http://disqus.com/by/tacowagon/enThu, 26 Jan 2012 19:05:54 -0000http://www.cmswire.com/cms/social-business/social-employees-the-driving-force-behind-social-business-success-014243.php#comment-421826492<p>Thanks, Catherine! As a reformed introvert (or a converted extrovert), I appreciate the contradiction. :) </p>Chris BucholtzThu, 26 Jan 2012 19:05:54 -0000http://crmsearch.com/crm-software-choices.php#comment-420077633<p>The question of energy around deployment is an article all on its own, Sam - a lot of companies destroy their investment when employees insert themselves as adversaries to the CRM system during the early phases of a project. Most often it's the sales folks balking at using CRM, but you are right - unless you coordinate with your compliance team and make sure they understand the importance of CRM succeeding, I could certainly see them becoming a difficult speed bump on he road to a timely CRM roll out and a healthy relationship with a vendor.</p><p>That said, the compliance team can absolutely benefit from choices in deployment models and in security features. Unless they have an irrational hatred of CRM, those choices should strike them as empowering. </p>Chris BucholtzTue, 24 Jan 2012 20:38:13 -0000http://crm2.typepad.com/brents_blog/2008/07/crm-playaz-prev.html#comment-1065403<p>Now, every time I think about Michael, I'll envision him driving a speedboat through Miami's canals with Love and Rockets' "Yin and Yang the Flowerpot Men" blasting at full volume.</p><p>Not.</p><p>--Chris</p>Chris BucholtzThu, 31 Jul 2008 17:45:17 -0000http://crm2.typepad.com/brents_blog/2008/07/twitter---a-tra.html#comment-992764<p>Perhaps this goes to the fact that we make assumptions about social networking tools, first among them that they''re always on and available - a little like the telephone. The more we depend on them, the more "on" they have to be. And, unlike the telephone, there are always new options being invented in this space, so the rise and fall of a social networking tool may become increasingly speedy...</p>Chris BucholtzThu, 24 Jul 2008 16:11:43 -0000