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17/022020

LetsConnect 28-29 September – Bienvenido a Madrid!

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Join us to hear about the future of HCL Connections and HCL Digital Experience

Connections has found a new home at HCL. Alongside the transition, the Product Management team has worked hard to release a new version of Connections (Connections 6.5) with new features and has announced a bigger release, version 7.

Digital Experience has followed the same pattern with the 9.5 release in 2019 and a big new release in 2020 with version 10.

The LetsConnect team (formerly Social Connections) has followed the journey with interest and we are very happy we now can reveal the city and venue for our next conference, all about Connections and Digital Experience!

We know many Connections customers have been waiting patiently to hear from HCL on how Connections will evolve and continue to be the go-to place to find the company’s collective knowledge and skills.

The team has been working hard to find a place where we can gather all of you, customers, business partners, product management, researchers and the developers for our next LetsConnect conference. HCL will have a natural place in the spotlight as they will share news, plans and facts about Connections and Digital Experience.

So without further ado we would like to say:

Welcome to Madrid and Truss Madrid in WiZink Center!

We believe that Madrid will be the perfect meeting place for the Community! Mark your calendar 28-29 September 2020.

Stay tuned for opening of registration, call for abstract and sponsorship opportunities.

Do you want to get in touch with us? Email us at team@letsconnect.world

05/082019

Social Connections Interviews : Fadil Channer

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Listen to Social Connections interviewing Fadil Channer, Senior Designer at HCL Technologies.

Learn more how the journey from not knowing anything about Domino or Connections 8 months ago to be a full blast designer of Domino templates.

Edit: Fadil mentions “Domino App Store”. The new name for that is “HCL App Store”.

24/072019

Social Connections Interviews : Danielle Baptiste

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Listen to Social Connections interviewing Danielle Baptiste, Associate Vice President, Product Management at HCL Technologies: HCL Software Division.
Learn more about the first 2 weeks at HCL, which task on the todo list that is on top of the list, the future of Connections and who Danielle Baptiste really is!

18/072019

Social Connections Interviews : Richard Jefts, a new beginning

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Listen to Social Connections interviewing Richard Jefts, Vice President & General Manager Digital Solutions at HCL Technologies. Learn more about the deal close, HCL investments, more details on the recent cloud announcements and HCL’s take on User Groups.

09/072019

Social Connections Interviews : Adam Gartenberg #Jams

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Hello guys ! Today I made a interesting talk with Adam Gartenberg from HCL mostly about Let’s Connect Jams .

Please see the video to hear all the details directly from Adam.

Thanks Adam for your availability !!

03/072019

Workshops September 18

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On the morning after the Social Connections conference, September 18 we will be hosting 2 or 3 workshops. The content of the third one is work in progress but HCL wants you to join their workshops.

When you are booking your flights or other transport and you want to take participate, please take this into account. Goal is to finish the workshop around midday.

No location is known yet for these workshops, but we will update you in the beginning of July on location, timing and content. We will have a separate registration for these workshops and the only requirement is a valid ticket for the Social Connections conference.

28/062019

Social Connections Interviews ! series launched

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Social Connections launches a series of interviews leading up to our next event. We start with an interview with Matteo Bisi, newcomer on the Social Connections team. He shares some insights on his first months on the team.

You can find our Youtube channel here but to follow this series it might be better to bookmark the playlist link

Next Episode is coming soon

17/042019

LetsConnect Vienna with Social Connections

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The Social Connections team is very proud to announce they will assist IBM to host another #LetsConnect episode in the already successful series of events. The previous events have been a blast and the feedback to IBM on the future of the product has already been amazing. But we need more, we need more voices, more feedback, more direction and bright new ideas. And we need them from you!! The actual users of the platform!!!

The session will be hosted in Vienna at the IBM building and will be held on Thursday May 16. So put on your creative hat and see below for practical details.

Picture from Zurich event, courtesy of Dani Luginbuehl

If you want to participate, please register here.
Don’t wait too long as spaces are limited and will fill up very fast.

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19/032019

#LetsConnect

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IBM is running a series of jams to define the future of Connections. These interactive workshops will take place physically and virtually to iterate on the next version of Connections. Business leaders, Community managers, stakeholders, … come and help define the future of the product

Workshops will be held in the following locations:

Belgium, Brussels (May 13)
France, Paris (April 5)
Germany, Frankfurt (April 1)
UK, London (April 10)
US, Charlotte NC (April 30)
Switzerland, Zurich (April 3)
Asia Pacific (2H 2019)

20/022019

The Social Connections team went to IBM Think in San Francisco we are bringing back all the news about Connections to you

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We are super excited about the announcements and vibe around Connections at IBM Think

To start off with, just days before the conference, IBM released CR4 for IBM Connections 6. You can find a full description of what is new in that release here, but we wanted to share some highlights.

#New Community Catalog Page
The new design is following the Orient Me experience, with a large quick filtering bar on the top and a nice community list, that allows you to have a quick glance at what the communities are about and of course a link to enter them.

#Customizer light
It is now possible to install Connections Customizer without installing the rest of the component pack. This should make it lighter and easier to get started.

#File sharing via link
You can now easily share a file via a link that gets generated, to give read access to personal and community files

IBM has also announced CR5 to become available next quarter. We have seen a recent ramp up in pace in the release cycle that makes us very happy and grows confidence about the future of this great product.

Danielle Baptiste (Director, Offering Management, IBM Collaboration Solutions) also mentioned in her session that they now have over 4,500 ideas in the ideation system for Connections. If you don’t know how to access the ideation system, please check out the following link. Offering Management of Connections is listening to you, the customers. So go in and submit your ideas!

But probably the most exciting news for Connections was the announcement for the Jams. Following the successful pattern of Domino Jams, the Connections Offering Management team is announcing Jams for Connections in April and May. Please check this link to register.

There will be Jams in the following locations early this year:

Brussels (May date to be confirmed)
Stockholm (date to be confirmed)
Paris (April 5)
Frankfurt (April 1)
London (May date to be confirmed)
Charlotte (May date to be confirmed)
Asia Pacific (locations and 2H2019 dates to be confirmed)

But they will continue on later in the year as well. We are looking to add one to our next Social Connections event on September 16 and 17 and we are working to host one in Stockholm in April or May.

Last but not least we want to list some interesting content for you from the conference. Check out the following links to learn more about the bright future for Connections.

Connections: The Future Looks Bright
The Connections keynote with Danielle Baptiste
Think-ing from far away Part 4 – It’s all Connections
Listen to this podcast on all the news on Connections from Think. One of the participants on the podcast is one of Social Connections board members Wannes Rams
Prentation about Connections Customizer from Wannes Rams