Corporations have gone social. I should know; I'm partially to blame! Today my company has a large Web 2.0 environment which includes blogs, wikis, discussion boards and social search ... which will be the focus of my presentation named social search in the corporate environment (day 1 - 2:30 pm).
Our environment includes Microsoft SharePoint, Confluence and Connectbeam. Each tool has its advantages and disadvantages.
- SharePoint 2007 has great power, but the new team room owner's eyes glaze over when they seen the myriad of complex menus
- Confluence, and all wikis are great in how they allow for creative collaboration, however a blank starting page is daunting for any online community
- Social Tagging (Connectbeam) enhances any organization's wealth of knowledge, but getting your users to tag can be difficult.
Stop by my presentation to learn more, but for the online community, here are a few resources:
- SharePoint 2007: Manual | Tutorials | Quick Reference Guides
- Connectbeam: Box Opening Video!
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In fact, the Box Opening Video was created by yours truly while visiting Connectbeam earlier this year. I will buy a round of drinks for anyone who can give me the exact location of the nerd featured in the video (i.e. me ... the Northstar Nerd). This award may won by anyone, not just DeFrag 2008 attendees! For those of you who don't have a couple minutes to watch the box opening video about nerds and project knowledge silos ...
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