How Social Makes Professional Services Teams More Successful

Facebook and Twitter have demonstrated the maturation of social tools that work. Tools that make it easier to connect, share, and interact. The advent of cloud technology has also helped to reduce the problem of access through anytime anywhere access. There is no question of the effectiveness of social and mobile in our personal lives. But how does it apply to business?

Joe Kornik | July 09, 2013

By Debbie Ashton

This is the second of a three part series of articles looking at the growing and critical role of social technologies in Professional Services (PS) organizations. In the first part, I discussed why Professional Services are ripe for social technologies. In this second part, I'll discuss the ways in which social technologies impact PS teams in ways that other collaborative tools cannot.

Facebook and Twitter have demonstrated the maturation of social tools that work. Tools that make it easier to connect, share, and interact. The advent of cloud technology has also helped to reduce the problem of access through anytime anywhere access. There is no question of the effectiveness of social and mobile in our personal lives. But how does it apply to business?

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