Social Media for Sustainable Enterprise
Speaker · Workshop · Sustainable Enterprise Conference · Rohnert Park, CA · 13 May 2011
Workshop on social media as the tipping point for sustainable enterprise: internet trends, then applications to operations, marketing and finance, what comes next, and questions.
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- SOCIAL MEDIA FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE HOW SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE TIPPING POINT FOR SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS
- PRESENTED AT SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE CONFERENCE MAY 13TH, 2011
- PRESENTER JOEYSHEPP.COM GREENMBA PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL AT EARTHSITE.NET, NEW MEDIA FOR SUSTAINABLE BRANDS
- ROAD MAP I. INTERNET TRENDS II. THE DIGITAL BUSINESS I. OPERATIONS II. MARKETING III. FINANCE III. WHAT’S NEXT? IV. QUESTIONS “SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE TIPPING POINT FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE”
- INTERNET EVERYWHERE UBIQUITOUS, PERVASIVE
- INFORMATION AGE THE INDUSTRIAL AGE FILLED THE WORLD WITH STUFF THE INFORMATION AGE IS FILLING OUR WORLD WITH INFORMATION. CHEAP, ACCESSIBLE, ABUNDANT POTENTIAL LIMITLESS GROWTH
- DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY FREE MOBILE DECENTRALIZED REAL-TIME HYPER-LOCAL
- CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE INTERNET TO REACH 2 BILLION USERS THIS YEAR, REPRESENTING 30% OF GLOBAL POPULATION 70% OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 21% OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SOURCE: http://mashable.com/2010/10/19/internet-2-billion/
- MOORE’S LAW SPEED OF COMPUTERS DOUBLES EVERY TWO YEARS “SINGULARITY” COMING… COMPUTERS TRANSCEND BIOLOGY ~RAY KURZWEIL
- FACEBOOK: GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP 500,000,000 ACTIVE USERS 700,000 NEW USERS DAILY! 70% OUTSIDE THE US 380,000 LIKES / MINUTES ACCOUNTS FOR 25% OF ALL USA PAGE VIEWS
- YOUTUBE: YOU ARE THE MEDIA 35 HOURS UPLOADED EVERY MINUTE! HUNDREDS OF THE MOST POPULAR USERS MAKE 6 FIGURES A YEAR LADY GAGA AND EMINEM SURPASS 1 BILLION HITS
- TWITTER: THE PULSE OF THE PLANET NEW RECORD SET AT NEW YEAR 2011: 6,939 TWEETS/ SECOND 40% USA 60% INTERNATIONAL IN THE USA, 87% AWARENESS, YET ONLY 7% USE IT SENTIMENT ANALYSIS PROVEN AS ACCURATE AS EXIT POLLS
- 3,339 TEXTS PER MONTH AVERAGE US TEENAGER
- BORN INTO THIS WORLD 92% OF U.S. TODDLERS HAVE AN ONLINE PRESENCE THE VAST MAJORITY OF CHILDREN TODAY WILL HAVE ONLINE PRESENCE BY THE TIME THEY ARE TWO YEARS OLD — A PRESENCE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THROUGHOUT THEIR WHOLE LIVES.
- THE DIGITAL BUSINESS SOCIAL MEDIA IS MORE THAN MARKETING
- OPERATIONS WORKING IN THE CLOUD
- CLOUD STORAGE ABUNDANT ONLINE STORAGE MEANS CHEAP END-USER DEVICES BENEFITS INCLUDE AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, COLLABORATIVE, RELIABLE
- VIDEO CONFERENCING / VOIP INCREASING BANDWIDTH DRIVEN BY COST OF TRANSPORTATION NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR PHONE, BUT IN ADDITION JOEY’S PICKS: SKYPE, GOOGLE VOICE, VISUAL VOICEMAIL, FACETIME
- LOGISTICS AND PACKAGING ONLINE SHOPPING INCREASING AS SHIPPING LOGISTICS ARE REFINED UPS BANNED LEFT TURNS FOR GAS SAVINGS AFTER IN-DEPTH STUDY PACKAGING REDESIGN JOEY’S PICKS: AMAZON PRIME.
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- PAPERLESS AMAZON.COM NOW SELLS MORE DIGITAL BOOKS THAN PHYSICAL BOOKS. JOEY’S PICKS: FUJUTSU SCANSCAP SCANNER, DROPBOX, EVERNOTE, MYFAX
- MOBILITY INCREASED WIRELESS ACCESS, CHEAPER MOBILE DEVICES GPS ALLOWS LOCALIZED DATA 2014: MOBILE OVERTAKES DESKTOP JOEY’S PICKS: IPHONE, IPAD, MI-FI HOTSPOT
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- CROWD SOURCING PRODUCT DESIGN CUSTOMER SUPPORT MARKET RESEARCH (SENTIMENT ANALYSIS) JOEY’S PICKS: FACEBOOK QUESTIONS, TWITTER, GOOGLE FORMS
- MARKETING CUSTOMER COMMUNITIES
- RADICAL TRANSPARENCY MANY TO MANY COMMUNICATIONS ACCELERATES SHARING PEOPLE TRUST THEIR PEERS BRANDS NO LONGER CONTROL THE MESSAGE JOEY’S PICK: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, GOOGLE ALERTS
- CUSTOMER COMMUNITY NO LONGER “CONSUMERS” COMMUNITY MANAGER ABOUT ENGAGEMENT ACKNOWLEDGED POWER DYNAMIC CUSTOMER STAKEHOLDER JOEY’S PICKS: FACEBOOK PAGE
- CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY EXPECTATION TO COMMUNICATE SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL WORK THROUGH MARKETING YEARLY REPORTS MOVING TO DAILY COMMUNICATION HIGHER LEVELS OF ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE OF RADICAL TRANSPARENCY JOEY’S PICK: BLOGGING WITH WORDPRESS OR TUMBLR
- SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY DEVELOP A “LIVING DOCUMENT” OF BESTPRACTICES AND STRATEGY FOR DEALING WITH PROBLEM ISSUES JOEY’S PICK: DATABASE OF SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES: HTTP:// SOCIALMEDIAGOVERNANCE.COM
- DATA VISUALIZATION CUSTOMERS WILLING TO SHARE MORE PERSONAL INFO COMPANIES WILLING TO SHARE DATA THROUGH API’S. WEALTH OF ACCESS TO DATA JOEY’S PICKS: COOL INFO GRAPHICS, INFORMATION IS BEAUTIFUL, SEARCH “INFOGRAPHIC”
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- FINANCE ACCOUNTING FOR EVERYTHING
- MICRO-FINANCE MICROLOANS FOR STARTUP CAPITAL HIGH REPAYMENT RATE FOR LOANS ALTERNATIVES TO VC FINANCING JOEY’S PICKS: KIVA, KICKSTARTER, CROWDRISE
- GROUP BUYING CONSUMERS BAND TOGETHER FOR DEEP DISCOUNTS BUSINESSES GET COMMITTED VOLUME + MARKETING BUZZ JOEY’S PICKS: GROUPON, SOCIAL LIVING
- THE LONG TAIL THE LONG TAIL OF AN EXPONENTIAL GRAPH LOTS OF SMALL MARKETS COMBINED ARE BIGGER THAN POPULAR MARKETS EXAMPLE: LOTS OF SMALL BLOGS MAKE AS STRONG AS A VOICE AS MAJOR MEDIA JOEY’S PICKS:
- FREEMIUM OFFER A ROBUST FREE PRODUCT WITH AN UPSELL OPPORTUNITY FOR POWER USERS BUILDS A LARGE, STABLE CUSTOMER BASE JOEY’S PICKS: GOOGLE APPS, FACEBOOK PAGE, 37SIGNALS, SKYPE, FREE CONFERENCE CALL
- WIKILEAKS TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTS LEAKS FEAR OF EXPOSURE DRIVES MORE ETHICAL BEHAVIOR FINANCIAL MODELS MUST ADJUST TO FULL COST ACCOUNTING JOEY’S PICKS: OPEN LEAKS, MAINSTREAM MEDIA LEAK SITES
- WHERE ARE WE GOING? INFORMATION AND CREATIVITY REMAIN
- SUSTAINABLE MEDIA PRINCIPLES SUMMARY DEMOCRATIC TRANSPARENCY DECENTRALIZED LOCALIZED LESS PAPER LESS TRAVEL CAN BE CLEAN AND RENEWABLE
- NEW ECONOMY: SOCIAL CAPITAL EDUCATION CREATIVITY COMMUNITY STRATEGY IDEAS FUTURES SCALEABLE
- STAY HUMAN IT’S ABOUT PEOPLE TO PEOPLE TIES
- MORE INFO WWW.JOEYSHEPP.COM
- TWITTER ACCOUNTS @JoeyShepp @GreenMBA @Earthsite @SocialGoodMedia
- TWEET ME YOUR QUESTIONS @JOEYSHEPP YOUR QUESTION
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