Blogging in the Age of Twitter

Blogs were one of the initial social media, emerging on the political scene in 04 and business in 05. They were the first social media to make it into Gartner's "slope of enlightenment."  Gartner also recently wrote, "Enterprises must define clear strategic objectives for blogging, and support them with policies to encourage executives and employees to maintain regular entries." Now Twitter has emerged as the hot new social media tool on the Web.  Does Twitter replace blogs? How does it change them? Have blogs seen their day? This session will cover the state of business blogs in 2010 both within the enterprise and on the Web and attempt to convince you that blogs and Twitter are natural partners that make each other stronger. 

Bill has served for over 25 years in leadership positions as a consultant in learning, knowledge management, other business applications of emerging technologies, and most recently is helping firms with social media such as blogs and Twitter. He is also leading the soclal media efforts at Darwin Ecosystems. Prior to his current roles, Bill led the Accenture Knowledge Management/Portals client practice. He obtained his Ph. D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Toronto. Bill can be reached at his own blog, Portals and KM and through Twitter @billives.

Darwin Ecosystem is a Web software company dedicated to solve the information overload experienced by most organizations, and especially by those leveraging web 2.0 technologies. Our products and services are designed to accelerate the awareness, discovery and consumption of relevant information. The Darwin Awareness EngineTM allows for eDiscovery both on the Web and within the enterprise.