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Entries in Strategic Planning (19)
How To Avoid Common Strategic Planning Mistakes
For the past few months one of the most popular posts on this blog has been A Short Definition of “Strategic Planning.” I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because the term “short definition” is in the title. Why read a “long definition” if a “short definition” is available?
Dennis D. McDonald
in Governance, Collaboration, Project Management, Social Networking, Social Media, Strategy, Strategic Planning
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It's Not MY Strategy It's YOUR Strategy
I was talking the other day with a friend about what consultants do. One of the topics raised was “strategic planning.” We talked about what that meant and then he said, “Oh, so you create business strategies for clients?”
Dennis D. McDonald
in Project Management, Strategic Planning, Consulting
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Are Collaboration Tools Part of the IT Infrastructure or Part of the Application Portfolio?
I was interviewed yesterday by a Forrester Research staff member about how CIO’s (Chief information Officers) should approach the implementation of collaboration tools (click here for a list of blog posts related to “collaboration”). We talked about the usual adoption issues related to “web 2.0” applications within the enterprise.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Management Tools, Governance, Web 2.0, Collaboration, Project Management, Enterprise 2.0, Cost Analysis, Strategic Planning, Software
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Please Help Me Update "How To Develop a Business-Aligned Social Media & Social Networking Strategy"
I am updating an article I published in 2007 called How To Develop a Business-Aligned Social Media & Social Networking Strategy. The .pdf version is available for dowloading here.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Social Networking, Social Media, Strategy, Strategic Planning
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Ten Realities of Managing and Using Technology to Generate Business Value
Years of managing, studying, developing, consulting on, and using information technology have taught me about the realities of using technology for business advantage. Here are ten of these realities:
Dennis D. McDonald
in Management Tools, Best Practices, Standards, Business Models, Cost Analysis, Technology, Market Research, Strategy, Strategic Planning, Lists
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Dennis McDonald's Blog's Top Ten Posts of 2007
Here are my blog’s Managing Technology posts for 2007, sorted in descending order by the unique page views recorded by Google Analytics.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Web 2.0, Social Networking, Enterprise 2.0, Social Media, Metrics, Adoption, Strategy, Strategic Planning, Lists
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More Thoughts on the Social Networking "Make Versus Buy" Decision
In Should You Make or Buy Your Social Network? I wrote about some of the technology-related decisions that are needed when an organization adopts online social networking.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Web 2.0, Collaboration, Social Networking, Standards, Social Media, Fatigue, Facebook, Adoption, Strategy, Strategic Planning, Social Network Portability, OpenSocial
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Don't Make "Ready, Fire, Aim!" Your Organization's Facebook Strategy
If you are thinking of setting up a Facebook or MySpace page to promote your business, brand, association, or agency, you should first read Jeremiah Owyang’s Why You Need to have a Strategy before you make a Facebook Fan Page NOW!
Dennis D. McDonald
in Collaboration, Best Practices, Social Networking, Social Media, Facebook, Strategy, Strategic Planning
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How To Develop a Business-Aligned Social Media & Social Networking Strategy
This document describes a process for helping organizations define and prioritize the steps involved in applying social media and social networking to their operations.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Management Tools, Governance, Social Networking, Enterprise 2.0, Strategic Planning, Definitions, How To
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Maybe Business and I.T. Just Need to Collaborate Better
Jeremiah Owyang has an interesting discussion going on over at his blog in The Challenges of Social Media in the Enterprise, why Business and IT need to align.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Governance, Web 2.0, Collaboration, Project Management, Social Networking, Social Media, Adoption, Strategic Planning
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