http://www.scribd.com/people/view/304826-euan-semple This a feed for documents on Scribd written by euan.semple 30 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:15:48 GMT Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:15:48 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2092670/Euan-Semple-Bio Euan Semple Social Computing for the Business World Biography Euan Semple is an independent advisor on social computing for business. He is a well known writer, thinker and public speaker on the subject Euan pioneered the use of weblogs, wikis and online forums while at the BBC and his work there continues to enable staff to work more effectively and more collaboratively across the entire organisation. While at the BBC Euan also worked on their award winning leadership programme and gained unparalleled experience in how to engage and inspire people with the possibilities of social computing a Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:15:48 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2092670/Euan-Semple-Bio http://www.scribd.com/doc/2092226/Euan-Semple-Handout Social Computing What’s in it for your organisation? Forums, social networking tools, weblogs, and wikis are collectively known as Social Computing and their emergence in the business world has been driven by the experience and behaviours of millions of people on the web who use similar technologies day in day out to ask questions, get answers and seek out like minded individuals from around the world. There are many benefits to this new informal, conversational online environment but it is unfamiliar and challenges many of our current assumptions about the workplace. All of the tools that Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:41:42 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2092226/Euan-Semple-Handout