Comments on: Setting up an internal Facebook might just solve your company’s communications and engagement problems

By: Daniel J. Pritchett

Daniel J. Pritchett — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:58:34 +0000

If you're specifically asking about the fbOpen platform:

No, Facebook won't have access to your private data if you run your own fbOpen server inhouse. That said, your security team should do a code audit to verify this claim.

Facebook benefits from open sourcing this platform in the same way any company does: Goodwill from the tech community along with a bit of free testing and tech support if anyone tries to use it and identifies problems. Anything that increases Facebook's footprint in the identity/social markets is good for business.

All that said, you should really look at using an off the shelf or pay-per-month Facebook-style solution instead such as Jive or Newsgator.

Good luck!

By: Kendall Mulligan

Kendall Mulligan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:12:45 +0000

1. Will FB administrators be able to get ahold of our internal, personal & confidential data, even if it is located within a gated firewall.

2. How does FB benefit by offering this platform to corporations?

Before I pitch the idea, I want to ensure there aren't any legal repercussions. Any advice you have is much appreciated.

Thank you!

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Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:07:28 +0000

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By: Daniel J. Pritchett

Daniel J. Pritchett — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:05:02 +0000

We are moving towards a Sharepoint rollout (MOSS 2007) and I'm getting myself involved as much as possible in hopes of keeping the sociability of the platform high.

For existing implementations you might want to check Deloitte (D Street as seen here http://www.slideshare.net/whatidiscover/managin...) and Lockheed Martin – they both have MOSS-based Facebook-style applications working in house.

For the “internal facebook” question the big benefit seems to be in expert location. I addressed that to some extent here: http://www.sharingatwork.com/2009/08/presentati...

Let me know if you'd like help getting in touch with people closer to live implementations of the internal facebook idea.

By: djekels

djekels — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:00:56 +0000

did you ever get this to work, and how was the acceptance in the office?

By: Rahul

Rahul — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:39:45 +0000

Remindo.com??

By: Daniel J. Pritchett

Daniel J. Pritchett — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:03:53 +0000

Here's another Sharepoint plugin from Socialtext: http://www.socialtext.com/products/connectors.php

Thanks Mike Dunn for the link via FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/e/cac53a8b-50ba-49c5-92dc...

By: Daniel J. Pritchett

Daniel J. Pritchett — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:57:44 +0000

Lawrence Liu of Telligent recommended Mindtouch in a tweet just now. Have you seen it, Tug?

By: Daniel J. Pritchett

Daniel J. Pritchett — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:24:13 +0000

It sounds like a MOSS solution will become pretty unwieldy as you scale it out to 30 localized sites and a huge infrastructure. If you absolutely insist on getting it done that way, I'd suggest you read up on Sharepoint Joel - he's a longtime SP consultant and former Microsoft SP team member. http://www.sharepointjoel.com/default.aspx

You may find yourself better off switching to a standalone solution from a SaaS provider. I believe Atlassian, Telligent, and Jive all have different takes on this.

When it comes to off the shelf Enterprise 2.0 solutions you'll probably need to ask dedicated consultants in the space like Susan Scrupski (@itsinsider) or employees of E2.0 firms such as @bhc3 and @lliu. As interested as I am in these topics, I do not have the dedicated E2.0 professional's experience in the area.

By: Daniel J. Pritchett

Daniel J. Pritchett — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:18:03 +0000

If you're specifically looking to harness the best ideas of your workforce, take a look at innovation management tools. Blogger friend Hutch Carpenter has recently announced his employment with Spigit, a provider of innovation management.

Hutch's latest post touches on the products IdeaSpigit, InnovationSpigit, and PredictionSpigit. I am particularly interested in the use of internal prediction markets to improve company performance. This is something we've seen before in the excellent mass collaboration book Wikinomics, and I'd love to see PMs become more widespread.