Early Bird Discount Expires 4/29 for U of M Enterprise Social Computing Course

This is your last chance to register with an early bird discount for University of Michigan’s executive education course.  The early bird discount of 10% expires on April 29, 2009.  If you are interested in the discount, please email lauraf@NewsGator.com. 

Course Details
Course Name: Making Social Computing Work In Your Enterprise

Offered By:  University of Michigan’s School of Information – Social Computing Specialization

Course Goals: By attending the course you will learn how to a) choose the right technical features to meet your business objectives, b) plan the social interventions that will drive adoption and use of your social computing solutions, and c) develop metrics for measuring the value of your Enterprise 2.0 projects.

Course Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Course Dates: June 1 – 3, 2009

Course Fee: $3,600 before discount, includes meals

Learn More: http://www.si.umich.edu/executive/

NewsGator White Paper - Delivering ROI with Enterprise Social Computing

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NewsGator’s first-hand experience working with Fortune 500 executives on Enterprise 2.0 projects has revealed seven ways, many far from obvious, to more than recoup the cost of a social computing initiative. They include reducing the costs of email storage, content, printing, enterprise software, travel, employee on-boarding and enterprise application integration.

To learn about these and other social computing benefits, download the white paper “Delivering ROI with Enterprise Social Computing.”

NewsGator & U of M Webinar - Successfully Launch & Maintain Web 2.0 Initiatives

A variety of factors can impact the success or the failure of enterprise Web 2.0 and social computing initiatives. So what can you do to ensure that your online communities, wikis, RSS or social networks are a success?  Join University of Michigan and NewsGator to learn how to drive adoption and usage of your online communities and social networks.  Register for our free webinar which takes place on April 14, 2009 at 2 PM ET.