The new social media is really impressive. Not just blogs and wikis, but the whole cultural dynamic of people collaboration. I'm astounded by how fast it is growing. It's not growing as fast on the corporate intranet, of course, but it's growing.

From my post on the Content Matters blog:

Firstly, before I end this unpaid advertisement for the *free* membership in MyRagan.com, let me say how impressed I am by how easy it is to sign-up, and how easy it is to use. Some people know me as an ‘intranet guy’ (and that’s how my wife knows me, my children too, friends, the kids across the street, that dog down the block… I do Internet too, I swear!) so I went into the Internal Communications discussion forum (click on “Forums” and then choose “Internal Communications”) to have a look. I noticed Anne in Regina needed some advice on building a business case for an intranet. So I gave her my thoughts and offered to send her my white paper on Intranet ROI. Bang! She got help. And many others are finding help and similar advice, or if you’re Steve Crescenzo, whining about some kind-of-something, too-many-martinis, and a fall off an airplane…

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