaboration beyond stand-alone platforms and into the very fabric of the organization.
What a week!
Boasting out largest conference program to date - with over 100 speakers and 60 sessions - Enterprise 2.0 Boston 2010 seriously rocked. I want to take a moment to look back over the week and highlight some of the awesomeness.
Let’s not forget:
Phew.
Bring on E2 Santa Clara - mark your calendars for November 8 - 11, 2010.
Quick update from my post on E2’s involvement with NSTAR’s Walk for Children’s Hospital…
We made it!
Steve Wylie, Natalia Wodecki, Liz Wakefield & myself donned stylish Enterprise 2.0 sweatbands and walked 7 mile for Children’s Hospital Boston on Sunday. It was a great experience to join the Boston community for one common goal: to raise money and awareness for a great cause.
Here are some photos from our walk.
It’s great seeing the #e2conf stream come alive - folks are pouring into the Westin Boston Waterfront from all around the globe to gather at Enterprise 2.0 with one common objective: to listen, learn and share their stories about collaboration in business.
Just as Enterprise 2.0 brings together like minded E2.0 adopters from all parts of the world, the World Cup 2010 in South Africa simultaneously has fans glued to their screens to support their talented countrymen play the beautiful game. Good news for all you soccer fans at Enterprise 2.0 - the Westin has set up a massive screen for the games in the Lobby, and you can grab a schedule from the Concierge (I’ve already snagged mine).
Tomorrow the conference begins at 8:30 am with workshops running till 4:15 pm, and afterwards we have a special program taking place on Monday night starting at 4:30 pm called Evening in the Cloud.
For all you #e2conf veterans, Evening in the Cloud will be a familiar program as this is our 3rd year doing it in Boston. Each year the format has changed slightly, and this year the topic is Which Collaboration Backbone is Right for You?
David Berlind will open the program with a 30 minute overview of the cloud collaboration market, the major players in the market, and touch on why the market is changing so rapidly. After his overview, Sean Poulley from IBM will provide a 15 to 20 minute demo of LotusLive Online Collaboration Services, and then join Bill McNee, Founder and CEO of Saugatuck Technology and Yuvi Kochar, Vice President of Technology / Chief Technology Officer of The Washington Post Company for an hour long discussion about choosing one’s cloud collaboration partner.
Panel Moderator:
Panelist:
Panelist:
William S. McNee
Founder and CEO, Saugatuck Technology
Panelist:
Sean Poulley
Vice President, LotusLive Online Collaboration Services
After the panel concludes, a cocktail reception will begin and the audience will have a change to grab a drink, mingle with the panelists and get a closer looks at LotusLive. Evening in the Cloud is open to all registered Enterprise 2.0 attendees. Look forward to seeing you tomorrow night!
Just a mere weekend away from Enterprise 2.0 Boston 2010, the E2 team is heads down, focused on last minute details, and very excited about the show next week. It’s the culmination of a lot of hard work and we can’t wait to see the finished product in action.
Believe it or not, we’re now in our 6th year in Boston. The event has made significant strides and we expect Boston 2010 to seriously rock - some highlights include:
Despite all of these awesome highlights, the thing I’m most excited about this year is our involvement with NSTAR’s Walk for Children’s Hospital Boston.
Enterprise 2.0 Boston 2010 is just around the corner and I’m looking forward to a conference filled with compelling speakers and sessions, and getting to know more of the Enterprise 2.0 Community personally. Before the conference begins, however, I’d like to get Enterprise 2.0 Santa Clara and its Call for Papers on your radar and in your calendars.
E2 Santa Clara is scheduled for November 8 – November 11th, and the Call for Papers is open now through Wednesday, June 30th. We’ve partnered with Spigit, Inc. again to create a collaborative and transparent Call for Papers submissions and voting experience. You’ll find all of the following information about how to submit on the Call for Papers site but here’s some important items to remember.
First off, if you participated in the Enterprise 2.0 Boston Call for Papers, you should already have received an email inviting you to the Santa Clara Call for Papers. If this is your first time participating, you’ll need to sign in and create an account to either make or review a submission. Submissions can be tagged with one of our pre-populated technology topics or a unique topic of the submitter’s choice.
Technology areas include:
Strategy, Planning and ExecutionCase Studies
Driving Adoption and Organizational Change
Social Tools and Applications
Technology Foundations of Enterprise 2.0
Social Media, Marketing and Customer Engagement
The form requires the usual information including a title, description, session format, and all pertinent speaker information. All submissions made will be immediately viewable on a discussion forum, allowing for increased transparency in the Call for Papers process.
We encourage all who submit, all who plan on attending E2 Santa Clara, and anyone interested in Enterprise 2.0, to review the submissions, and give us feedback. Submitters will be allowed to edit their submissions based on this feedback, and can also attach files with supporting materials to submissions. Inviting friends/colleagues to view submissions and publishing your submission to a variety of social networks is also made easy. Lastly, submissions are searchable by technology area, keyword or speaker.
After the Call for Papers closes on June 30th, a Community Vote will begin on July 5th and end on July 16th. The feedback of the community will be one of the primary criteria for selecting the sessions for Santa Clara 2010. However, all sessions are subject to final review and approval by the E2 Advisory Board. Receiving the most votes does not automatically mean your submission will be included in the conference. In addition to the wisdom of the crowd, creation of a balanced program for the different Technology Areas will be considered.
There are three stages defining the selection process:
Proposal Collection: This is the opening stage. All proposals start in this stage. Community feedback is encouraged.
Community Vote: This is the second stage. After the Call for Papers closes on June 30th, the official voting period will begin on July 5th and close on July 16th. Proposals will advance to the voting stage when they achieve certain levels of community feedback and approval.
Selected Sessions: This will be the final stage. Advancing here is based on community votes and the approval of members of the Enterprise 2.0 Conference Advisory Board. The Advisory Board will only review the session with the most votes. Top number of votes does not mean automatic inclusion in the conference.
We want the E2 community to collaborate, give us their most exciting ideas and experiences, and tell us what they want to see in Santa Clara in November.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at mfarrell@techwebcom or (415) 947-6250. I’m looking forward to reading your submissions and cultivating meaningful discussions around the tools and ideas that are the future of Enterprise 2.0.
I’m attending this week’s annual SAP customer/partner conference: SAPPHIRENOW (Twitter hash-tag of the same name to follow numerous tweets). It’s the first time I’ve been here, mainly because things like ERP and BI have seemed like foreign languages to me given my background in real-time communication and collaboration, but what I’ve seen so far has been eye-opening, and exciting: the continued integration of social computing into business process management systems.
The E2.0 community has spoken! Having survived the Twitter pitch, Jury selection and community vote, these four companies will demo live on stage at Enterprise 2.0 Boston on June 16, 2010.
Please help me in congratulating the Enterprise 2.0 Boston 2010 Launch Pad Final Four.
2. Doodle
4. MindQuilt
Ding ding. Round 2 is upon us…
The Jury has chosen their 8 favorite submissions, our entrants churned out videos with lightning speed and now it’s time for the Enterprise 2.0 community to vote for their favorite.
The four companies with the most votes will be crowned the Final Four and move on to the final round to present live on the keynote stage at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference on June 16th in Boston, MA.
Make it count - one email per vote - cast it here.
Unified Communications/Audio-equipment maker Plantronics is running a contest with a prize bundle worth $1400 for the most creative photograph showcasing how you work. The Show Us How You Work To Win! contest can win you a collection of “office of the future” goodies including cool headphones, an iPhone, and not one, but TWO netbooks. So go on ahead and enter. I am a judge for this year’s contest, and as some of you may recall, the winner of last year’s Plantronics Telewho contest, so I can assure there really is a nice big prize here. Here’s an example of the sort of picture they are looking for. I am sure you guys can top this one though!
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