Learn how an Enterprise-Wide Social Computing environment can aid collaboration and foster innovation and growth for geographically dispersed, multi-product-line retailers.
Not only are retailers faced with the current economic downturn, but retailers continue to tackle with well-documented high turnover rates; rapidly changing products and prices; a younger workforce; and a large, distributed work environment.
Could something as simple as an enterprise-wide social computing environment solve this and much more?
Watch this video from leading retailer - BEST BUY.
Please join Microsoft & non~linear creations during an exclusive lunch & learn as we explore the business benefits of enterprise social computing within the retail environment including:
- Reducing employee turnover through collaboration
- Capturing tacit knowledge through Wiki’s & Blogs
- Rapidly finding product and price information
- Searching for self identified experts in products and merchandise
- Communicating corporate information through podcasting/webcasting
- Helping store managers and associates connect and share best practices
Shannon Ryan, President and CEO of non~linear creations, who has cemented his position in an international network of internet authorities, and is a regular and reliable source of information for the media about web strategy, execution and metrics, will demystify the concepts surrounding social computing within the retail industry.
The presentation will:
1. Give the broader market context for the rise and popularity of social computing.
2. Show you how you can benefit from social computing in your space.
3. Give a real “how to start” road map for building the framework to benefit from social computing.
4. Provide some lessons learned already from our clients in this new fast moving space.
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Where: Microsoft Downtown Office
222 Bay Street, Suite 1201
Toronto, Ontario
Agenda
12:30pm: Lunch & Registration
1:00pm: Presentation
3:00pm: Q&A/Wrap Up
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