As I highlighted last week in Web 2.0 not a priority for CIOs, the adoption rate of social media is surprisingly low given the adoption by every day consumers. Here’s the summary:

  • 14% of organizations use blogs
  • 13% use social tagging software
  • 11% use wikis
  • 72% of CIOs have no plans to use blogs in the next 5 years
  • 74% no plans to use wikis

Last year’s Global Intranet Survey of 177 global intranet managers (medium to large organizations with 5,000 to 100,000 employees) found that Intranet 2.0 adoption is not much better: 

  • Less than 20% of the respondents that have more than 50,000 employees have established 2.0 strategies
  • None of the respondents with employees in the 5,000 – 50,000 employees have 2.0 strategies
  • About 30% or less have implemented blogs
  • About 40% have implemented wikis

While Prescient’s Intranet 2.0 Global Survey is an important one, it is focused solely on Intranet 2.0. Jane McConnell has prepared the 2008 Global Intranet Survey and if you haven’t signed up to participate then don’t hesitate further: your organization needs this information and you need to participate so you can get a copy of the 2008 results as soon as possible (THE DEADLINE IS THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 31). To participate, send an email to Jane specifying: 

  • organization name
  • # of employees
  • website URL
  • your name
  • your role or title

Additionally, take the Intranet 2.0 Global Survey and you’ll get a copy of the full results including the good, bad and learned lessons.