Social Now – Powering Your Organisation’s Teams, Communities and Networks*

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Social Now, formerly for some time Social Now Europe, is an international event with a unique format, conceived to help you choose tools for the social organisation, whilst reminding you of the importance of adoption and accompanying processes.

Social Now organizer is Knowman consulting (Portugal), host is Samuel Driessen (The Netherlands).

Conference History:

9th Social Now 2022, 19-20 May 2022, Lisbon, Portugal
Conference Theme: Enabling Engaged, High-performing Teams

Keynotes: (2)
Autonomy, Agency and Activism: A Triple A “Credit Rating” for the New Economics of Work
TBD

Talks:
Creating Engaged Teams through Meaningful Moments
Dare to Un-Lead: The Art of Relational Leadership in a Fragmented World (book pre-launch)
Everybody Happy!
Creating a Modern Workplace in Miceosoft365
…TBD

Tools:
A Day at Cablinc with… TBD (Social Tools)

Social Now Reunion, 27 May 2021, Virtual venue

Note: A Social Now for 2021 was planned but postponed to 2022

No speakers. No agenda. Just 2 hours of great conversations.

(CANCELLED) 9th Social Now 2020, 4-5 June 2020, Lisbon, Portugal
Conference Theme: Powering Your Organisation’s Teams, Communities and Networks

Pre-conference Workshops (Jun 3):
Building a Community Business Case; Boas Práticas para alavancar a sua Intranet ou Plataforma de Colaboração

Keynotes:
TBD

Talks:
Creating Conditions for Community; How mature are organisations when it comes to Social Collaboration?; Personal Knowledge Mastery — When Work Is Learning and Learning Is The Work; How to create space for individuals to flourish in teams; Control is for Amateurs: How to Enable People Through Vibrant Communities; Designing stronger teams and communities with Liberating Structures

Tools:
A Day at Cablinc with… TBD (Social Tools)

Peer Assist:
How to Set Up Successful Communities for Learning and Innovation

Debate

8th Social Now 2019, 6-7 June 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
Conference Theme: Developing Digital Leadership

Keynotes:
Leadership Is Broken. Can Digital Help?; Leadershift – Wayfinding in Times of Change

Talks:
Enterprise Social Networks: Your Launchpad for Digital Leadership; A Practical Model for Distributed Digital Leadership; The KM Cookbook (book launch); Working Out Loud: Your Way to Better Leadership; Asking the Right Questions: The Path To Better Leadership; Wirearchy: Strengthening Your Organisation by Creating Strong Connections

Tools:
A Day at Cablinc with… 5 Social Tools

Peer Assist:
What to Consider Before Kicking Off a New Intranet Project

Client Cases:
NHS; Large Retailer; SPORT TV

Conference Workshops:
Building a Stronger Organisation with LEGO® Serious Play®

Debate

7th Social Now 2018, 16-17 May 2018, Lisbon, Portugal
Sub-title: Getting Results From Enterprise Social Tools

Post-conference Masterclasses (May 18):
How to launch a successful communication and collaboration platform; Key Opportunity Areas for a Social Intranet (CANCELLED); How to design, convene and facilitate Knowledge Cafés (CANCELLED); Let’s go to Mars: An exploration into Leadership, Perspective & Human Behavior (CANCELLED)

Keynotes:
Future Proofing the Organisation; Social Technologies: A vital catalyst for individual and organisational transformation

Talks:
Improving Online Conversations; To Measure Is To Know; The Role of Digital Placemaking in Employee Engagement; Impact of GDPR on corporate intranets; Networked Leadership; Communities of Practice

Tools:
A Day at Cablinc with… 4 Social Tools

Client Cases:
Amadeus, HEINEKEN, Immochan

Debate

6th Social Now 2017, 11-12 May 2017, Lisbon, Portugal
Sub-title: Getting Results From Enterprise Social Tools

Note: The conference was announced as Social Now Europe 2017

Post-conference Masterclasses (May 13):
How to Choose an Enterprise Social Tool for your Organisation (CANCELLED); Making Sense of Social Tools at your Workplace; Managing Virtual Teams and Communities; How to Conduct a Knowledge Audit to Identify Knowledge Management Goals and Technologies

Keynotes:
Social Tools Open Up Possibilities – Now It’s People’s Turn to Move; Tomorrow Was (Just?) Another Day

Talks:
Using Knowledge Audits to Prioritise Focus Areas for Enterprise Social Tools; Stories to Retain and Circulate Critical Knowledge; Learning Before, During and After; Creating an Amazing Workplace; Communicating with a Knowledge Hat

Tools:
A Day at Cablinc with… 6 Social Tools

Client Cases:
Superdrug Stores; EuraNova; AMAL

Debate

5th Social Now Europe 2016, 11-12 April 2016, Lisbon, Portugal

Post-conference Masterclasses (Apr 13):
Working Smarter with Less Email; Reducing Risk and Enhancing Value by Capturing and Exploiting Critical Knowledge

Keynotes:
Making Sense of Social Collaboration, Leadership 2.0 and Future of Work; The Digital Workplace: Some Practical Futures

Talks:
Knowledge Retention and ISO 9001:2015; The Changing Role of Internal Communications; Working Smarter with Micro-Narratives; Working smarter with #noemail; Bringing social tools to life; Effective Project Management using Social Technologies

Tools:
A day in the life of Cablinc if it had… 6 Social Tools

Our (Participants’) Stories; Debate; Networking Session

4th Social Now Europe 2015, 20-21 April 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Keynotes:
The Social Workplace Tipping Point: Are You In The Best Position?; What’s wrong with social collaboration? Everything.

Talks:
A step-by-step approach to social learning; Narratives of work at Cablinc – the practices: Reducing Email Dependency; Improving Internal Communications; Improving Knowledge Retention; Increasing adoption of social tools

Tools:
Narratives of work at Cablinc – the 10 tools

Debates; Networking Session

(CANCELLED) 1st Social Now Americas 2014

3rd Social Now Europe 2014, 7-8 April, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sub-title: Tools for Workplace Collaboration

Keynotes:
Social Intranets, the Lemming Curve, and ‘Down With People’; Back to the Future

Talks:
The Story of Social Now; Narrative Approach to Adoption and Engagement; Top 5 Tips on Adoption; Adoption of Social Enterprise Tools; What’s social got to do with it; Back to the Future

Tools:
Narratives of work at Cablinc using (12) Social Tools

Debate; Networking Session

(CANCELLED) 1st Social Now Americas, 25-26 November 2013, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sub-title: Tools for Workplace Collaboration

Keynotes:
Opening Keynote (tbd); The Future of Work in a Social World

Talks:
tbd

Tools:
Narratives of work at Cablinc using (12) enterprise 2.0 tools

Debate; Networking Session

2nd Social Now 2013, 18-19 April, Lisbon, Portugal
Sub-title: Tools for Workplace Collaboration

Keynotes:
Challenges for the social enterprise; The Future of Work in a Social World

Talks:
Gamification: What, Why and How; Gamification: Lessons Learned from the Field; Associated costs for social tools in the enterprise

Tools for…
…Collaborative Project Work (4 tools); …Topic-based Knowledge Sharing (5 tools)

Networking Session

1st Social Now 2012, 27-28 June, Oporto, Portugal
Sub-title: Tools for Workplace Collaboration

Keynotes:
Work is broken – can social fix it?; The social organisation

Talks:
Key decision factors when choosing a tool; Insights from the Spanish conference e20biz; SaaS or no SaaS?; Collaborative Project Work; Adoption techniques

Tools for…
…Topic-based Knowledge Sharing (6 tools); …Collaborative Project Work (6 tools); Innovation Management (1 tool)

Networking Session

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