I don’t intend on this being a link blog, but these two presentations by Enterprise 2.0 Bloggers Scott Gavin and Daniel Siddle are just brilliant. My Dad pointed these out to me over the Christmas break, I’ve been meaning to share, and shout about them ever since.

‘Meet Charlie’ is a walk through of the web based knowledge and communication tools used by an internet savvy Project Manager.  All the key tools are in here; RSS, Blogs, Basecamp, Wikis, del.icio.us, Social Networks etc.  Particularly poignant are the two slides contrasting the tools ‘Charlie’ used 18 months ago and now.  Hands up anyone else who’s made a similar journey!

Daniel Siddle has written ‘Meet Charlotte’ as a response. If ‘Charlie’ is where early adopters are trying to lead Enterprise IT, then ‘Charlotte’ is a brilliant contrast as to where we are now. A great indication of just why the ’shadow IT’ phenomenon is on the increase.  Many of the ‘@work’ slides in the deck made me hmmm in agreement at the Enterprise 1.0 activities and issues they cause.

Both presentations are excellent pieces of work, that can be used to explain the relevance of Web 2.0 tools for Enterprise to almost any audience.  I’ve already shared them with a number of friends and colleagues, with high impact each time.

Needless to say I’ve tagged both of these as ’simple/brilliant’ in my del.icio.us bookmarks.

I’d be interested to hear of any similar presentation materials that can be used to introduce shadow IT and Enterprise 2.0 concepts.  If there are any you think I should be reading please drop me an email or leave a note in the comments below.