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Friends or Foes: Email and Collaboration Software

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Lately, we’ve heard a lot about the future of email. Will it still be as prominent or integral to accomplishing work as it is today? Will it be more so? The recent rise and proliferation of collaboration tools has kicked off a bit of a debate. So today I wanted to look at whether email…

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Enabling the Collaborative Enterprise

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“Building a collaborative enterprise is about a lot more than just some new software tools, it’s about fundamental changes to culture and behavior,” writes IDC Group Vice President, Michael Fauscette. According to Fauscette, the key to enabling office collaboration really all boils down to two major principal questions: 1) How do you create a culture…

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Fantasy Football: A Big Win For Collaboration?

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Every fall a study is released lamenting the toll fantasy football takes on the U.S. economy. This year’s buzzkill report finds that office fantasy leagues are costing employers as much as $430.9 million in lost productivity every week during the National Football League season. Most people dismiss these studies as attempts by management consulting firms…

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A Year in Business Collaboration

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We’ve covered several angles of business collaboration this year. In case you blinked and missed a post, or perhaps are just joining us, here’s a rundown of the highlights: What is Collaboration and How Do We Achieve it? Sometimes it takes an outside look to make sense of things. For example, at the beginning of…

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How to Succeed in Social Networking and Collaboration

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As social media continues to weave its way into more and more aspects of our daily lives, organizations are still finding themselves struggling to really take advantage of it. Today’s businesses understand the need to collaborate, yet most remain unhappy with their efforts and results. Whether it’s a lack of adoption, or an inability to…

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The Connected Workplace: How connected are you…really?

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How connected are you…really? All this thinking about the connected workplace has made me question just how connected am I…really? My whole life feels like it revolves around connecting with people though technology, both in and out of the office. I spend my days emailing, IM’ing, Facebooking, Tweeting my friends, family and colleagues. Even if…

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Getting Work Done: The Increased Focus on Social Task Management Tools

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“When it comes to getting work done, social task management products take collaboration beyond the limits of ad hoc sharing through status and file posts,” writes Constellation Research analyst, Alan Lepofsky, in a recent report. “Getting Work Done With Social Task Management”, the first in a series of reports set to be published by Lepofsky…

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