In the opening keynote of the World Class Social-enabled Enterprise 2013 on June 12th to 14th in Frankfurt, Germany, Roger Seshadri, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer for Melco Crown Entertainment, a multi billion dollar gaming and entertainment company in Asia, will share the success stories from the implementation in integrated resorts and casinos, and demonstrate how some of the digital (and social) technologies had helped the gaming industry to transform new business models. Go to www.wcse13.com to learn more about the event and register.

We are glad that we can bring a top speaker lineup on social business to Germany. The World Class Social-enabled Enterprise 2013 on June 12-14 in Frankfurt will be super exciting! We are in the process of designing the agenda and opening up the event for registrations. Stay tuned!

While we are finalizing the agenda of the #wcse World Class Social-enabled Enterprise 2013 on June 12-14 in Frankfurt, Germany, we can already tell now that one of the biggest challenges our members, speakers and attendees are facing, is scaling social business within the organization. This chart by Bloom sums up one very intelligent potential journey. Rest assured that this and other solutions will be discussed in depth at the conference.

Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?

Elizabeth Janeway

Matched vs. social recruiting

As we are starting to work on offering matched job opportunities, this article brilliantly sums up what’s going on in social recruiting.

As the truce in Gaza seems to hold, it’s time to look back at how social media were used by both parties. A very interesting piece from the CBC which they aired at the beginning of the conflict.

A short track on the importance of staying connected through social media.

Here is how to do it on manetch: Always be sure to tick the “Let’s connect on LinkedIn” checkbox when arranging a meeting. Thus, you will stay connected with your meeting counterpart on multiple platforms which increases your chances to create a long-term relationship.

Social networking sites like Myspace, Friendster, and Facebook have literally exploded in popularity in just a few short years.

Mike Fitzpatrick

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