I haven’t written much of anything in a few weeks, because I’m so stinkin’ busy. Say what you want about Jive Software good or bad (I like the good, btw - loving all the tweets I see about Clearspace!), but know that we are hopping.
Here are my October stats, during which I worked 19 days [...]
Derek and I will be at the Jive Software Fall Road Show event in Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday, October 22. If you’re interested, please be sure to register! It’s targeted to folks who care about online communities, and although I’m pretty focused on internal implementations, I plan to chat with attendees about their plans [...]
Are you hiring a bunch of new employees? Want to get them up to speed quickly, and give them an opportunity to make a real difference in your company? I’ve had a few conversations with folks who want to accomplish this. These are some loose guidelines we came up with. Feel free to add your [...]
So, I wrote about an older Facebook plugin for Clearspace a while ago. This has nothing to do with that. This is new, and I do believe, a wee bit cooler. Oh yeah, baby.
Derek The SuperDude™ spent about four and a half hours writing a plugin and theme that makes Clearspace look and act like [...]
What I don’t mention in this video is something Derek pointed out to me: A big reason to follow anyone in Clearspace is so that you can narrow the funnel of stuff that gets pushed to you. The widgets you can place on your homepage help you fine-tune that funnel.
Organizing in Clearspace
Test drive it yourself.
Another video with my perky voice. I give a quick overview of the Rich Text Editor, which is used to create content throughout Clearspace.
Collaborating in Clearspace
Test drive it yourself.
A few of my customers have been using one or more of my videos to help their end users understand how to do things in Clearspace.
Here’s one of them:
Finding People in Clearspace
Check out how to follow someone, too.
Test drive it yourself.
Bake-offs, baby. That’s my thing lately. I’ve only got three on deck, but it seems to be an ever-constant activity, since we basically do the same thing with customers who need to present a customized environment to some powerful stakeholder soon (thanks, @derekdemoro, for pointing that out!)
To me, bake-offs are rife with corporate politics. Ok, [...]
Read Part I for context…
After just two weeks of engaging with eight global prospective customers in our NextSteps pilot planning program, here are four of the most salient things we’ve noticed:
#1 We can’t do any planning with you, our prospective customers, until we gain your trust (duh).
Since we offer this on the cheap, and we’re [...]
In June, my executive management said, “Gia and Derek, go figure out what’s broken about enterprise social software pilots and fix it. Like, yesterday.”
What’s the problem?
It seems that social software pilots, regardless of the technology chosen, either never achieve flight, or if they do, they plateau soon after all the early adopters jump aboard. They [...]
I am currently Director of Social Enterprise Evangelism at Jive Software and enjoy speaking with customers about how to use this stuff in the real world. Although I write about social software and enterprise adoption, my opinions are biased in favor of Jive's social networking and collaboration and community solutions, but that doesn't mean Jive shares my views. I live in St. Paul, MN with my husband, daughter, a dog and a cat. And sometimes a rabbit named Cocoa.
