The People Part of Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams

• New Book on Virtual Teams … There’s a new book coming out in March 2008 on virtual teams … The Handbook of High-Performance Virtual Teams. Jessica and Jeff wrote one of the chapters. Endless Knots
• Embrace Collaboration Tools … and reduce your environmental footprint. “Collaborative software delivered through the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model enables organizations to conserve energy and operate more efficiently by increasing organizational efficiencies, reducing the need for in-person meetings and decreasing the amount of technology infrastructure needed to maintain productivity.” GreenerComputing

The Technology Trends of Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams

• Google Sites 2008 … Andrew took notes on a recent presentation from Google, where plans for the Google Sites product were announced. “Scheduled to be launched sometime next year (2008), Google Sites will expand upon the Google Page Creator already offered within Apps. Based on JotSpot collaboration tools, Sites will allow business to set up intranets, project management tracking, customer extranets, and any number of custom sites based on multi-user collaboration.” YourSearchAdvisor
• Alfresco and Facebook … Alfresco announced that it will integrate Facebook content into the Alfresco content management system. The integration will allow “registered users to publish and share documents and other information in a controlled, secure and auditable environment.” IWRBlog
• IdeaJam … Bruce announced that IdeaJam, a social idea ranking tool, has been released in full production for the IBM Lotus community. IdeaJam is a product from Elguji Software. Bruce Elgort

Insights on Being Productive and Effective as an Individual

• When to Ignore Voice Mail … Tim says that it is okay to ignore email under two situations: (1) they don’t explain what they want, and (2) you don’t want what they’re selling. “I’m particularly annoyed at tactics intended to either trick you or guilt you or intrigue you into calling back when they know you wouldn’t. Oh, and those people who say they are just following up on an email they sent last week, or a letter they sent last week, unless they are really polite and friendly about it and they make it clear you’re not supposed to call them back unless you want to.” Tim Berry