March 1, 2007 Collaborative Writing Tools And Technology: A Mini-Guide Collaborative writing tools are those technologies that facilitate the editing and reviewing of a text document by multiple individuals either in real-time or asynchronously. Online, web-based collaborative writing tools offer great flexibility and usefulness in learning groups and educational settings as they provide an easy mean to generate text exercises, research reports and other writing assignments in a full collaborative fashion. Here

Forrester’s Alex Cullen recently released, The Top 15 Technology Trends EA Should Watch and they were nice to share with me. The summary states, “Forrester has identified 15 technologies with the greatest potential for business impact, and we’ve grouped these technologies into five themes: social computing for enterprises, process-centric information, restructured IT service platforms, Agile applications, and mobile as the new desktop. I I am most interested in social computing for enterprises.

You can post to a Typepad blog through email, edit a SocialText wiki through email, update a Basecamp discussion thread through email, and so on. Collaboration Enterprise Manifestoes Technology Web 2. Email is dead! OK, maybe not yet, but the latest news certainly suggests the end is inevitable: Social networking has now passed email in global use. Here

Social Messaging & Socialtext Signals: Before We Get Too Excited... Socialcast, Yammer), and/or partner with a vendor vendors offering those tools (same list but now add Socialtext and others), and/or build their own (e.g., Microsoft could do something with the technology acquired from Parlano (persistent group chat was part of the OCS R2 release) but Microsoft's focus is so heavily on telephony that it's hard to see this capability causing them too much concern. I've posted a lot recently regarding enterprise social messaging ("Twitter for the enterprise"):

TransUnion is leading the way , on the LCG Enterprise Technology Blog. TransUnion implemented Socialtext . This is perhaps the second biggest reason for implementing social technology within your organization. I read a nice case study, ROI on social networking? It makes three good points. First

I wonder if this will be a dedicated feature available to most web hosts. Select Minds “SelectMinds pioneered corporate alumni programs over 7 years ago and continues to push the boundaries of technology in this industry to provide corporate social networking solutions that help our clients and their current and former employees build and maintain the professional relationships that drive success.” technologies – blogs, wikis, discussion groups, social networking, podcasts, RSS, tagging, photos, videos, mapping, etc. – About Contact Web Strategy Vault Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing Jeremiah Owyang discusses how web tools and social media enable companies to connect with customers List of “White Label” or “Private Label” (Applications you can Rebrand) Social Networking Platforms, Community Platforms February 12th, 2007 | Category: White Label Social Network , Industry Index , Social Networking Left Graphic: Forrester Wave™: Community Platforms, Q1 ’09 Important Update:

Communities are a powerful way for businesses to grow Used correctly, communities can impact the top and bottom line of company’s financials: from brands encouraging customers to self-support each other (reducing costs), to spreading word of mouth to each other (efficient marketing and increased sales) to crowd sourcing innovation (streamlining R&D) communities matter more than ever –especially during a recession. What you must do before you select a vendor Many of our clients follow the POST methdology , which is a framework for them to first understand the People they’re

Social Media and the Organization - Part 1 by Rob Paterson August 29, 2007 at 8:36 am · Filed under Charles Handy , Enterprise 2.0 , Social Media , SocialText , Web 2.0 Why is collaboration so hard in organizations? I have had no success with just the introduction of the technology. Every organization that I know tells me that it is hard. Hard - all but impossible!

Some of the problems with SP are organizational, some cultural, some in regards to governance, and some with its core technology - Some organizations that had solid technology management frameworks treated SharePoint in a more comprehensive manner. As people begin to work natively with web-based content (blogs and wikis) they also still want (or need) to add word processing, spread sheets and presentation files into Jive, Socialtext and others Thomas Vanderwal posted an article on Microsoft SharePoint 2007 that has caught traction on other blogs ( Sharepoint as a Gateway Drug to Greater Efficiency... )

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