Social Now 2022 is now over and the feedback was tremendous

After two years of pandemic, and when organisations seek effective answers to more flexible work arrangements, the 9th edition of Social Now went in search of practices and digital platforms to sustain teams’ engagement and performance.

This recent edition took place n Lisbon, Portugal, 19 and 20 May and welcomed participants from 12 countries.

Rachel Happe set the scene with her opening keynote about the challenges and opportunities of hybrid work. The closing keynote was by Sharon O’Dea who offered practical ideas to improve the efficacy of internal communication in the new contexts of work.

In between participants got:

• practical recommendations from Marcel Kampman, Pilar Ortí, Ricardo Andorinho, Sílvia Rivela and Cripzy Romero;
• live demos of good practices supported by GuruScan Knowledge App, Ichicraft Boards, MangoApps, Microsoft 365 e SWOOP Analytics;
• the experience of the Irish Office of Public Works, Politie (the Dutch National Police), Rabobank, Sorigué and Virgin Media O2 in using enterprise digital platforms;
• a peer assist session guided by Ana Neves to tap into the experience of Ingo Johansson of NNE and John Schultz of Mayo Clinic;
• the wise questions of Augusto Fragoso and Vítor Silva of ANACOM and Eugene Victorov of Arrival;
• an interactive session facilitated by Paul Nunesdea using Liberating Structures;
• three short tutorials by OrangeTrail with practical tips of how to make better use of Teams, Yammer, Mural and Workplace by Meta;
• the launch of Céline Schillinger‘s book Dare to Un-Lead;
• hours of great debate and great conversations;
• and plenty of networking.

For participants, Social Now is “[a] great place to learn about internal communications, knowledge management and digital tools” and “[a] very friendly, interactive and heartful conference, where you really connect with the participants and learn practical things about software platforms available”.

For more information about this conference organised by Knowman, please visit Social Now’s website.