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IMSNZ10 Chair outlining summary of day 1 After two great days in Wellington, thanks Brightstar and Julian Carver , here are the key points from my presentation. Key points of my presentation about "Social computing - organisational collaboration and engagement" Don't jump in boots and all Have a strategy Ensure the strategy has goals, actions, measures [I really like how Carmine Porco of Prescient Digital Media puts this] Ask the hard question "In spending time and $$ on this social computing tool what aspect of our organisation's goals are we helping to achieve ? and how will we know it's working?" I've created a list of resources I used to come up with my presentation tagged on Delicious with IMSNZ10 . I'd like to thank the large number of people who asked questions during the summit, and particularly those who queried my presentation. One of the interesting questions asked that struck a cord with me was "How do we be

Tim Bernes-Lee gives birth to Social Media [while trying to resolve Knowledge management at CERN] Next week is the 8th annual New Zealand Information Management summit (hash tag #imsnz10) and I'm stepping into the lions den with my social media hat on. Until I started preparing for this event I'd not realised the degree of rivalry that exists between some sectors of the Knowledge Management world and the Social Media world. Outlined particularly by Venkatesh Roa and Robert Swanwick but also reinforced by the extensive articles on the development of KM by Nancy Dixon. With this forewarning I’ve been collating what I can , in expectation of a number of curly questions from the audience, using delicious . These links and an interesting article in the Harvard Business Review I came across about the benefits of giving up control will I hope see me right. Together with some useful lessons from social media usage where I’m working now I’m looking forward to IMSNZ10 . Wha