Wednesday, 30th September, 2009 at 10:30
Oliver Marks provides seasoned independent consulting guidance to companies on the effective planning of ‘Enterprise 2.0’ strategy, tactics, technology decisions and roll out. In this article, he talks about the challenges financial businesses are facing when implementing social tools and the benefits they gain when using them.
What advantages does ‘social business design’ bring to the financial enterprise?
Getting beyond the hype around social media and finding the core business value and potential that will bring efficiency, success and profit to your business is key to exploring this fertile area.
Social media is a catch-all term with overly broad connotations. The marketing and public relations world - always experts at publicity and messaging - use the term to describe word of mouth marketing online. Customer relationship management - long a tight margin for maximum client coverage business area - uses the term to define interacting with customers and listening to their online comments and conversations. (more…)
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Keywords: finance, Oliver Marks, social business design, ZDNet
Friday, 25th September, 2009 at 15:42
We are delighted to announce that Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading and most diversified reinsurers, is hosting this year’s SOMESSO conference in Zurich on November 2 + 3, 2009. Their unique facilities at the Centre for Global Dialogue offer perfect opportunity to stimulate learning and exchange of ideas. We are looking forward to two days of discussions, opportunities and connecting.
SOMESSO Zurich 2009 will fully focus on leveraging corporate social media in the finance sector. Day 1 will consist of exclusive Corporate workshops (Finance Masterclass) help by Jim Benson of Web 2.0 University. Day 2 will be filled with keynotes and presentations from today’s leading social networking experts. (more…)
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Keywords: 2009, conference, smo09, SOMESSO Zurich 2009, sponsor, SwissRe, zurich
Tuesday, 22nd September, 2009 at 14:00
Andy Piper is a “social bridgebuilder” and consultant working for IBM. In today’s post, he provides insight into applications of corporate blogs in different types of businesses.
Balancing Corporate Blogs and Social Media
With the explosion of corporate interest in the wider world of social media (online video, microblogging, and social networks), what’s going on in the corporate blogging space? There may be a perception that corporate blogs as a useful medium are on the decline - so is it still important to have a presence in this space?
I believe there are a number of ways at looking at this issue. Let’s think about this in terms of what happens inside and outside the corporate firewall. (more…)
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Keywords: Andy Piper, business blog, corporate social media, ibm, social media
Friday, 18th September, 2009 at 14:00
Errol Damelin is Founder and CEO of Wonga.com, an online-lender for small, short term loans based in London, UK. Today, he would like to share something he is passionate about: kiva.org, a non-profit organization for social lending.
The world of banking has traditionally been one of monolithic institutions pushing services to the masses, but peer-to-peer lending is bringing a unique social twist to this slow moving sector. Consumers can now cut out the banks and lend to each other via commercial sites such as Prosper and Zopa.
A particularly exciting example of the power of ‘social finance’ is a non-profit organization called Kiva.org, which allows individuals to make small loans to low-income entrepreneurs in the developing world.
This use of P-2-P technology is simple yet empowering, allowing people in the developed world to easily support people who are striving to build a better future for themselves and their families. And because the money is invested in young business ventures, your cash can have a really meaningful impact on both the people you choose to help and the wider communities they live in.
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Keywords: Errol Damelin, finance, peer-to-peer lending, Wonga
