I’ve been asked to speak in Melbourne on April 15th (evening) about the impact of social media, online communities, social networks and call centres. As you probably know, I believe that while marketing and PR want social networks to be about them and their needs, the customer usually has a specific question they want answered, best suited to Customer Service engaging on support and FAQ issues. And yes, the exception is when you want to play with the network and offer them competitions and campaigns. But mostly, the customer is about wanting answers, not fluffy “please call our hotline with your details” tweets and responses. From ATA website:

ATA VIC Forum: Social Media & Your Centre — 15 Apr 2010

5.00 for 5.30 – 7.30pm
TressCox Lawyers: Level 9, 469 Latrobe Street, Melbourne
Social Media & Your Centre: What’s new and what’s legal?

Social Media is revolutionising the way we do business. Many progressive companies are opening up new communication channels and using tools such as Twitter for engagement with their customer base. How are successful centres now taking advantage?

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Crucial paradigm versus a client over a Twitter comment. Justified?

 

I saw that Meraki has won a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer prize, and it reminded me that a new kind of economy – well, an old one made more feasible through economies of scale – is arising. The Social Economy. Meraki Inc. USA Sanjit Biswas, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer www.meraki.com Meraki Networks, Inc. builds products for wireless community networks. It offers an integrated package of software, hardware, and management services to build mesh networks. The company’s platform is used to connect communities, apartment complexes, or business districts to the Internet. Its Meraki Manage, is a Web-hosted service that Continue Reading…

 

That title Corporate Social Media looks funny doesn’t it? I mean, some people still think of ‘social‘ as ‘party‘. Like, Corey from Melbourne on MySpace. They don’t realise that ‘social‘ means ‘society‘ – friends and family, yes, but also sports heroes and politicians and other leaders, and those we deem tabloid worthy – the Angelina Jolie’s and Britney’s of our social sphere. I wonder if we had changed from online communities to customer communities or consumer networks if it would’ve looked less jarring? Corporate Customer Media or similar? I think companies will move their Corporate Social Responsibility front and centre Continue Reading…

 

Please don’t add corporate spam to what we already get (from apogee) Are we starting to see our code of conduct implemented by P.R. agencies? Looks like it Hat tip to Lukas Picton and team at Text 100 who put this survey together, Stilgherrian and Kelly F who forwarded it to me: APAC bloggers call for PR people to get online and blogText 100 asks 153 predominantly business, technology and news bloggers across APAC what they want from PR and corporation Text 100 today announced the results of the Text 100 APAC Blogger Survey a new survey aimed at helping Continue Reading…

 

I listened to this video of Andrew Maynard (I rarely watch videos) and although he was talking about architecture and sustainability, not pixels and bytes, he really had in his voice, The Voice of The Generation. Have a listen and you’ll hear what I mean – it’s beyond Architecture but a way of living for a new generation. Passion. Eco-Design. Activism. Fun. Games. Mashups. Portfolio of Talents. Equality. Interactive Architecture not Passive Designs. (What 3D program is playing in the background of that video?? Some virtual 3D CAD or is it a Second Life style world? And sorry SMH doesn’t Continue Reading…

 

I’m never 100% sure, if a corporate blog is written by a PR person, or by a genuine C-level exec. But I can have a good guess. It doesn’t have to be the CEO, but someone with passion, a helicopter view of not only the business but the sector and someone with ability to affect change in powerful ways. Because that is what makes an addictive corporate blog – the feeling you are communicating with someone who can hear, understand and make changes. Even if they blog only once a week, dictate in a dictaphone on a plane for an Continue Reading…

 

Is your company planning for the next generation? Fair Trade bananas only please. (video GoodbyeToTheNormals) We don’t see a lot of Chief Social Responsibility Officer jobs (at the C-Level executive) in Australia, but that is about to change. (here’s one in Japan) Wanna see what the job description would look like? Chief Social Responsibility Officer (NOT A REAL JOB AD – YET)The world’s largest Global Media Technology and CoOperative company is looking for a chief social responsibility officer (CSRO) or chief communicator. Reporting directly to the online community and shareholders, it is the highest-ranking corporate officer, administrator, corporate administrator, executive, Continue Reading…

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