Moblogging Suman’s session from barcamp.in
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Suman has been blogging since 2002. Traditional KM doesn’t work because they’re top heavy. They talk about being people centric but they’re actually not people-centric. So if you use blogs you can create a grassroots KM. Talks about internal blogging initiatives in major IT services companies that failed. I asked Suman why and he said its due to a rigid framework. He says you should make it easy and flexible. For instance, he said companies use portal software like Documentum which aren’t real easy to use, so publishing doesn’t happen. His main theme is to keep it easy and says blogging comes in handy for that. Talks about a company of 10 that started an internal blog and gave access to its customers. I asked him – blogging requires sustained effort and how do you keep it going? Suman said he actually evangelized blogging throughout the company and also recruited some fire brand bloggers to keep the momentum going. He also said “you may not want to call it a blog, if you feel that may prevent adoption”. He can be read at http://www.sumankumar.com
