Web 2.0 University Blog

Announcing our new partnership with BSG Alliance

Kate Allen — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:39:00 -0600

We’re very excited about our new partnership with BSG Alliance, the Texas based consulting, education and research group. They have signed up with us to begin providing our highly acclaimed and popular Enterprise 2.0 Bootcamp in 2008 to the public and to their clients.

This partnership is a perfect fit in so many ways. BSG Alliance is looking to help its customers become Next Generation Enterprises through its on-demand Strategy, Delivery, and Applications offerings. Enterprise 2.0 Bootcamp is a one-day, deep look at Enterprise 2.0 and is targeted at executives and management to help them understand the new paradigms of how to do business on the Web and take to advantage of innovations in collaboration and online technologies.

You can sign up for any of our courses on our Register page.

Web 2.0 University Price Discounted to $695!

Kate Allen — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:09:00 -0600

The price for Web 2.0 University courses have just gone on sale! Between now and December 31st, 2007, the price for each of our world-class Bootcamps has been reduced to just $695! That’s a savings of $300 off the regular price.

Attend any of our 2008 Web 2.0 University Executive Bootcamps, Enterprise 2.0 Bootcamps and Ajax Bootcamps for just $695 each.

But hurry! The discount won’t last. Register today.

Web 2.0 University Arrives In Italy and Germany

Kate Allen — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:28:00 -0600

Reply and Hinchcliffe & Company signed an agreement for the exclusive delivery of Web 2.0 University™.

Reply will exclusively deliver Web 2.0 University™ in Italy and Germany and will, thanks to its in-depth consultancy knowledge and its expertise in understanding what business needs, tailor the content of the Bootcamps to local requirements. Beside courses offered to the general public, Reply is also offering company specific versions, specially tuned, with customization, to the individual business needs of the organization.

Reply specializes in the design and implementation of solutions based on new digital media and communication channels. Operating through a network of highly focused companies, Reply offers companies in the Telecom & Media, Manufacturing, Finance Industries, as well as the Public Sector, a range of applications aimed at optimizing corporate procedures and leading-edge technologies, in order to enable communication with customers, partners, vendors and employees. Reply services include: Consultancy, System Integration, Application Management and Business Process Outsourcing.

They are currently ramping up and courses will begin to be offered in Germany and in Italy in 2008. Please see their Italian language site for additional information.

Congratulations to Reply and we look forward to their success in 2008 in providing world-class education on Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0.

Welcome to Susannah Smith- Web 2.0 Sales Manager

Kate Allen — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:32:28 -0600

I’d like to extend a hearty and belated welcome to Susannah Smith, our Web 2.0 University Sales Manager. Susannah has been hard at work the past three months, getting the Web 2.0 University web site updated and getting the 2008 calendar established.

Well done, Susannah. We’re happy to have you on board!

Susannah can answer any of your questions about our public offerings or how to bring our customized solution to your organization. Just email Susannah at [ignoring the brackets]: susannah [at] hinchcliffeandco[.com and she will respond as quickly as possible.

And we're back!

Kate Allen — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:20:44 -0600

After too long of a delay, we are back and will be blogging about the many changes, exciting updates, and new features to our Web 2.0 University Learning Solutions. Stay tuned!

Web 2.0 University Comes To New York, October 2nd 2007

Jeremy — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:48:00 -0500

On October 2nd, 2007, in New York City you have an opportunity to join the thousands of participants around the world who have learned how the business and IT landscape is being transformed by powerful new business models and design patterns by registering to attend the inaugural all-day event presented by Web 2.0 University™ in downtown Manhattan.

One of the most compelling public events of the fall season, do not miss the only chance in the New York region this year to use Web 2.0 University to give your business and personal capabilities a major upgrade. Web 2.0 University is a unique one-day event delivered by world-leading experts that has been updated for the very latest industry trends in 2007. It is especially designed to provide the most up-to-date actionable intelligence for time-pressured business leaders and staff.

Seating is very limited so please register today. Additional details are below.

Event Details

Discover competitive business advantage in just one single-day session! “Web 2.0 University in NYC” will reveal the transformative strategies that drive business success in the 21st-century marketplace.

“For all its appeal to the young and the wired,” wrote BusinessWeek in March 2006, “Web 2.0 may end up making its greatest impact in business.” That article was headlined “Web 2.0 Has Corporate America Spinning.” More than a year has passed since then, yet many business executives across America are still experiencing Web 2.0 headspin. There’s a mass of new data to consider, and a host of conflicting opinions. Our one day learning event will separate the sound business models from the hype and spin.

“Web 2.0 University in NYC” will get you up to speed and cut through all the noise to pinpoint what’s best about Web 2.0 for business. For the first time, Web 2.0 University is offering executives an intense day of fast-paced instruction. The day laser-focuses on the three most vibrant areas of business today: Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, and Social Computing.

This will be the world debut of this new learning event created and delivered by Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 expert Dion Hinchcliffe, an acknowledged social and enterprise computing thought leader with a worldwide reputation. “Web 2.0 University in NYC” will help you understand the full business significance of Web 2.0 buzzwords like wikis, blogs, widgets, RSS feeds, open APIs, “The Web as Platform,” mashups, crowdsourcing, social networks, and much, much more. In just one day you will gain enough information, analysis and actionable insights to help your business “come from behind” in embracing concepts like collective intelligence, The Long Tail, the wisdom of crowds, social software, and “the power of us.”

Over 3,000 business and technical professionals have already attended Web 2.0 University events and reviews from participants have been overwhelmingly positive. We are sure that like them, you will be excited and energized from learning how to build and grow 21st-century businesses with these ideas. We are so sure, that we will refund 100% of your tuition rate if you are not satisfied with the learning event.

Hinchcliffe & Company, the creator of Web 2.0 University, is a strategic partner of O’Reilly Media, which created the term “Web 2.0” and identified the trends to the industry. Web 2.0 University is the world’s leading education solution for Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0.

Register for the October 2nd event today and you can attend at the special Early Bird rate of $695 (rate after September 1st: $895). Attendance is limited to 100 business and IT leaders on a first-come, first-serve basis so register now!

Event: “Web 2.0 University in NYC” – An all-day deep dive educational event for the first ever time in New York City

Date: October 2nd, 2007

Location: 140 Broadway, New York City, New York 10005

Schedule

8:45 | Opening Keynote

9:00 – 12:00 | Web 2.0

10:30 – 10:45 | Snack Break

10:45 – 12:00 | Web 2.0 Continued

12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:00 | Web 2.0 Continued

2:00 – 3:15 | Social Computing

3:15 – 3:30 | Snack Break

3:30 – 4:45 | Enterprise 2.0

4:45 – 5:15 | Closing Keynote (Business Implications)

5:15 – 7:00 | Reception

A Recent Web 2.0 University Event Receives a Rave Review

Jeremy — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:06:00 -0500

Brian Magierski of the BSG Alliance writes:

[Click here for the full review]

“I had the pleasure of being invited by Hinchcliffe & Company to attend their Web 2.0 Executive Bootcamp as a guest VIP blogger. The session was a day-long interactive session all about Web 2.0 – including education on all of the aspects of Web 2.0, as well as examples of innovators and discussions about implications and applications for personal and business use.

The day was organized around Hinchcliffe’s Seven Principles of Web 2.0. I could, and probably will, write an entire blog post on my interpretation of each of these Principles. For now, I will focus on making this a synthesis of the event and highly recommend that anyone interested in Web 2.0 attend one of these bootcamps. If you find this post interesting and useful, the bootcamp should be worth your time … of course, the constant changing nature of Web 2.0 will ensure everything is fresh and new, so this is pre-reading.

I think the course can actually appeal to both those that are Web 2.0 neophytes as well as to those that are in the early adopter camp, which is where I’d put myself. The Seven Principles are a good organizing framework for Web 2.0, and each explodes out into a web of interesting implications and opportunities for enterprises looking to leverage Web 2.0. For heavy Web 2.0 adopters, there will be some very familiar territory covered (e.g. what is a wiki, blog, etc. and how to set up), however, the content was delivered in such a way that if you were already at a high level of understanding, the content allows you to think at the next level for each of the Seven Principles.

. . .

Overall, this bootcamp was a rich discussion of Web 2.0 and the core principles discussion was also followed by other items such as a discussion of Enterprise 2.0. Very thought provoking information, and a good framework for thinking about the complexity and overall opportunity of Web 2.0.”

Eight Best (Or Most Interesting) Web 2.0 Definitions and Explanations

Jeremy — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:31:00 -0500

Why does Web 2.0 – a complex, subtle, yet practical topic – need so much explanation? That question was addressed by social computing and Web 2.0 expert Dion Hinchcliffe in an end-of-year round up that he compiled all the way back in December 2005. To this day it makes a very handy starting-point for anyone seeking to get themselves up to speed.

Hinchcliffe’s "Best (Or Most Interesting) Web 2.0 Definitions and Explanations" list was as follows. (Remember he was writing in December 2005, after what he called "the rough and tumble ride" that ‘Web 2.0’ as a term had in its first 12 months.)

O’Reilly’s What Is Web 2.0 – The famous meme map alone is worth serious study and is the central work defining the interlocking elements of Web 2.0. O’Reilly touches on Web 2.0 as having more of a "gravitational core" than being a concrete set of technologies. He also introduces all the major planks of his vision of the next generation of the Web as a set of best practices from the first generation. A terrific read worth every minute spent on it. Finish this before starting the rest.

Wikipedia Definition for Web 2.0 – While this entry undergoes near constant revision, I recommend a visit to see what an amalgam of opinionated contributors brings to the table for Web 2.0 definition. Devoid of hype or even many buzzwords, the entry has become somewhat disappointing but the key facts are present and is also notably lacking in major anti-hype. In the end, a balanced if slightly boring view produced by a little wisdom of the crowds.

Richard MacManus Defines Web 2.0 in February, 2005 – It’s amazing to see how far along things have come when you read the very interesting pieces hyperlinked within. Richard does a bang-up job rolling up prevailing opinion at the time from around the Web. He finally settles on Web as Platform for the time being, but of course, the concept would continue to grow.

The "Official" Web 2.0 Compact Definition – Tim O’Reilly realized his 5 page essay would not result in a pithy definition and so he obliged everyone in October with a more compact definition. While quite the run-on sentence, the definition does capture the essence: "Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that platform: delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use it, consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users, while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others, creating network effects through an "architecture of participation," and going beyond the page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences."

A Cumulative Web 2.0 Definition: Here is an interesting one, if more than a little obtuse. Incredibly, this is what comes up first in Google when you search on "Web 2.0 definition", presumably because the word definition is in the title and a few people have linked to it. While technically not inaccurate, it’s not very complete either. I can’t help wondering if partial definitions like this are a big part of the problem people are having understanding the concepts.

Jeff Clavier Tries His Hand At Web 2.0 Definition – And does a credible job. He puts openness of data and services as job #1, then rich application experences, and then low cost of delivery using lightweight programming models and techniques. A bit of a light definition in my personal opinion but highly accessible.

I Give Web 2.0 Explanation A Try – Though admittedly my description might seem a bit overwrought, I still stand by it. I havent’ seen anything this compelling since the original Web and some of the things we’re seeing, like the Web 2.0 information ecosystem, will change the world forever.

Paul Graham Weighs In On Web 2.0 – Here is one of the most recent explanations and one of the clearest headed. While I certainly don’t agree with everything he says, it’s an excellent antidote to some of the most extreme Web 2.0 hype, while not throwing out the baby with the bath water either. A must read.

After this he treated the world to one of his now-famous "visualizations" – this time one aimed at showing, as an iage rather than in words, just why Web 2.0 needs so much explanation. ("I find so many people derive much more meaning out of visuals instead of text," he noted.) Here it is:

Web 2.0 University is Helping Accelerate the Transformation of the Enterprise

Jeremy — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:57:00 -0500

Described just a week ago, when held in San Francisco, as “Very thought provoking…and a good framework for thinking about the complexity and overall opportunity of Web 2.0” (see The Next-Generation Enterprise Daily for the full and detailed review), the Web 2.0 Executive Bootcamp is coming to Greater Cincinnati on June 20 and the Cincinnati CIO Roundtable, in conjunction with event sponsor Natural Bridge Technologies, has obtained a completely unique rate for the $895 all-day intensive event of just $399 per participant.

Space is strictly limited, and these deeply-discounted places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis to the first 15 members who sign up. Thereafter the $895 list price applies.

Cincinnati CIO Roundtable members can register quickly and easily here at the special rate.

What:

Web 2.0 Executive Bootcamp – Designed for those building next-generation products and services online, this intensive, day-long course provides a thorough grounding in the revolutionary world of Web 2.0, a set of design patterns and business models that are reshaping the face of the Web today. Web 2.0 describes the most successful rules for doing business online by uncovering the power of using the intrinsic strengths of Web.

Web 2.0 University is the very best way currently to ” fast forward ” your company to ensure it’s on a truly competitive footing. Graduates come out of our courses with the deep insight needed to fully compete with the new crop of fast, emergent, global businesses by leveraging the latest high velocity business models and product designs.

Web 2.0 Executive Bootcamp takes attendees through a deep exploration of the latest ideas, business models, trends, and techniques behind Web 2.0 with a special emphasis on proven, actionable techniques for creating new online products and services – or transforming existing ones – to a Web 2.0 model.

When:

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 All Day 9:00-5:00PM

Where:

NKU METS Center 3861 Olympic Blvd Erlanger, Kentucky 41018

Who:

Devised by Dion Hinchcliffe, Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 expert and worldwide enterprise computing thought leader, the Web 2.0 Executive Bootcamp next week is being taught by Jeff Kelly