1. IBM Connections
Overview Presentation

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
What is Business Social?
What is Connections
Setting Up a Profile
Applications
Community Example
Best Practices
Understanding Roles

3. Introduction Social Media Community Management, eDG
Help clients design, develop, and manage both internal collaborative and external marketing communities
Formalized community development process
Requirements gathering
Community design and development
Training
Monitoring SOPs
Community roll out and marketing
Management of community activity focusing on user adoption and engagement
Report gathering
IBM Connections Introduction

4. What is Connections? IBM Connections
Social networking software for the enterprise that allows you to leverage expertise in your organization and collaborate with colleagues in a time-efficient way
Create profiles for individual users and communities
Organize and share information
Build up a network of contacts
Manage projects and activities
Brainstorm ideas
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IBM Connections What is Connections?

5. Setting Up a Profile
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IBM Connections Setting Up a Profile

6. Applications Tools to Optimize Connections
Blogs – online journals for sharing information
Forums – online discussion boards focusing on a particular topic
Wikis – web pages about a particular topic
Files – upload and store files in a central repository
Communities – group of people who share a common interest
Bookmarks – store and retrieve bookmarked web links
Activities – organize your team’s work around project tasks
IBM Connections Applications

7. Community Example Enterprise Veterans Initiative
IBM Connections Community Example

8. Best Practices Ways to Optimize Connections Community Manager team
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IBM Connections Best Practices

9. Roles
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IBM Connections Roles

10. IBM Connections
Q&A
IBM Connections Q&A