More and more industries are realizing the benefits that the remote working environment has to offer. Instead of calling of a meeting or walking up to employees desk for ideas, companies communicate via instant messaging, phone, video conferencing. According to surveys, remote workers sleep better, exercise more, have healthier diets and have low stress. Now a day's companies are expanding search beyond office geography. Yet owners fear the resulting lack of communication and collaboration. With the right communication tool, we can 1) encourage video conferencing. It is the most effective way of distant communication yet is harder to get used to in initial practices. 2) Instant messengers to keep updates and ask questions. 3) Central status update on project progress is a prime feature of project management tool which can be used to have general meetings.Read more at:-http://www.cmswire.com/social-business/embrace-the-growing-remote-workforce/

The key elements for a business to succeed are a well-articulated strategy and well-defined goals and every business activity should contribute to move the organization in the right direction and thereby achieve its strategic goals. Nowadays, firms spend a lot of time on consulting strategic planning to support sales, marketing and operations across the enterprise but, they don’t include social business activities which sustain the firm’s digital footprint. Social business activities are an automated version of a firm’s identify, thought leadership, relationship and value drivers and also means looking at social business as more than marketing campaigns. To know more about social business strategy, follow Vanessa DiMauro (CEO, Leader Networks)’s article link: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/social-business/2015-04-03/social-business-strategy-how-prevent-digital-muddle?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Social+Media+Today+%28all+posts%29

Many companies have found some ways to generate business results through collaboration. In a recent webinar, structured approach to social business was explored. But what is structured collaboration. Jim Lundy (CEO and lead analyst for Aragon Research), explains it as an association of existing social techniques with product management technologies augmented by predictive analytics. He also says that "Collaboration isn't new, but teams that move fast are going to do more collaboration. They're going to do it with more people. And they're going to get to those outcomes faster."  To know more, follow: http://www.cmswire.com/cms/social-business/the-next-phase-of-collaboration-getting-the-job-done-026898.php

An article by Dion Hinchcliffe, Information Technology expert, talks about the deep application to organizations that made social media such a potent and popular way of communicating globally. This involves raising awareness, educating leadership, trying to figure out what department should be in charge of social business, rethinking business processes in a much more fragmented yet connected operating environment, acquiring budget as social business operations grow, measuring results, and so on. Social business has become a more powerful and effective way of operating. But it must mature to grow its relevance and effectiveness as it's situated within the realities of the contemporary organization.

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