This Week in Lotus

This Week in Lotus


This Week in Lotus 110 - Pardon the Interruption!

January 23, 2013

Recorded on 16th January 2013. We meet with Louis Richardson, Mitch Cohen, Colleen Burns and Joyce Davis to discuss Connect 2013 - the sessions, the social, the buzz, the online communities and much more!

As I mentioned in the episode, for the third consecutive year, we'll be recording a live show with studio audience at IBM Connect!  That's your chance to question the panel, add your comments, heckle and even throw things! Look out for more details on location and time in the next few days!  Darren and I would love to see you there…





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Hosts:  Stuart McIntyre (blog | twitter | company) & Darren Duke (blog | twitter | company)

Guests:
lr300.jpg Louis Richardson (blog | twitter | company) serves as a WW Social Business Evangelist for IBM. In his role he has conversations with companies regarding the value of incorporating social in their organizations. He’s a frequent conference speaker and shares his presentations and messages externally using Slideshare and YouTube mitch-new2.jpg Mitch Cohen (blog | twitter) Manages a global deployment of Notes & Domino, Sametime, Connections, and Quickr, and roots for the NY Giants and the NY Mets 1ab3144.jpg Colleen Burns (blog | twitter | linkedin) leads Influencer Relations for IBM Social Business, working with and listening closely to social business experts and thought leaders. photo.do?key=43dff929-5e01-4dee-84c9-570f092207f7&lastMod=1358195086705 Joyce Davis (blog | twitter | linkedin) is community manager for IBM in the Collaboration Solutions or “Lotus” division. I help bring together clients, business partners and IBMers to share their knowledge and collaborate. I’ve “bled yellow” since 1983 when I used Lotus 1-2-3 version 1A for DOS to manage the WW Technical Education course schedule as an IBM co-op. (I was an infant, of course.) I joined Lotus full-time in 1993. I’ve worked in MANY different roles at IBM over the last 18 years including technical support, people management, project management, communications, program management and now community management. I’m a mom, wife, flutist, Apple fangirl, and social network addict. Although I wasn’t born in Austin, I got here as fast as I could about 35 years ago.

Topics:

Connect 2013

  • Who’s presenting?
  • Where/when?
  • Pardon The Interruption
  • What is it?
  • Who is on the panel?
  • Who had the idea? When? Why?
  • What do you mean by “audience driven”?
  • What are you hoping to get out of the session?
Talking of sessions: There are a number of ways for people to access session data SocialBizOnline is a tool built specifically for Connect 2013 attendees.  Once you register - you get a password. Mat’s unofficial DB Will sessions be video’d, shared?  Is there streaming this year? http://www.livestream.com/ibmsoftware Social Media at Connect What are the hashtags?   #IBMConnect is the official conference hashtag -- oh but there’s more! You’ll want to also know #ICTweetUp for TweetUps And #IBMChamp - We are planning a game for attendees to meet champions. Post photos with champions on Twitter using #IBMConnect and #IBMChamp hashtags to play. Follow #IBMChamp on Twitter for clues.  You can check in with one of our IBM Champions - Brian ONeil - http://www.linkedin.com/in/oneillbp311 How can people follow along? Certainly follow us on Twitter -- @IBMConnect and Facebook -- IBMSocialBiz Be sure to visit our blog - ibm.com/blogs/socialbusiness --We’ve got a good balance of thought provoking pieces -- like Louis’ recent blog - times they are a-changin’  to some more fun ones, like Kathy Brown’s Geek Challenge.  And you’ll continue to see that throughout the conference. SocialBizEvents Flickr photo group: Join group & share photos: flickr.com/groups/socialbizevents/ Official Flickr SocialBiz conference photostream: View at www.flickr.com/photos/socialbiz Instagram: Upload photos and view photos - using #IBMConnect Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/ibmsoftware/social-business/ BoFs List was announced recently - available on the Session Preview Tool Welcome party Scheduled for both solution showcase and poolside Sounds exciting, especially for vendors! Social Cafes Will these be happening this year? Yes, we’ll have two social cafes. One on the main showcase floor, and the other outside the registration area in the Dolphin lobby. Social hosts will answer questions, help drive social business conversations and encourage people to participate in the available online platforms. SocialBizUG.org will be set up to help promote the site and encourage registration and profile creation. Don’t forget Social Buzz!  Everyday from 10 - 3 we will have scheduled informal chats - led by our Champions and social business experts -- on a variety of topics.  Joyce will be talking about Community Manager best practices -- and Colleen will be hosting a discussion with the IBM Redbook thought leaders about blogging. Certification Free/Reduced certification Here’s what I know: http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/news/lt_ibmconnect2013.shtml How do people book etc? It’s first come, first served. Tweet @ICSEducation with specific questions.What else?
  • Updated lotususergroup.org site - socialbizug.org
  • Based on Connections 4.0
  • Common site that all User Groups can use and share
  • Joyce, how did this come about?
  • Is IBM involved?
  • What are your hopes for this effort?

Tips:

Darren:

Mat Newman’s session DB.
New TweetDeck has a column called “Interactions”, that is the same as the “Connect” feature in mobile and web Twitter. It’s just not visible by default but is great if you are an ASW like me.
Louis:  

bit.ly/pticonnect
Mitch:

UberConference for conference calling http://uberconference.com/zesnq328 (shamelessly shared a referral link to get me credit towards new features)
Colleen:

Follow #ibmconnect!
Joyce:

IBM Champions List
Stuart:

Doodle.com - a ready-made replacement for Tungle.
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