The Connections Blog

Following hot on the heels of Connectr #5 in Edinburgh at the forthcoming WebSphere User Group, we take great pleasure in announcing the next in the series, Connectr #6 at the new and improved, bigger, better, shinier UK Lotus User Group. The session is due to take place at  Church House Conference Center, Westminster, London over the course of Thursday 18th and Friday 19th of September, starting at 16:00.  See the UK LUG website at http://www.uklug.info for more info. Hear about the impressive new features in version 2.0, share early implementation experiences gathered from around the globe and learn more about what helped the product to perform so well in the recent head to head at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference.  Hear how to you can use Lotus Connections from any number of everyday productivity tools, how you can integrate with WebSphere Portal and how to you can even Dogear Microsoft Sharepoint!   We will aim to cover an introduction to this product and discuss some of the issues around adoption of this ground-breaking social computing platform.

Expect this to be a very interactive session involving audience participation and maybe one or more special guests, the return of the much loved Buzzword Bingo and the ultimate test to see if you can work out the "Connection Conundrum" (who is the missing link)

As ever we have some lofty ambitions to cover in 60 minutes at the end of two days' of presentation just before going home time on a Friday, but hope we can tempt you to join us  

• To spread the word about the use of Social Networking technologies and how they can be applied for business benefit
• To share some knowledge of what to do
• To give people confidence to try things
• To be independent and objective to represent a true and credible picture
• To enjoy the experience, meet new people, get together with existing acquaintances and learn something useful in the process
  
  So ,come along and share your experiences, desires and WIBNIs about overcoming your organization's deepest fears of using Social Networking tools to delivery organizational value.  (You can even find out what a "WIBNI" is - don't Google it, try speaking to someone about it, ask some real people - a spot prize for the best suggestion on the day).

Material from previous events can be found at http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?q=connectr&submit=post&commit=Search

We look forward to seeing you and making the most of your connections.