This document discusses various social media tools that can be used for collaboration, including Dropbox, Google Drive, Doodle, wikis, and Delicious. Dropbox and Google Drive allow sharing and collaborative editing of files online. Doodle helps schedule meetings and events for groups. Wikis enable collaborative writing online. Delicious enables social bookmarking and sharing of websites through tagging. The document provides brief descriptions and benefits of each tool to support collaboration.

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Module 9 – Other
Social Media Tools
Social Media Tools
for SMEs for
Collaboration

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Social Media Tools
for Collaboration

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Collaboration -
Dropbox
• Free online storage system to
save and exchange files
• Possibility to work collaboratively
on a document with your colleagues
• Possibility to access it from everywhere
• http://dropbox.com

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Collaboration -
Google Drive
• Free, web-based file storage and
synchronisation service
from Google
• Offers cloud service, file sharing, collaborative
editing
• All information is stored on Google servers
• http://drive.google.com

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Benefits for your business
• Excellent tool to work collaboratively together
• Files are accessible remotely
• Easy to link to other Google service (hangouts,
gmail etc)
Disadvantages
• Data Security issue

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Collaboration –
Doodle
• Free online scheduling and
evaluation tool
• No login is required
• Simplifies time scheduling process for larger and/or
remote groups
• Can also be used for small not very exhaustive
evaluations
• http://doodle.com

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• Web application allowing people
to work, write collaboratively
on a project, topic etc.
• Most well known wiki is Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia
• Free wiki software:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_soft
ware

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Collaboration –
Delicious
• Social bookmarking tool
• Store your favourite websites
• Categorise them through tagging
• Exchange your favourites with your friends,
colleagues etc.
• Bookmarks saved on Delicious are accessible
from everywhere and not only linked to your
computer if you store them under "bookmarks"
• https://delicious.com/