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The last 3 years I've had the honor to give a guest lecture to a group of around 30 students. They are in their 2nd year of college. The class they are taking is about ‘consultancy’ and I was asked to share my consultancy experiences in the intranet and enterprise 2.0 field. I really enjoy lecturing for and discussing with them. They hardly have any feeling for working in mid-sized or larger organizations. They really keep you grounded by their straight-forward approach to projects and problems. This year I used a case from one of my clients, described the case and asked them to ‘solve’ it. How would they address the client’s assignment? I thought it was a lot of fun and we had a lively discussion about it. Trends in social media use But what I wanted to share with you is which social media they use and how they use it. The previous years I also shared these numbers with you . I think it gives an interesting insight into social media usage patterns. The group is quite small ...

I used to work for a large organization. One of the things that intrigued me most when working for that company is how little questions were asked. It seems like everybody was looking for ways to create a need and get people to ask them a question. The strange thing about looking for needs and questions is that I look for the ones that I can answer. In my work as a consultant I experience the complete opposite. Working for an organization always starts with a need, a question. Often I have to help the organization articulate the need and detail the question, but the need and question is there. As a consultant the big question is: do I or the organization I work for have what it takes to address the need and answer the question. To me this is a huge difference. Does this relate to your experience as a consultant or employee working for an organization?