Introduction to Trends and Tools for Organisational Development Professionals - to accompany an informal debate on whether Web2.0 should be at the TOP/BOTTOM of OD professional's priotities.

1. Organisational Design &
Development
and Web 2.0
Brisbane Organisational Design and Development Forum - 21 April 2009
.
Discussion lead by: Cheryl Mills, CAMILLS Consulting
Date: Tuesday 21 April 2009
Time: 5.00pm - 7.00pm

2. Debate
Web 2.0 should be at the
top/bottom of this year's
priorities for those responsible for
Organisational Development.

3. Definition (Wikipedia)
Web 2.0 The term quot;Web 2.0quot; describes the
changing trends in the use of World Wide Web
technology and web design that aim to
enhance creativity, communications, secure
information sharing, collaboration and
functionality of the web. Web 2.0 concepts
have led to the development and evolution of
web-culture communities and hosted
services, such as social-networking sites, video
sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies.

4. Social Media are primarily Internet- and
mobile-based tools for sharing and discussing
information among human beings.] The term
most often refers to activities that integrate
technology, telecommunications and social
interaction, and the construction of
words, pictures, videos and audio.

5. Trends

6. Content Management Systems
• allow easy website creation and management
of social networking functionality

7. ‘Smart’ Social Networks
• where the user can put access controls around
personal details , so that only people they
trust can see them

8. Leverage of Large Companies
• free applications for business and education
• promoting product range to schools

9. E-Learning 2.0 Software
• more focus on the community aspect of
learning
• engendering ‘empowerment’ by use of blogs,
wikis and other social software
• creation of learning communities

10. Tools

11. Blogging
• software removes barriers to publishing on-
line
• ‘journal’ format encourages record of thinking
• facilitates critical feedback
• democratic learning spaces

12. Wiki
• facilitates the collaborative creation of a
website, which allows each new reader to
become a writer and editor.
• wikis rather than intranet, more archival than
email
• knowledge and project management

13. Podcasting
• popular technology for pushing information
• user and learner generated content
• sense of audience leads to motivation

14. Media Sharing
• resource for images
• ease of uploading
• publish to a wider audience
• creativity

15. More Tools
Virtual Worlds
Web Conferencing
Content Sharing
Microblogging
Chat/Instant Messaging
Feeds and Readers
Enterprise Bookmarking

16. Decisions

17. • integration
• degree of cultural shift
• measuring ROI (tangibles and intangibles)
• platform/technology choices