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APRIL 10, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Mobile social networking, meaning virtual networks bringing people physically together, will inevitably be a pervasive application | Main | More media coverage of Enterprise 2.0

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OCTOBER 14, 2007

Below is the Extinction Timeline created jointly by What’s Next and Future Exploration Network – click on the image for the detailed timeline as a pdf (1.2MB). For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! Also see Richard Watson’s blog post on the extinction timeline.

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MAY 10, 2008

MySpace and Facebook are providing ways to open out users’ access to their data on those social networks. I wrote last year about how the dominant platform in technology is shifting to social networks , and the inexorable trend to openness in social networks.

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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. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0 Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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AUGUST 28, 2007

It’s another issue to uncover which are the most relevant social networks for your professional life, and to use these effectively. As such, it often makes sense to belong to specialist social networks. Reuters networking. Open network to discuss advertising and the latest ads. INmobile.org.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Value is increasingly seen as shifting to social networks. Media – as in the flow of information – is increasingly between people rather than in a hub and spoke arrangement, which makes social networking platforms central to value creation. Social networking platforms have figured out what works.

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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. It will then allow people to request to be connected to others in their organization that have specific expertise. See some screenshots here.

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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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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. There are a few critical points to add here.

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

Future Exploration Network. Books and Reports. Social change tends to be faster in a downturn. Sophisticated and with a social conscience, Gen Z has never lived without the internet or mobile phones. Companies become social. In 2009, companies will truly embrace social networks, blogs, and other Web 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2006

I talked about how social media is unleashing our latent humanity, by providing us with new ways of interacting and relating. We are exploring and discovering who we become as individuals and a society through using the new tools of social media. MySpace is a specific manifestation of how young people’s attention is shifting.

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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. And governance systems have done what?

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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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MARCH 28, 2008

Moreover, the educational and social structures required to support them are dramatically different to those that support the creation of an industrial and manufacturing powerhouse. For the most current insights and trends in the living networks, follow @rossdawson on Twitter! All of these flow easily across boundaries.

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JANUARY 30, 2007

This has always been true, but in our hyper-connected world the fundamental networked nature of our world is coming to the fore. In my book Living Networks I described how these networks are now coming to life. Organizational network analysis (ONA) has been adopted as a powerful management tool by many leading organizations.

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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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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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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 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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AUGUST 27, 2007

Information is coming in from all sides in the form of reports, memos, newspapers, journals, and letters, and now the advent of e-mail and Internet has turned the torrent into a flood. Which reports, newspapers, magazines, journals, news services and television programmes do you need to look at regularly?

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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?

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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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NOVEMBER 17, 2006

The starting point for their initiative is the belief, concisely articulated by KPMG Chairman Mike Rake, that “the current [financial reporting] model is broken.” It is patently obvious that the current financial reporting system does not adequately serve investors or other corporate stakeholders.

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JULY 1, 2007

in Australia event, has recently released a very interesting report titled IPTV: Order, Chaos and Anarchy , examining the state of IPTV. in Australia event, has recently released a very interesting report titled IPTV: Order, Chaos and Anarchy , examining the state of IPTV. Well worth a read. 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

For the full Table of Contents and free chapter downloads see the Living Networks website or the Book Launch/ Preface to the 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. The same recommendations still apply.

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MARCH 3, 2008

It quotes me as follows: According to Ross Dawson, chairman of the Future Networks think tank, other obstacles will also frustrate users looking for a portable mobile computing solution. examines how mobile phones, PDAs, portable computers and more are converging. Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0

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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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FEBRUARY 28, 2008

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Great review of Enterprise 2.0 Recently commented on The Future of Sales is Social (the rise of social CRM) (3) Brian Vellmure (@CRMStrategies) wrote:Ross,Good stuff as always.

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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 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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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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DECEMBER 18, 2006

About Ross Dawson Keynote Speaking/Strategy AHT Group Future Exploration Network The Insight Exchange Repyoot Recent Media Appearances « Speaking about corporate innovation and the future of business | Main | Happy holidays! Free chapters) Implementing Enterprise 2.0 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. But it’s true.

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APRIL 22, 2008

Free download of entire book Ross Dawson, April 22, 2008 4:42 AM US PT Living Networks has just been relaunched in an Anniversary Edition, to mark five years since its original publication by Financial Times/ Prentice Hall in November 2002. So just come back to the blog or Living Networks website regularly or subscribe on your RSS reader.

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MARCH 27, 2007

Over the last few years of my work in the network space, I have focused primarily on social networks and organizational network analysis, however I have also spent time on applying network analysis to industries, and in particular strategic positioning within industry landscapes.

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