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Success Factors: What traditional business really needs to know about Web 2.0
Presented by Joshua Ross

http://oreilly.com/go/successfactors

The business world is experiencing successive waves of disruption caused by new
trends and technologies; from publishing to media and entertainment, software
development to financial services and healthcare, entire industries are being
transformed by the Internet.  With Web 2.0 technologies gaining traction, these
rates of change are likely to only increase as new forms of collaboration-enabled
by technology--unlock the creative capacity of people across the globe. Within
such an environment, learning and leadership are survival skills. 

While most organizations recognize the need to address these changes, their
responses are typically anemic and inclined to failure. Most strategies fails
for the same, simple reasons:

-A heavy reliance on outside expertise
-A basic failure to understand the shift in organizing principles and mindsets
that define Web 2.0 companies.  

Based on direct experience consulting in the field, and backed by O'Reilly's
thought leadership on Web 2.0, this webcast is for the rest of us: executives
and professionals working in "traditional" (non-Internet native) business trying
to take advantage of new trends. We'll explore the underlying organizing
principles and success factors in building and executing a Social Web strategy,
specifically:

-New ways of listening
-A focus on relationship building
-Creating "Open" strategies

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Date: Thursday, July 10 at 10am PDT (17:00 GMT)
Cost: Free
Duration: 45-60 minutes
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About Joshua Ross

Joshua Ross, vice president of O'Reilly InPractice,  has been consulting with
businesses on digital strategy for over a decade. During that time, he has
overseen the launch of dozens of highly successful, enterprise-class ecommerce
sites, exchange platforms, and community sites. He has worked extensively with
start-ups to Fortune 500 companies on strategy and governance planning for
ebusiness.

Joshua comes with a deep background in online marketing and communications,
utilizing emerging social media technologies--community, blogging, virtual
worlds, and WOM, among others-to deliver highly successful, sustainable
marketing strategies. His focus over the last three years has been on applying
Web 2.0 principles to deliver competitive advantage to Global 2000 clients,
from new business model development to customer engagement and communication
strategies. Joshua has been a guest lecturer at Harvard University on information
design and human factors, and has spoken at conferences related to technology
and digital strategy. Past clients include Washington Mutual, Accenture,
Best Buy, Autodesk, and Polycom.  Joshua holds a degree with honors in Chinese
Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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About O'Reilly InPractice

O'Reilly InPractice offers consulting and training services to companies actively
interested in incorporating Web 2.0 practices into their businesses. From hands-on
training with new technologies to high-level strategic consulting, we help set
companies on a path to success in today's competitive, often unpredictable
business environment.

As a division of O'Reilly Media, O'Reilly InPractice is steeped in the
extraordinary business intelligence and vision long associated with the company.
From the earliest days of the Web, O'Reilly Media has served as the premier
source of information as well as a prescient catalyst for leading-edge
development, homing in on the technology trends that are shaping the worlds of
online business and culture.