Implementing RSS - Mathemagenic

Thanks to SoulSoup for Pointing to a post by Mathemagenic on issues in implementing RSS. I can see many issues in implementing blogging within an organization, some similar to those in implementing knowledge management. On the other hand I had thought of implementing RSS as a “no brainer.” After reading this I can see that you need to be careful about it as well, just like any new technology. Here is this one section of the post but there are many more details in the complete post.

Lessons learnt
• Think of strong arguments that explain/illustrate why with RSS things could be done differently (ideally examples should be taken from the context of people in your audience).

• Think of existing examples of RSS feeds that would be interesting for people in your audience. Not necessary job related - finding an RSS feed of hot vacation deals may do the trick.

• Think of possible uses of RSS internally (ideally if you can get a support from a couple of different departments, so it can illustrate a need for RSS from different perspectives).

• Get someone without a Blogger reputation to speak. Ideally someone without a weblog. Ideally talk about RSS before you scare people with weblogs.