Social Networking and Your Business

Interest in Enterprise 2.0 (E2.0) applications -- such as blogs, wikis, document libraries, information feeds and centralized portals that allow employees to profile their specific skills – is clearly on the rise.  Please share your business perspectives and experiences in this short survey.  The findings will be published shortly on TMCnet.

1. What is the location of your HQ? Please Select a. North America b. Europe c. Latin America d. Africa e. Asia / Australia

2. Which of the following represents the number of total employees in your company? Please Select a. Less than 20 b. Between 21 and 100 c. Between 101 and 250 d. Between 251 and 500 e. Between 501 and 1000 f.  Over 1000

3. Which of the following most closely represents your functional role? Please Select a. Knowledge Worker b. IT/Telecom Management c. Line of Business Management d. Executive Management

4. Which of the following is the largest group of employees using E2.0 applications in your business? Please Select a. Line of Business b. Research and Development c. Sales d. Executive management e. Marketing / Public Relations f.  HR / Legal g. Our business is not currently using – or intending to use -- E2.0 applications

5. What is the E2.0 application that is delivering – or is expected to deliver -- the greatest business benefit? Please Select a. Wikis that allow employees and teams to create and share content b. Blogs that allow employees to publish content on specific topics c. Web-based profiles that highlight employee skills and experiences d. Centralized knowledge management databases for project-specific documents and files e. Discussion forums that allow the exchange of ideas and the answering of questions f.  Our business is not currently using – or intending to use -- E2.0 applications

6. What is most important decision factor for your company’s purchase of an E2.0 application? Please Select a. Ease of integration with other collaboration applications b. Developed by a specific software provider that we favor c. Ease of use d. Has already been broadly adopted by other businesses e. Ease of post-implementation administration and control f.  Our business is not currently using – or intending to use -- E2.0 applications

7. What is the top issue or concern that delayed – or is delaying – use of E2.0 applications in your business? Please Select a. Doesn’t fit the way we do business b. Desired software doesn’t integrate well with existing applications c. Lack of needed in-house technical expertise to provide support d. Too complicated or intimidating for end-users f.  We didn’t experience any barriers to adoption g. Our business is not currently using – or intending to use -- E2.0 applications

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