Upcoming Webinar: Successfully Launch & Maintain Web 2.0 Initiatives

By Melissa Risteff, April 02, 2009

Uofmich NewsGator and the University of Michigan are teaming together to offer a unique webinar on April 14 at 2pm ET titled, "Successfully Launch and Maintain Web 2.0 Initiatives.

Benefit from the University of Michigan's rich pool of social computing research and NewsGator's extensive experience in implementing enterprise social networks to learn how to drive adoption and usage of your online communities and social networks.

Join Professor Paul Resnick (Social Computing Specialization Coordinator for University of Michigan's School of Information) and Karyn German (Vice President of Customer Care for NewsGator) for an informative webinar that will provide you with:

  • Tips and tricks for getting your new online communities and social networks to crticial mass
  • Best practices for motivating contributions after you launch an online community or social network
  • Demonstrations of social computing features that drive successful communities and social networks

Anyone in the following job fields are likely to find this webinar beneficial: information & knowledge management professionals; IT professionals; Enterprise/IT Architects; Emerging Technologists; CIOs; Corporate Communications Professionals; anyone tasked with evaluating, recommending or designing Enterprise 2.0 & Social Computing strategies.

You may sign up for the webinar here; we hope you can join us. 

Melissa Risteff

Melissa Risteff , Senior Vice President, Enterprise Engagment

Melissa Risteff is the SVP of Enterprise Engagement at NewsGator. She’s responsible for the adoption consultancy practice, partner competency and enablement program, and social business solution delivery – each having a major impact on aligning to customer business value and ultimately making social real. Melissa previously served as CMO of a collaborative analytics software firm, VP of Product for an eLearning company, and has held senior level strategy and product management roles at both Sun Microsystems and GE. She is a thought leader in the space – with advanced graduate research following her passion in social technologies and organizational development. Born in NY and raised in VT, Melissa moved to CO in ‘92 and stayed for the weather and lifestyle. She has an affinity for gastronomy, wanderlust, and hiking.

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