We’ve all heard the stories about web 2.0 and social computing and the difficulties some have in understanding its value inside the enterprise. Seems like many people are confused or uncertain about why social web 2.0 tools inside the enterprise even exist. They struggle to know where to start and how to apply it to the work they do.
Well, we’re all on the hook to do our annual reviews. And that assessment can have some important impacts on both our personal and professional lives. Perhaps introducing how social computing can help us all tackle this annual review challenge can help to unlock the value for some folks.
- Blogs – Lots of folks (including managers) have tips on preparing and documenting your annual achievements.
- Social bookmarks – Find pages that others found valuable by searching bookmarks tagged as “annual review”
- File sharing – Look for presentations and documents on sites like slideshare.net to help you understand and prepare for the process
- Discussion forums & microblogs – Practical real-time discussions about different topics…. A whole community who can help
Once you’ve used Web 2.0 tools to help with a personal / business effort, think how you could use it in other ways.
- Planning your career
- Doing research for a new project
- Learning about a new product
- Getting help on a challenge you face
- Learning more about the folks you work with
- Finding a SME to help you
- Etc.
There’s an old saying….. give a man a fish and he eats for a day… teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime. Good luck fishing!