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Social Business Seminars

Event Dates and Venues:
30th May, Dublin (Marker Hotel)

Description:

A fundamental shift is taking place in how organisations work both internally with their employees and externally with partners and customers. Social tools readily available to the general public are becoming a prerequisite within the organisation. Today’s workforce expects to be able to collaborate with their colleagues as easily as they do with friends in their social life. However, there must be some control and a policy regarding what tools are used and how they are used, otherwise time and effort will be wasted in trying to manage them and you will lose the phenomenal productivity improvements they are capable of.

This event will explore how Social Business tools are changing the way employees, suppliers and customers communicate and interact with each other. The event will show how these tools work and feature a range of customer success stories, demonstrating how Social Business has brought tangible value to multiple organisations. You will also have the opportunity to engage with our industry experts during both the panel session and in the networking breaks, as well as seeing demos from our subject matter experts.

Presentations from the event can be found here:
Kieran Colville
Kenexa, an IBM Company

Kenexa Smarter Workforce Presentation May 2013 (1.8MB)

Stuart McRae
IBM

Getting Social in the Public Sector

Social Business Tools: 'turning the advantages of social media into a resolution to workplace problems'

Event Dates and Venues:
5th March, 21 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 1AY
13th March, London (South Bank)

Presenters:

Andrew Jackson Kenexa, Vice President, Government Solutions
Stuart McRae IBM, Executive Collaboration & Social Business Evangelist for IBM Collaboration Solutions

Description:

Public sector organisations are under huge pressures to do more with less and reduce cost all within tight timescales. Throughout 2013, IBM and GovInsight will be promoting a number of FREE regional seminars, morning briefings and online webinars which help convey the value of 'Social Business Tools' within Public Sector.

The ability to find information and subject matter experts, understand corporate policy, share documents and manage projects, not just by sending emails around, but by use of genuine social tools, which are now an essential part of the modern workplace in Public Sector. Social platforms created for the workplace specifically help to break down silos, encourage information sharing across the organisation and ensures that information remains safe and that employees remain compliant with management guidance.

Furthermore, Social Business Tools also allow the citizen and other external users / agencies to communicate directly with the organisation, without fear that comments or information will be in the public domain, allowing public sector organisations to inform their customers and solve problems quickly and efficiently, improving customer satisfaction.

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Andrew Jackson

Kenexa, Vice President, Government Solutions

Andrew Jackson Biography
Based in London, Andrew is responsible for Kenexa’s Government Solutions business.
Andrew joined Kenexa in April 2009 after a full career in the British Army. For his last 4 years in the Army, he was appointed Director of Army Recruiting (in the rank of Brigadier General). In this post he was responsible for the recruitment of 15,000 officers and soldiers into the Regular and Reserve Army. As part of this work, he led a project to identify how commercial best practice, capabilities and expertise could help to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Army recruiting. He met Kenexa through this process and is now leading the company’s work to partner with a variety of Government Departments, Agencies and contractors to the same goal.

Earlier Army appointments posts included command of an Army brigade with responsibility for operational readiness of all Army units in Scotland. Previously, he was responsible for the Army’s UK Training Estate and spent 3 years on the Commitments (Operations) staff in the Ministry of Defence at the height of the Kosovo crisis.

He followed his father and grandfather into the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, a 300 year old Scottish infantry regiment, and is now Chairman of the Regimental Association. His career has included tours to Iraq, Hong Kong, Africa, Germany and Northern Ireland, a 4 year tour as a helicopter pilot. In 1996, he achieved his lifelong ambition to command 1st Battalion The King’s Own Scottish Borderers.

Andrew is married with 4 children and enjoys a variety of sporting interests. He is an active volunteer supporter and fundraiser for Combat Stress, a UK charity that provides support and professional psychological services to military personnel suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other mental health issues. He also sits on the Board of the Military Spouse Corporate Career Network/ Corporate America Supports You, a US Not For Profit organisation.

Andrew’s Presentation can be downloaded here (9MB)

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Stuart McRae

IBM, Executive Collaboration & Social Business Evangelist for IBM Collaboration Solutions

Biography
Stuart McRae is an Executive Collaboration & Social Business Evangelist for IBM Collaboration Solutions, responsible for briefing executives and IT strategists on the business value organisations can realise from the latest exceptional web experience and exceptional work experiences solutions, as well as speaking at public events on related topics. He is particularly focused on the business impact of emerging technologies like Social Computing, Mobile Devices and Cloud Computing. He also acts as executive sponsor for key customers and partners, helping them to maximise the business value they derive from the IBM Social Business solutions they deploy.

Prior to his current role, Stuart has worked in Technical Sales, Business Transformation, Product Management, IT Architecture and Development teams in IBM and Lotus. He has been with the company for 17 years and previously worked with e-mail specialist Soft-Switch and computer fax & telex start-up Systems & Telecoms. Stuart has been involved in many industry bodies, including Guide Share Europe, EEMA and the IETF. He is currently an EEMA Fellow and on the board of EEMA, and a Faculty Member at the Directors Club.

Specialties: The Business Value of: Social, Cloud, Collaboration, Mobile & Wireless, Unified Communications, E-mail, Fax

Stuart’s Presentation can be downloaded here (22.5MB)