Collaboration 3.0How companies can use technology internally to collaborate and share

more effectively

Manish Mohan18 November 2010

Collaboration Technologies:What’s In Use in Your OrganizationEmailProject based collaboration:

Microsoft SharePointWiki-based Project Workspace

Synchronous collaborationVideo Conferencing (limited access)OCS, WebEx (limited access)Chat: Spark, SameTime, OCS

Salesforce, …Employee Portals

Collaboration TechnologiesYou Can Also TryMicro-messaging using Yammer

(Twitter+Facebook for the Corporate), or SocialCast, SocialText, …

Cloud documents: Google Docs, Windows Live SkyDrive, Zoho

Chat – Gtalk, Yahoo, MSNVideo conferencing using Skype,

Gtalk, Yahoo, MSNScreen Sharing using Skype,

WebEx, OCS, (common platform across the organization)

But It Is Not About Technology…… It is about the “Culture”.The culture to:Broadcast YourselfOpenly Seek HelpRespond to OthersShare Information FreelyBuild Personal NetworksNot be Afraid to make MistakesConstantly be Open to Learning

Why Collaborate?Changing Contexts

I am as knowledgeable as the knowledge I have

I am a node of reference because I know thingsI am an expert because I know thingsThe less I share, the more I knowI can only learn from gurus.

I am as knowledgeable as collective knowledge of my networkI am a node of reference because I know who knowsI am an expert because I share what I knowThe more I share, the more I knowI can learn from anyone, irrespective of their position in the organization.

Are You Ready to Collaborate?

Images sources: Broadcast: http://www.polkadotsalmon.co.uk/broadcastProgrammes.htm Seek Help: http://www.sd35.bc.ca/district/library/default.aspx Collaborate: http://mtlandrew21.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/amateur-professionals/ Build Personal Networks: Greg Kolb, New maps of influence – 10 visualisations

of the social graph Not be afraid to make mistakes:

http://glamourkills.tumblr.com/post/1168258362/chase-your-dreams Learning Revolution: Wesley Fryer: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/ Are you ready to collaborate: Lumaxart:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2137735924/in/set-72157603545124242/