New salary and career research from The 2.0 Adoption Council shows social business is maturing. Better business, designed. DachisGroup IT TAKES senior level direction TO unleash the benefits of workforce collaboration There is a myth in the marketplace that 2.0 adoption can be driven from the ground up, with no formal structure in place for organizational acceptance or strategic imperative. The truth is that our member survey demonstrates that senior level professionals are directing staffs and worldwide teams with engagement strategies and legacy integration programs. The 2.0 Adoption Council is the premier “club” for early adopters. And while this survey was short — just three questions — the data is very pure. It serves as an impor- tant “mythbuster” in our space. Discussions at the CEO and Board level regularly involve 2.0 Adop- tion Council members. On average, they are managing million-dollar annual budgets on the roadmap toward introducing social business to their organizations. This is what’s happening on the ground among people who have self-identified that this is their job. Depending on the emphasis of the company and its vision, social business can emerge as a strategic imperative in any organizational domain. The mix of our member- ship demonstrates that all work- forces have a uniquely common denominator: quite simply, social business is about people. See the next page for a visualization of the salary data and a few key insights from the survey... ©XPLANE 2011 by XPLANE | Dachis Group The 2.0 Adoption Council