Dave –

On approach that we are using is good, old-fashioned case studies of successful bloggers, e.g.,

Your community event, "Business Blogs," is different because it is:

1.) Based entirely on 70 case studies with leaders IBM, SAP, Microsoft, Yahoo!, MIT and others;

2.) Driven by authentic conversation with experts and among peers;

3.) Not vendor hype -- just authentic conversations on the future of enterprise social media.

To register, visit:

http://www.kmcluster.com/nyc/NYC_Summer_2005.htm

We are using the ‘book’ "Business Blogs: A Practical Guide" including over 70 top business cases.

I know it is radical to ask people what works (gasp!) and then conduct authentic conversations on the future.

There is a conversation in Boston/Cambridge too.

http://www.kmcluster.com/bos/BOS_Summer_2005.htm

Cheers,

John

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There's a fascinating piece on slashdot, of all places, that reveals another reason why you need to be careful if you opt to edit comments on your Weblog. Here's the gist of it:

"Thomas Hawk writes "HP has recently been making the rounds promoting their new company blogging efforts. Nora Denzel, HP's senior vice president and general manager of HP's Adaptive Enterprise and Software Global Business Unit has started a podcast and a number of new bloggers including David Gee, the head of worldwide marketing for HP's management software business, have also started company blogs. So imagine my surprise when I tried to legitimately leave a comment critical of HP at David Gee's HP blog and had my comment quickly erased and my HP passport (required to leave comments) revoked. Is it one-sided blogging to only let people say positive things about your company on your blog?" Update: 05/07 04:24 GMT by Z : Indeed, "Update: It would appear that David Gee has changed his mind and has reinstated my comment along with a comment from him saying he would pass the feedback along. A good first step. I've asked for an explanation as to why it was removed and hopefully will hear back soon.""

and the links:

David Gee's blog: http://h20276.www2.hp.com/blogs/gee
One sided blogging commentary: http://thomashawk.com/2005/05/when-is-it-ok-to-delete-comment-or-why.html