Just today, IBM announced that it will offer new new programs, services and partnerships to help organizations accelerate social business growth and adoption.
These programs include technical workshops designed to improve a variety of skill sets (change management, technical, community management) as well as consulting services aimed to help develop an organizational culture that fosters open collaboration, value creation and sharing among employees, clients, and business partners.
IBM will offer interactive online courses, live support and one-on-one support with IBM Social Business experts, geared to help educate their customers on the benefits of applying social business initiatives, while at the same time helping to assess the barriers of social business for faster adoption.
These new social business initiatives include:
Strategic consulting – that help organizations better understand their current adoption of social business tools for both internal and external purposes and helps to articulate how social business accelerates and alleviates business challenges.
Global educational and mentorship programs – for clients and business partners on how to become effective community managers, the fastest growing job in social, while increasing employee engagement over top, line-of-business communities on the social software platform.
Technical certification programs – that help customers and business partners validate and demonstrate their skills through assessment exams and training resources so that they can plan for and perform the installation, configuration and day-today tasks associated with ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of social software solutions.
Social Business Agenda workshops – providing immediate access to discussions forums focused on the benefits of becoming a social business, providing clients and business partners with case study examples of successful social businesses, and helping them to develop an agenda for driving social business adoption.
IBM is also announcing a partnership with The Dachis Group to help organizations drive adoption success through a social business adoption quickstart workshop. The workshop combines IBM services for the implementation of Social Business solutions for enterprises with additional services from The Dachis Group and focuses on the use of social business technology while fostering cultural skills and engagement.
Also, IBM has partnered with San Jose State University to offer students a social business program with curriculum to prepare them to work in the enterprise.
