Companies that thrive in the ever-growing requirements for globally-dispersed knowledge and innovation are finding ways to connect their people virtually and in real-time. The sources of innovation, productivity, and goodwill - people - have become the enterprise's most important asset. Corporate Social Networking helps today's businesses to find creative ways to recruit, engage, and retain their employees and facilitate strategic knowledge sharing across the enterprise. A well-connected workforce is a more engaged and productive workforce, and today's Gen Y workforce identifies connectivity as a critical factor when making the decision to join and stay with an organization.

If your role includes workforce planning or re-organization, talent management, strategy or professional development, you want strategies to ensure you are recruiting and retaining the right talent with the right technologies. You also want creative ways to keep your workforce well connected and capture and share critical knowledge to foster innovation and avoid potential "brain drain." When individuals know who to ask and who can help them get their jobs done, productivity, innovation, and speed-to-market increase.

If you have overall responsibility for integrated talent management, Corporate Social Networking will break down the silos and increase cross-functional stakeholder buy-in. If you have direct responsibility for talent, productivity, or innovation, you will want to know how to go about establishing Corporate Social Networks. This track will cover the latest in research and best practices from companies that are leveraging Corporate Social Networking for business results.