Engaging/Networking Tools for Collaboration
26 April 2010 Tweet We outlined our Taxonomy of Collaboration Tools in an earlier post. In the jungle of hundreds, if not thousands, of collaboration tools, the taxonomy helps us select appropriate tools based on our needs as opposed to the feature functionality of tools; that is, a selection based on what we want to do with the tools as opposed to what the tools can do for us.
In this post, we focus on Engaging/Networking tools for collaboration. For each type of Engaging/Networking tool, we offer a brief description of its purpose and a list of such tools. A couple caveats to keep in mind before we address this topic. First, a tool may fit into more than one category. And second, we make no effort here to address the age-old question whether the best-of-breed or suite approach is better for your own individual situation.
We now outline Engaging/Networking tools for collaboration.
Networking Platforms
- Purpose: Building connections with others based on expertise or interests. User-profile is a key ingredient. Users can typically join interests groups and request permission to connect directly with other individuals to build personal network.
- Tools: LinkedIn, Facebook, GoogleGroups, YahooGroups, Ning, Socialcast, Friendfeed, Cubetree, Yammer, Groupsite, BantamLive, Campfire, WizeHive, Zenbe, Tgethr
Blogs
- Purpose: Posting personal ideas and thoughts online. Others visiting the blog are encouraged to offer feedback and comments.
- Tools: Wordpress, Blogspot, Groupsite
Microblogging
- Purpose: Broadcasting messages of 140 characters or less to all or a group
- Tools: Twitter, Tweetie, Tweetdeck, Hootsuite, Yammer, Chatter
Which tools do you use? What is your assessment of various writing/editing tools for collaboration? Which other tools would you add to this list and to which category?
We would also love get your case studies that we can share with our audience!
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