Wow, is it really week 6 already? This semester is going so quickly. It is certainly a busy one. It’s been quite an experience blogging about Enterprise 2.0. At this point we need to summarise where we think we’re up to with regard to the criteria for this assessment. Here’s where I think I stand:
- Practical ability to leverage off web 2.0 to enhance personal branding.
- To me, this involves building up profiles on the social networks, web apps and blogs that I use, to allow others to find me. It also let people know who I am, so that there is a person to associate with the articles and comments. I’m an irregular user of a number of social networks – Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter; I have a personal blog in addition to this one; and I read and comment on a range of technology and web development websites. These activities establish my web presence, and give me avenues to express my self in different ways: from short, sharp tweets to longer blog posts and comments.
- Manner and consistency of participation in weekly workshops activities and your contribution.
- Consistently posting blog articles for a uni subject is a bit of a challenge. I’m not used to doing uni tasks so often outside of contact hours. Having said that, it’s not a bad way of doing it. It allows work to be done at any point, which certainly helps. Thus far I feel I’ve been going pretty well, although I probably could do to post a bit more often than the 2-3 times a week I’m doing now.
I hope I have contributed something to the community, as I do have some experience in the area of web applications and development. From the comments, my post about Ways I promote my blogs was well received.
- Ability to appraise Web2.0 strategies and solutions for organisational and personal success.
- There are a huge number of web apps and tools around, with many of them failing and appearing each day. Picking the ones that are worth investing time in is difficult, let alone picking the ones that will last. It is even more tricky to choose Web 2.0 platforms and applications that will be successful in enterprise situations.
While I haven’t had a large amount of experience in using tools that might be considered Enterprise 2.0, I do tend to think in that mindset, and look to software and strategies that might make tasks simpler or easier. I’m of the opinion that Enterprise 2.0 is about both the software and the attitude, rather than just the software. It is not possible to simply replace a software package and have things work smoothly without some changes in approach.
- Ability to engage successfully with the wider community (including people outside of QUT) using Web 2.0 tools and techniques.
- Engaging with the wider community can be difficult when you’re just getting into discussing Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0, even though I’ve been using the tools and technologies for quite a long time. In fact, since I’m a web developer, I’ve built some web 20-esque tools. Discussing the issues is a new area, but one I do have some interest in. I’ve commented on a couple of external blogs, on things such as including both software and attitudes in the definition of Enterprise 2.0. My blog as of yet has only received comments from QUT students. I need to be more proactive in not just reading other blogs and articles, but commenting as well. In the area of using Web 2.0 tools to interact with companies, I’ve found getsatisfaction to be quite useful. LinkedIn is also very helpful in researching jobs and engaging with other professionals.
Over the past few weeks I’ve been very busy with my other units – I’ve neglected Enterprise 2.0 somewhat. I hope to mend that in the next week, as I should hopefully have some more time now.
