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rickmans's posterous

Rick is on a day to day basis working on social media (strategy) cases for several (Fortune 500) clients. He lives and loves social media, helping people and enterprises in using social media in a way that adds value for them. He also gives guest lectures at several universities to make students aware of the impact social media will have on their life in general and on enterprises in particular in the near and not so near future. Is he a geek? Well… yes. A geek with a social life though. Even one with a wife and a young son, who’s first English words were ‘Social media’.

Cut the middle man

Yahoo! Social Design Patterns Presentation

The way it's always been done

This story illustrates how enterprises keeps doing the same things over and over again because - "that's the way things have always been done around here".

Getting People To Care

Why you need to build a network

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If you didn't know already: if you don't forward such mails to 50 friend, you won't die. The chance that you'll be attacked (and die) by one of your former friends due to sending these kind of emails is a lot higher.

Bad things will happen (if you use social media)

Presentation about the dark side of social media for a group of interim managers at Interim Manager2.0. Sometimes bad things will happen, however is social media to blame or is the human component to blame for the bad things that will happen?

Don't be a dinosaur

A presentation to inspire a group of architects for inspiration to change they standard behavior. By sharing more and by participating online in discussions about their field of expertise they could gain more advantages than by keeping everything for themselves

ROI Of Social Media: Customer Service Communities

Enterprise 2.0 Blog » Blog Archive » The Dark Side of Enterprise 2.0

Key is their summary – bear in mind these are two Enterprise 2.0 proponents who, despite understanding the risks, still see the value in the tools. Their advice in order to mitigate the risks?



  • Avoid “Alert Fatigue”

  • Unplug yourself

  • Focus on your audience

  • Make your smile count (in person)

  • Don’t be stupid (watch what you type)

  • You are what you share