How is Social MDM different?

Intriguing post by Henrik Sørensen on Data Quality: “Every organization should very carefully assess if they are good at maintaining different aspects of their internal master data (Hint: Many aren’t).”

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Liliendahl on Data Quality

In a recent interview with yours truly on the Fliptop blog I had the chance to answer a question about how Social MDM is different from traditional MDM (Master Data Management). Check out the interview here.

As said in the interview I think that:

“The main difference between MDM as it has been practiced until now and Social MDM is that traditional MDM has been around handling internal master data and Social MDM will be more around exploiting external reference data and sharing those data.”

This is in line with a take away from the MDM Summit Europe 2013 as reported in the post Adding 180 Degrees to MDM.

But, as asked by a member of the Social MDM group on LinkedIn:

“What is the industry or analysts’ consensus on the meaning of Social MDM? Is it just gathering Master Data from social sources? Not really MDM…

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No Social Media No Hires

Mind boggling perhaps, but certainly true! Take some time to assess your social footprint & ask yourself – “Do I invest enough time in building quality connections?”

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At The Mic

Reactions ran from disbelief to total agreement.  The issue was  a news story indicating that 25% of job seekerswould not take a job if they could not use social media.  Now on the face of this, and given our economy, this sounds pretty silly.  A pay check is a pay check you could say.  However, when you are on the job and your constantly  faced with a broken copier,  a computer with a boot up time you can track with a calendar, or a phone system that always loses voice mails, what do you get?  ..Frustrated.  Frustrated because you don’t have the tools to do your job.  

The 25% who won’t take a job without social media access are telling us the world has changed.  The tools we need to do our job have changed.  Cutting edge is something every business aspires to be,  or at least…

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Article: What LinkedIn’s acquisition of Pulse means for content marketing and enterprise networks

What LinkedIn’s acquisition of Pulse means for content marketing and enterprise networks: http://www.customerthink.com/blog/what_linkedin_s_acquisition_of_pulse_means_for_content_marketing_and_enterprise_networks