The document discusses the various aspects of information needs, tools, and methods for gathering, processing, and utilizing information within organizations. It emphasizes the importance of understanding who needs information, why it is needed, and the processes for discovering and filtering relevant data. Additionally, it highlights different types of intelligence, such as marketing and sales intelligence, and suggests various tools and strategies for efficient information management.

1. InfoTools: Beyond SearchDorai Thodla

2. An Exercise In Collective Intelligence

3. About InformationWhat are your information needs?What are your problems with information?What tools do you currently use to handle information?

4. What Is Information? What Is Knowledge?A mental math problem

6. Who Questions?Who needs information in your organization?

7. What Questions?What Information Do You Need?

8. Why QuestionsWhy do you need this information?Recursive : Why, Why, Why?

9. Where QuestionsWhere do you get your information from?Where do you find these sources?

10. How QuestionsHow do you get information?How do you use it?How much do you lose?

11. When QuestionWhen Do You Need Information?When do you use it?On-demand vs. Collect in anticipation?

12. Information and IntelligenceIndustry IntelligenceMarketing IntelligenceSales IntelligenceProduct IntelligenceTechnology IntelligenceInformation Intelligence

13. Industry IntelligenceWhere is your industry going (trends)?What are others doing in the industry?What are some possible disruptions you can cause?

14. Marketing IntelligenceWho are your customers?How do you reach them? What else do they buy? Who else do they buy from?

15. Sales IntelligencePartners and Channels, Leads, Conversion Rates

16. Product IntelligenceDelivery ModelsBusiness Models, Platforms vs. Apps

17. Technology IntelligenceIdentifying and Leveraging TrendsPossible InnovationsPotential DisruptionsGleaning Opportunities

18. Information to Intelligence

19. DiscoveryDiscover new informationDiscover new sources of information Information about Information

20. TrackingTrack the sources for new and updated information examples: alerts, feed readers, page trackers, trend trackers

21. FilteringSeparate Signal from Noise. Filter without loss

22. ExtractionExtract useful information from textEntitiesRelationshipsTrends

23. Refine and ShareRefine Information by Collaborative Editing, Tagging, Annotations. Identify useful actionable intelligence and share within your Organization, Customers and Industry

24. Free ToolsBlogs (Discovery, Information, Social)Search - Discovery, InformationFeeds – Discovery, Information, Limited FilteringPortals – Discovery, InformationIndustry eZines - Discovery, InformationNewsgroups/Discussion Groups/Forums – Discovery, InformationTwitter – Discovery, Information, Real-timeLinkedIn – Discovery, Extraction, Information, ShareNing– Discovery, Sharing, Information Google Alerts, InfoMinder, InfoStreams – Discovery, InformationCompete – Filtering, InformationIndeed (Jobs and Job Trends) – Discovery, Information, ExtractionOpen Calais – ExtractionAlltop - Information

25. CommercialCompeteHoovers HubSpotInfoPortalZoomInfo…

26. Do-It-YourselfTag CloudsMashupsCustom Search Contextual SemanticVerticalOpen Calais Semantic Wikis