What Blogs Bring to the Enterprise
by Bill Ives

Tuesday, January 31, 2006
9:00a.m. to noon
Bain & Co.
131 Dartmouth St., Boston, MA

WHEN  
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
9 a.m. - Registration and networking
9:30 to noon - Program (with a 15-minute break)

LOCATION
Bain & Co.
131 Dartmouth St.
Boston, MA
(Note: Please have Photo ID for entrance to Bain & Company Offices)

We would like to extend our thanks to Bain and Company for generously supporting this event

Blogs are hot, but what do they really bring to businesses and other organizations? How are successful early adopters using them? These are questions the presenter asked 70 well-known bloggers at organizations ranging from IBM, Microsoft, Yahoo!, MIT, Harvard, and SAP, to many non-profits and small businesses in a variety of industries as part of research for his new book, Business Blogs: A Practical Guide. The combination of accessibility, transparency, and archiving that blogs provide has the potential to enrich business communication. This session summarizes the insights gained from the interviews and addresses the use of blogs for enterprise applications such as marketing communication and knowledge management, as well as internal communication, project management, and collaboration.

Bill Ives, Ph. D., is an independent consultant and writer who has worked with Fortune 100 companies in knowledge management, portals, and learning for over 20 years. He has published extensively on these topics and just completed, Business Blogs: A Practical Guide with Amanda Watlington. Bill was the Knowledge Management Practice Lead for Accenture from 2000 to 2004 and served in leadership roles at other consulting firms prior to 1996. Before consulting, Dr. Ives was a Research Associate at Harvard University exploring the effects of media on cognition. He can be reached at his web log. 

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REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Register via Survey Monkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=82071662165

Registration is limited to 60 people, so register right away! If space is available, walk-in registration will be accepted. We will send out an announcement once the space has been filled.   

COST

Members: $25
Non-members: $35
Students/retired/between jobs: $15
SPECIAL: Bring a new member and receive a coupon worth up to $25 towards any upcoming SLA Boston Chapter event! Coupons can be picked up at the Registration Table.

PAYMENT

Payment is either via PayPal, check or cash.

If paying by PayPal, please make sure both the Survey Monkey registration form, and the PayPal form are complete.

If writing a check, please register at Survey Monkey and make check payable to: Boston Chapter/SLA. Please mail checks to:

Kristin Djorup
Horn Library
Babson College
231 Forest Street
Babson Park, MA 02457
781-239-4471

For more information concerning the program, contact Richard Poisson (781-271-8847 or rpoisson@mitre.org).

DIRECTIONS - FROM POINTS NORTH:
Take 93 South towards Boston exiting at the Storrow Drive exit (warning: the exit comes before the Zakim Bridge). Follow Storrow Drive to the Copley Sq. Exit. Turn left off the exit on Beacon St. and take the next right on Arlington St. Go less than 1/2 mile and turn right on Columbus Ave. Go less than 1/2 mile and turn right. 131 Dartmouth St. is on the right next to the Back Bay MBTA station.

DIRECTIONS - FROM POINTS SOUTH:
Take 93 North under downtown Boston and exit at Storrow Drive and follow above directions.

DIRECTIONS - FROM POINTS WEST:
Take the Mass Pike East to the Copley Square Exit. When the exit divides in the tunnel, stay to the right (Copley Square Exit). After exiting the tunnel, bear left and go through the first stoplight, take your next right onto Clarendon Street. Take a right at the next stoplight (Columbus Ave).  Follow Columbus for 0.1 miles. Take a right onto Dartmouth Street. 131 Dartmouth Street will be located on the right.

FROM THE MBTA OR COMMUTER RAIL:
Take the Orange line to the Back Bay stop and follow the Dartmouth Street exit signs. Above ground, 131 Dartmouth Street will be immediately on your left. The Back Bay stop is also the last stop inbound before South Station (or the first stop outbound from South Station ) on the Attleboro/Providence, Framingham/Worcester, Needham and Franklin commuter rail lines.

PARKING:
Parking is available in the Dartmouth Street Parking Garage (126 Dartmouth Street) which is across the street from 131 Dartmouth Street.

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In the event of cancellation due to weather, email messages will be sent out to registrants and the Boston Chapter List by 6 a.m. the morning of the program.