Avatar Theme Days Are A Fun Way To Increase Microblogging Adoption

Yesterday one of our developers changed his profile picture to Blinky, the red ghost from Pac-Man. This sparked a series of updates from other people (I’m DigDug) and a fun conversation ensued. While this may not be “business-related” it did result in good team camaraderie, which is especially nice in a distributed team.

Similar events happen on the open-web, where people change their photos for a specific cause, to celebrate a holiday or to support their favourite sports team. I remember when everyone became a Japanese manga character, Simpson-ized themselves (site is down), or created vintage yearbook photos.

The point being, these are all social actions. They get people involved, talking and sharing. Microblogging is a great medium for participation and as more people inside your organization become comfortable with the tools, you will start to achieve greater business value.

So what theme-days do you want to have?

enterprise microblogging, Socialtext Signals

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