The desire to be synchronized, coordinated, to have beautiful choreographed teamwork across multiple scales. What if we could create an economic system where the barnraising was the paradigm, rather than the war or the mining operation. Which featured GPS and special ops, but directed towards those ends that result in POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, for ourselves and for future generations?

www.straitsknowledge.com blog articles how-to guides events publications book videos about Priming Social Software Adoption From Michael Idinopulos this very nifty little acronym/summary of how to get going with wikis (the principle should work with any social software implementation in my view): Structure the wiki up-front with stubs and links Populate it with real content Review what you’ve done within your core group and refine the structure as needed Invite a

For synchronous engagements, consider 7-10 minute chunks in your plan. There are two areas that beg for some deeper exploration about engagement, one on the software or tool side and the other on the process side. Online we have to do this with both software and process. Use Candace Whitehead, the Facilitator Support Specialist for the Florida Online Reading Professional Development project  funded by the Florida DOE and housed at the University of Central Florida  [link] contacted me last month inviting me to participate in a web meeting with the cohort of online facilitators working in learning and particularly around literacy issues.

synchronization of read/unread marks, de-duping of redundant feed items, etc). That said, I have always felt that feed syndication platforms constitute the backbone for social software/Enterprise 2.0 Two years ago there were three major players offering software that delivered information to the computers of business users via RSS. The article below is interesting in that it does call out a dark truth - enterprise adoption of feed syndication tools has been lacking. However, However, the article disappoints because it gives too much credit to feed readers as the reason.

significant part of the value the people get from enterprise social software is finding the smart and plugged-in people in their organization. Within an enterprise, any type of "Twitter" system will be linked to directory systems in much the same way as e-mail and instant messaging systems are linked via address book synchronization techniques. Yes, someone could come along with a synchronization model but that's neither here nor Some good points in this post from Adina Levin (Socialtext). For the most part I agree but we're still in the phase were vendors are hyping the benefits

Joyent.com - Get collaborative software and backup services in one package. Mindquarry.com - Work on projects online or off-line, then synchronize as soon as you are back. sproutliner.com Basic on-line outliner that lets you share outlines thinkfold.com Collaborative on-line outlining application Regards Vic [link] The master list of mind mapping & information management software Vic I meant to mention that Gliffy Skip to content Skip to navigation Mashable Mashable Lists Twitter How To Music Travel WordPress Jobs Games Google Business More Lists Blogger Blogging Bookmarks Browsers Business Celebrity Current Events Dating Desktop Apps Events

However, the facilitative practices must evolve in conjunction with the software. As I dove deeper into knowledge management and knowledge sharing in international development, social software was growing, changing and evolving. So social software + networks = change and even transformation. (One This afternoon I’m spending a half hour on a Skype video conversation to share a bit of how I use social media. I

Beehive Collaboration Software Synchronous Collaboration (web/video conferencing, instant messaging, presence, voice chat) Oracle makes the case the collaboration has been fragmented across three major domains (Enterprise Messaging, Team Collaboration, and Synchronous Collaboration). Concerning Synchronous Collaboration: Right now, I'm surprised if anyone would take this component Last week Oracle announced enhancements to its nascent collaboration platform, Beehive. Team workspaces, web / video conferencing, and integration with desktop productivity tools (including

Here are more details about collaborative writing: The key features that characterize collaborative writing tools and technologies include: File types supported: which are the supported file formats for the files that can be edited collaboratively Text chat: the presence of a text chat that users can utilize to communicate while editing Revisions: the capability to track all changes made to the original document and go back to older versions RSS: support for RSS feeds, allowing users to get real-time notifications when changes are made. Email updates: the capability

Below you’ll find a list of over 100 vendors (and more in the comments) of vendors that offer commodity community software. What is “White Label” Software? This is software you can brand and integrate tightly into your existing domain. 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: