Why social collaboration will be the new way to work

Social collaboration, with its fast growth and media buzz, is a multibillion dollar market in which startups are jockeying with huge IT companies to capture enterprise spending. At Net:Work 2011, we will cover everything from social tools to the gamification of work. Here are three sessions you can find only at Net:Work.

1. How do you get a highly distracted customer or employee to complete paperwork, pay attention in meetings or respond to surveys? Make the job a game. We’ll talk to
innovators who have found a way to make process more productive and fun.

2. Social tools are having demonstrable and positive impact on the enterprise. We’ll examine the long- and short-term impacts of businesses that use these tools to share knowledge and build trust within the organization.

3. What might the collaboration tools of the future look like? Our panel of CIOs and CTOs will reveal their wish lists and discuss startups and products that are doing it right.

Submit your nomination for the Net:Work “Big Ideas” competition by Oct. 28 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Big Ideas is where we parade our selection of the most innovative startups or products to the assembled legion of investors, tech enthusiasts and journalists.

Register by Nov. 5 to get a $ 595 supersaver ticket.



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