Social Networking Conference Case Study: Ben Newton on Wal-Mart's Social Network

Case Study: Ben Newton on Wal-Mart’s Social Networks summarizes remarks from Ben Newton’s presentation at the Social Networking Conference.

Case Study: Ben Newton on Wal-Mart's Social NetworkBen revealed how the world’s biggest retailer is approaching social networking with its two million employees worldwide.

  • Ben has a senior management role with corporate communications, and he helps to lead the development of mywalmart.com, an internal social network that is seeking to engage Wal-Mart’s two million “associates,” who work in 7,000 stores around the world.
  • Wal-Mart conducted two years of research before embarking on social networking; one of mywalmart.com’s key themes is helping employees live smarter and happier lives. This is in line with Wal-Mart’s famous $4 prescription drug program, its sustainability initiatives and other community enrichment programs. For example, the site can search for volunteer opportunities by postcode, which enables associates to get involved in their communities.
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Social Networking Conference Case Study: Aubrey Sabala on Building Community with Events

Case Study: Aubrey Sabala on How Digg Builds Community with EventsCase Study: Aubrey Sabala on How Digg Builds Community with Events shows how Digg bridges the gap and takes its online community to the streets.

Aubrey leads marketing for Digg, the social network and social bookmarking site, and she spoke about Digg’s approach of using physical events to drive engagement on the site.
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Social Networking Conference Case Study: Marius Ciortea on Oracle Social Networking Initiatives

Case Study: Marius Ciortea on Oracle Social Networking Initiatives-smCase Study: Marius Ciortea on Oracle Social Networking Initiatives focused on Oracle’s enterprise social networking projects.

Marius leads some of Oracle’s social networking initiatives, and he shared some of the company’s challenges and learnings with initiatives “beyond the firewall.”
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Social Networking Conference: Reno Marioni on Mobile Social Networking Trends

Social Networking Conference: Reno Marioni on Mobile Social NetworkingSocial Networking Conference: Reno Marioni on Mobile Social Networking shares some of Nokia’s insights into advances in mobile social networking.

Reno highlighted the growing mobile social networking phenomenon as well as some of Nokia’s innovation to enable it.
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Social Networking Conference Wrap: Clara Shih on Business Social Networking

salesforceClara Shih, Faceconnector: Implementation of Enterprise Social Networking across the Company

Clara is the author of The Facebook Era, which describes social networks’ transformational potential using Facebook as example.
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Social Networking Conference Case Study: Sumaya Kazi on Sun's Social Networking Programs

Case Study: Sumaya Kazi on Sun's Social Networking ProgramsCase Study: Sumaya Kazi on Sun’s Social Networking Programs highlights Sun’s process of social media strategy plans.

Sumaya is a key leader of Sun’s considerable social media initiatives, and she shared some of the strategy and tactics behind Sun’s programs.
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Social Networking Conference: Jeff Bruce on Enterprise Digital Networks

Social Networking Conference: Jeff Bruce on Enterprise Digital NetworksSocial Networking Conference: Jeff Bruce on Enterprise Digital Networks summarizes how Dow Jones helps firms develop business and relationship intelligence. Social networking & business information technologies offering.

Jeff presented a fascinating concept, “social networking meets business intelligence (BI).”
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Social Networking Conference: John Ploumitsakos on Consumer Trends

Social Networking Conference: John Ploumitsakos on Consumer TrendsSocial Networking Conference: John Ploumitsakos on Consumer Trends explains Google Insights, and advanced information on trends and search for the social networking consumer.

John shared ten key points for succeeding in the age of social networks.
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Social Networking Conference Wrap: Adam Pisoni on Enterprise Twitter

Social Networking Conference: Adam Pisoni on Enterprise TwitterSocial Networking Conference: Adam Pisoni on Enterprise Twitter highlighted effective business social networking with community messaging.

Adam gave us a summary of Yammer’s version of “enterprise Twitter” as well as the category in general. They are very focused on enterprise collaboration and breaking barriers.
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Social Networking Conference Wrap: Michael Brito on Big Brand Loyalty

intelMichael Brito, Intel: Social Networking Brand Loyalty: View from a Fortune 100 Firm

Michael is Intel’s chief consumer evangelist. He engages people across all relevant social networks, and he’s involved with creating significant content as the editor of a blog, scoop.intel.com.
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