The document discusses various collaboration technologies in organizations, including email, project-based tools like Microsoft SharePoint, and synchronous options such as video conferencing and chat services. It emphasizes the importance of organizational culture in fostering collaboration, highlighting values like sharing information and building networks. Ultimately, it suggests that knowledge sharing enhances individual expertise and collective learning within networks.

1. Manish Mohan
18 November 2010

2. Collaboration Technologies:
What’s In Use in Your Organization
 Email
 Project based collaboration:
 Microsoft SharePoint
 Wiki-based Project Workspace
 Synchronous collaboration
 Video Conferencing (limited access)
 OCS, WebEx (limited access)
 Chat: Spark, SameTime, OCS
 Salesforce, …
 Employee Portals

3. Collaboration Technologies
You Can Also Try
 Micro-messaging using Yammer
(Twitter+Facebook for the
Corporate), or SocialCast,
SocialText, …
 Cloud documents: Google Docs,
Windows Live SkyDrive, Zoho
 Chat – Gtalk, Yahoo, MSN
 Video conferencing using Skype,
Gtalk, Yahoo, MSN
 Screen Sharing using Skype,
WebEx, OCS, (common platform
across the organization)

4. But It Is Not About Technology…
… It is about the “Culture”.
The culture to:
Broadcast Yourself
Openly Seek Help
Respond to Others
Share Information Freely
Build Personal Networks
Not be Afraid to make Mistakes
Constantly be Open to Learning

5. Why Collaborate?
Changing Contexts
I am as knowledgeable as the
knowledge I have
I am a node of reference
because I know things
I am an expert because I
know things
The less I share, the more I
know
I can only learn from gurus.
I am as knowledgeable as
collective knowledge of my
network
I am a node of reference
because I know who knows
I am an expert because I share
what I know
The more I share, the more I
know
I can learn from anyone,
irrespective of their position in
the organization.

7. 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/