The Social Company

The CSN Conference 2009 is thé Dutch event when it comes to the latest developments in Corporate Social Networking. ‘The Social Company’ has been chosen as this year’s theme. This theme has been selected as LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogs are becoming more popular. More and more companies start using these tools, but it is still not clear how to use utilize them optimally.

Learn from the past, look at the future
Social Networking is here to stay and the time has come to focus on the future. Which companies generated success by using social media and how did they do that; did they transform into a ‘Social Company’? What are key factors for success and what can we learn from it, keeping the future in mind.
The reason why some companies failed in their social media activities, will also be discussed. There is a need for theory-based evaluations and examples from the field. Companies need up to date information in order to be prepared for the future.

Internationally orientated
The CSN Conference 2009 facilitates in theories and exciting cases in order to create ways for companies to catch up. How are we going to do this? By inviting prominent key-note speakers from all over the world. They are all experts in social media. To give an example, the program starts with Jeremiah Owyang, Senior Analyst Social Computing at Forrester, as well as owner of weblog ‘Web Strategy by Jeremiah’. He’s also very active on twitter. In the afternoon, there will be parallel break-out sessions, so you will have to choose which session you fancy.  These sessions will be about different subjects like social media & recruitment and social networking cases.

Some subject examples:
-    What should a company do in order to implement social networking efficiently?
-    What will be the future of Corporate Social Networking?
-    What is the secret behind best practices in social networking?
-    What is the difference between social media nowadays, compared to social media three years ago?
-    What are the do’s and don’t when integrating a social strategy in corporate strategy?

Apply
Click here in order to apply for the CSN Conference on May 14th 2009, location Amsterdam; The Netherlands. In case you would like to receive more information or details about available flights to Amsterdam and available hotels nearby the Conference Centre, feel free to send an email to: info(at)csnconference.nl