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Podcast interview: The emergence of the Wide Open Web and social network strategy in the enterprise

Ross Dawson, February 8, 2009 4:26 PM US PT

In the lead-up to the Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum, a podcast interview with me has just been launched on Stan Relihan’s Connections Show, which is one of the top rated business podcasts in the world.

Next up on the show after me is Vint Cerf, the ‘father of the internet’, so that will definitely be worth looking out for. Stan Relihan is one of the top 50 most connected people in the world on LinkedIn.

You can access the podcast directly on the Connections Show.

Or you can download the mp3 file here.

Stan now also has a blog on The Australian website titled Wires and Lights in a Box where the podcast is also accessible, and which includes many more of Stan’s insights and perspectives.

A brief overview of what we covered in the podcast:

* How social networking strategies are relevant to the enterprise
* The emergence of the ‘Wide Open Web’ and the opportunities it creates
* How easy application integration is increasing the pace of innovation
* Mashups in the enterprise shifting power to end-users
* The value of social networks in organizations
* How organizations think about internal and external social networks
* Understanding how social networks are driving value for individuals
* Addressing data security and social networks
* How Twitter is transforming conversations and access to information
* Business use of LinkedIn and the potential shift of CRM systems to new platforms
* The many potential benefits of Enterprise 2.0: productivity, expertise, innovation and more
* The economic downturn is likely to lead to a greater pace of technology-based transformation than we have seen before

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Ross Dawson is globally recognized as a leading futurist, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, and bestselling author. He is Founding Chairman of four companies: professional services and venture firm Advanced Human Technologies, future and strategy consulting group Future Exploration Network, leading events firm The Insight Exchange, and influence ratings start-up Repyoot.

Ross is author most recently of Implementing Enterprise 2.0, the prescient Living Networks, which anticipated the social network revolution, and the Amazon.com bestseller Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships (click on the links for free chapter downloads). He is based in Sydney and San Francisco with his wife jewellery designer Victoria Buckley and two beautiful young daughters.