About Social Now
I am Ana Neves. I’m an experienced knowledge management consultant and owner of Knowman. Year after year, I have been carefully crafting and perfecting Social Now to keep it as valuable, relevant and surprising as when it was launched in 2012.
In this page I will share why I ventured into doing something like this and I will proudly present the wise people who have been advising and encouraging me along the way.
Have a look at the design details which will leave you much better prepared to help your organisation tackle its business challenges.
MOTIVATION . ADVISERS . FORMAT . CASES
Why I Created Social Now
Previously as a knowledge manager and more recently as a consultant I realised there are two types of events:
- those committed to having fantastic inspirational speakers to set the vision, and
- those featuring successful experiences of implementation.
However, after hearing from attendees and clients of mine, I came to understand that:
- Inspirational speakers are great but provide few “hands on” tips for participants
- Cases are most often biased and hard to dig into because there isn’t much time for debate and no one wants to probe into the work of those who have been brave enough to motor ahead
- It is unlikely that you see much from collaboration spaces and enterprise social platforms (because of privacy and access) so you don’t get a proper feel for what enterprise social tools, collaboration platforms and (social) intranets are all about
- Very often the sponsors influence the content and claim time for their marketing spiel.
All combined, it is hard for a participant to get a true sense of what enterprise social tools are about, how they support work, what are the pitfalls and clever tricks, or what sets tools apart from each other.
ADVISORY BOARD
The Details
Inspiring Keynotes
Benchmark and stay ahead. Feel the pulse of the present and get a good sense of the future: it will guide your strategy and keep you ahead of the competition.
Engaging Storytelling
Talks offer practical ideas to improve work at Cablinc, a fictitious company very similar to your own. Some are presented as “day-in-the-life” narratives.
A Peer Assist with a Twist
Peers from real organisations offer advice to Cablinc based on their experience of implementing and launching new intranets and internal platforms.
Real Narratives of Business Life
Some organisations recount a typical day at work so that you hear of actual practices of improved communication, collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Tools
in Action
You have to see it to believe it! That is why you will get to see exactly what enterprise social tools look like and how people use them at work.
Sales pitch
free
Speakers are not allowed to get into sales pitch mode. Participants can flag any vendors who start losing the plot. Tool vendors are here to inspire with better work processes, not to sell.
Experienced Panel
The panel will consider the business, the IT and the user angles to ask questions and highlight key aspects to consider when choosing a tool or analysing more digital ways of working.
Debate & Networking
There is plenty of time to debate and network with all the clever people attending. Be careful: sun, wine and great food may be in close proximity.