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The following blog items abstract some contributions to the Online Information Conference 2007, held in London December 4-6 (programme) (conference themes) Pictures of this top event in the Online Industry.
The Online Information Conference is the world's no. 1 conference for the information industry. The 2007 conference attracted 900 delegates from over 43 countries, providing a forum dedicated to learning, debate, professional development, technology reviews and assessments, expert discussion as well as case-study presentations and the sharing of research results and opinion.
The Online Information Special includes an interview with keynote speaker Jimmy Wales (founder Wikipedia)
Conference Proceedings are available at the conference organization
| Online Information 2007: Jane McConnell Netstrategy/JMC, France: Intranet 2.0 maturity: 2007 Global intranet Survey results. 2.0 tools are slowly entering the intranet landscape. Many organisations are experimenting, but few feel they are currently using 2.0 tools in an optimised way, meaning fully integrated into the way of working. |
The most widely spread tools are subscription services, wikis and internal blogs. However even the least widely used such as virtual worlds, podcasts, prediction markets and mashups are entering the enterprise internal landscape, says McConnell
The more the intranet becomes 'the way of working', the higher the integration of 2.0 tools. By far, the primary barrier is the lack of appropriate organisational culture.
Stephen Dale, dir. Semantix UK 'Collaboration and communities: communities of practice in local government' (presentation) 'Creating blogs is an obvious example of a way in which communications can be improved through social media, innovative use of online video and will surely follow as another means of getting the message across in a useful and interactive way. Citizens will be able to vote on online petitions to voice their views on important local issues"
Consultations should be run through wikis, enabling anyone with interest to have their say and to contribute. An important part of this culture change will be giving local government officers the responsibility for engaging with online social networks and becoming an integral part of the social network as opposed to being part of an unresponsive and faceless regulatory authority.