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SEPTEMBER 21, 2005

On one-level “network-centric warfare” (see for example the US Department Defence report to Congress on this) has grown to prominence – or even predominance – in military strategic thinking over the last four years. However social network analysis has been applied by intelligence agencies and law enforcement for decades.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2006

He is Founding Chairman of four companies: professional services and venture firm Advanced Human Technologies , future and strategy consulting group Future Exploration Network , leading events firm The Insight Exchange , and influence ratings start-up Repyoot. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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NOVEMBER 30, 2005

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « The heart of professional services strategy | Main | Best books of 2005 » What is the future for newspapers? newspapers showing a circulation drop of 2.6% for weekdays (after falling 1.9%

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MAY 12, 2006

I have no doubt that the analysis techniques used on this data were primarily network mapping, using software such as Netmap , which I described in an earlier article on social networks and intelligence applications. Searching for patterns in this data is a network analysis application, and the state of the art is pretty good now.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2007

For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! This seems like a useful study in getting more detail on what organizations can do to enhance collaboration, in a world where collaboation drives organizational performance more than just about any other factor.

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APRIL 13, 2007

Yet social networking is not just about friends and personal networks. Applying social networks in the enterprise is a sweet spot that has massive potential value. Spoke had a unique model at the time, providing both social networking applications inside the enterprise, as well as a public version of their application.

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MARCH 19, 2008

For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! Of course there is never a substitute for human interaction and genuine love. But if that is complemented by other stimulating and engaging interaction, that’s all for the good. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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AUGUST 3, 2007

From the very beginning of the social networking space, with the launch of sixdegrees.com in 2000 (which gave up the ghost in January 2002), the fundamental underlying issue was whether social networks would be entirely exclusive and competitive, or whether they would in some way integrate to create a global social networking space.

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MARCH 4, 2006

and Microsoft of the 53 companies that are members of the Network Roundtable. and Microsoft of the 53 companies that are members of the Network Roundtable. I am the research leader for this last category of external connectivity work at the Network Roundtable, though I apply ONA across a broader range of areas with my clients.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2006

Continued: : The Seven MegaTrends of Professional Services - #1 Client Sophistication For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0 Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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FEBRUARY 27, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Lloyds TSB pilots social media | Main | BRW Digital Edition: new-style journalism and some insights into Web 2.0 » Will libraries disappear in 2019? Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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OCTOBER 16, 2007

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Implementing Web 2.0 For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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AUGUST 21, 2006

Although the mobile phone offers an "extremely appropriate platform for social networks," he said current pricing structures were holding back the market. The first is that a large proportion of social networking will shift to mobile platforms. This is going to be a very big market. I will be beating this drum more in the future.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2007

Pipes , while Ning allowed people to set up their own social networks. For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! The next phase of the web is that anyone will be able to create their own applications. Earlier examples included Yahoo! Interesting.

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AUGUST 30, 2007

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Who is capturing the new industry of online classifieds? For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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FEBRUARY 15, 2007

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Announcing: Web 2.0 Part of my presentation covered how effective organizational networks underpin the ability to create value. Without them, communication can break down.

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APRIL 18, 2006

To address this critical issue, CNET asked me to do a research study on this topic, which I did with Rob Cross of the Network Roundtable at the University of Virginia, Andrew Parker of Stanford University, and key CNET executives. Here is the link to the full CNET report on technology purchase influence networks.

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APRIL 15, 2008

He is Founding Chairman of four companies: professional services and venture firm Advanced Human Technologies , future and strategy consulting group Future Exploration Network , leading events firm The Insight Exchange , and influence ratings start-up Repyoot. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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NOVEMBER 5, 2007

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « The state of Enterprise 2.0: About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « The state of Enterprise 2.0:

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MAY 5, 2006

Influence networks are at the heart The article then goes on to discuss emerging opportunities for the PR profession. It is far more about being engaged in the flow of messages through an intensely networked world than it is about formal communication. The six facets I identify are: 1. Clients expect more 2. Media is transformed 3.

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AUGUST 15, 2007

While this is still a relatively new field, we are beginning to uncover some very specific approaches and applications to industry network analysis. This new network analysis goes considerably deeper, analyzing the change in industry structure before and after a significant acquistion, by Macquarie Media Group of Southern Cross Broadcasting.

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AUGUST 7, 2006

I have broken this out as a separate piece here, as many people interested in industry network analysis may not have delved into the report. I have broken this out as a separate piece here, as many people interested in industry network analysis may not have delved into the report. New media companies such as Yahoo!,

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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Successful Enterprise 2.0 About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Successful Enterprise 2.0

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MAY 22, 2006

This squarely puts Microsoft into a space – enterprise social network software – that has previously been populated by Spoke , Visible Path , Contact Networks , and Tacit. Many organizations seem to think the enterprise social network software will provide an immediate solution, and many have stumbled already in applying these tools.

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MARCH 2, 2007

He is Founding Chairman of four companies: professional services and venture firm Advanced Human Technologies , future and strategy consulting group Future Exploration Network , leading events firm The Insight Exchange , and influence ratings start-up Repyoot. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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MAY 5, 2006

He is Founding Chairman of four companies: professional services and venture firm Advanced Human Technologies , future and strategy consulting group Future Exploration Network , leading events firm The Insight Exchange , and influence ratings start-up Repyoot. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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JUNE 11, 2007

I’ll be doing a keynote titled: We, Evolved: networks of influence: The power of the social network - word of mouth, buzz, curation – has never been stronger. Can we, the marketer, influence these networks overtly or only covertly? Can we, the marketer, influence these networks overtly or only covertly?

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MAY 7, 2008

I first came across his work in the mid-1990s, when he was one of the first people in world applying social network analysis approaches to organizations, for his then-employer BHP. Many other great reports and industry network maps are available from the Optimice website. Laurie says on his inaugural post : Now to the governance bit.

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AUGUST 1, 2007

For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! Details below - click through to get the invitation and registration details. Ill provide some of the content on this blog around the time of the speech. Hope to see you there! Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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MARCH 28, 2007

Observing people’s personal networks is one of the best ways to predict success. Building on ideas and references from an earlier post I made , here are some useful ways to understand high-performance personal networks. Their personal networks have the following characteristics: • Diversity. Visibility. Investment.

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MARCH 15, 2006

Create a highly networked firm Many professional services organizations are not really firms, they are a set of individual professionals working under the one banner. The perfectly networked firm, where all professionals are able and willing to draw in any other professional in the firm, is a pipe dream. Full table of contents below.

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APRIL 9, 2008

I wrote about proximity dating in my 2002 book Living Networks and on this blog in early 2003 , at the time referring to Imahima, an early player in this space in Japan. I see a parallel path to browser-based social networking. For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter!

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AUGUST 25, 2007

International networks in accounting, law, consulting, and other professional services have flourished over the last years as small to mid-sized firms have sought the benefits of belonging to a network. Yet the reality is that the degree of collaboration within most of these networks is, to put it kindly, far less than it could be.

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APRIL 22, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Launch of Living Networks - Anniversary Edition! For the full Table of Contents and free chapter downloads see the Living Networks website or the Book Launch/ Preface to the Anniversary Edition.

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AUGUST 9, 2007

In my book Living Networks I proposed a basic “Creative Career” trajectory, illustrated below. In the early stages, use the free flow of the networks to distribute direct, demonstrate that you can tap an attractive market, and attract the interest of a publisher. The most basic career strategy for content creators is quite simple.

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MARCH 10, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Complimentary report: Executive Insights into Enterprise 2.0 from roundtable hosted by Future Exploration Network and IBM | Main | Is business yet to harness Web 2.0,

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FEBRUARY 10, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « The power of Enterprise Mashups | Main | Interview on SkyBusiness TV: the state of the Yahoo! Microsoft battle » What is Enterprise 2.0? – Executive Forum.

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