Demo of Absolutely! - a new type of enterprise wiki / knowledge management system.

1. Knowledge Management is MORE than a piece of software. www.ahg.com

2. But when it comes to software, you want to have KMS that people will love to use www.ahg.com www.ahg.com

3. - Knowledge Management System That People Love to Use? www.ahg.com - Absolutely! ™ www.ahg.com

4. www.ahg.com There is little interesting in the log-in page . . . . . . except the same interface works well on a computer and mobile phone www.ahg.com

5. www.ahg.com A collection of food recipes has many of the ingredients similar to real-life business knowledge database. www.ahg.com

6. www.ahg.com So for this demo we created a food recipes knowledge management system. www.ahg.com

7. www.ahg.com Once logged in, you immediately see the latest activity, most popular articles authors and searches, etc. www.ahg.com

8. Main menu provides quick overview of existing top-level categories, number of articles in each . . . www.ahg.com www.ahg.com

9. www.ahg.com . . . ability to add or delete a category or add an article under a specific category. www.ahg.com

10. www.ahg.com In the main area you see live data on KMS usage . . . www.ahg.com

11. www.ahg.com most active and best rated authors and articles . . . www.ahg.com

12. www.ahg.com as well as most popular searches and most active discussions. www.ahg.com

13. www.ahg.com As a result, user gets a feeling of a collaborative environment that provides incentives to participate ... www.ahg.com

14. www.ahg.com such as peer recognition, feedback and ratings. Users see that articles are read and used . . . www.ahg.com

15. www.ahg.com and everybody can tap into collective intelligence. www.ahg.com

16. www.ahg.com Now let's get a brief overview of functionality. Working with categories is based on a right-click menu www.ahg.com

17. www.ahg.com To add a new category, you fill a simple form. www.ahg.com

18. www.ahg.com To delete a category, you need to confirm your choice. www.ahg.com

19. To add a new article, you type in a title, keywords, and select one or more categories for classification and listing www.ahg.com www.ahg.com

20. www.ahg.com Once you click “Continue” the system creates an empty article www.ahg.com

21. www.ahg.com with links allowing to create new section www.ahg.com

22. www.ahg.com and add attachment www.ahg.com

23. www.ahg.com You can enter the title and select a type of a document you want to insert www.ahg.com

24. www.ahg.com If it's a simple / short text, you can type it in www.ahg.com

25. www.ahg.com But the real benefit of using Absolutely! is in how easily you can use rich media and Google Docs www.ahg.com

26. www.ahg.com s www.ahg.com Let's start with adding section “Necessary Ingredients.” I created it in Excel and uploaded to Google Docs

27. www.ahg.com s www.ahg.com Here it is listed among other Google Docs created by me and/or shared with me by colleagues

28. www.ahg.com s www.ahg.com Click “Finish” and the spreadsheet becomes a part of the article

29. www.ahg.com s www.ahg.com Now, let's insert new section. Right-click on any section gives you “insert” menu

30. www.ahg.com s www.ahg.com This time I selected “Preview” before inserting the document to verify that this is the correct one

31. www.ahg.com s www.ahg.com Then I insert new document into the second section

32. www.ahg.com s www.ahg.com Note, once I started adding content to the article, my name appears in the list of contributors

33. www.ahg.com s www.ahg.com You can also add attachments, such as PDFs or external files from other web sites

34. www.ahg.com s www.ahg.com All users are welcome to take part in the discussion of an article.

35. www.ahg.com s www.ahg.com You can also push it to experts (people highly rated by peers) inviting them to take part in the discussion

36. www.ahg.com s www.ahg.com Your colleagues will rate the article. This rating will affect your personal rating as a contributor

37. www.ahg.com Ratings and discussions help users determine the usefulness of the article and applicability of suggestions www.ahg.com

38. www.ahg.com Peer feedback and recognition stimulate participation and active contributions from all employees www.ahg.com

39. www.ahg.com Intuitive interface makes working with different media types easy both on a computer and mobile phone www.ahg.com

40. www.ahg.com Another important feature is an extensive, but easy-to-use administrative part. Note: part of the data is blurred intentionally. www.ahg.com

41. www.ahg.com It provides high granularity in managing user's permissions www.ahg.com

42. www.ahg.com … as well as ease of management ... Note: part of the data is blurred intentionally. www.ahg.com

43. www.ahg.com … and ability to review revisions made by different users. www.ahg.com

44. Click for details and a free trial offer: http://www.ahg.com/absolutely.htm