It’s done! Apart from the final copy editing — two days of incorporating the copy edits and proof reader’s marks into the final edition of the manuscript — my new book User Adoption Strategies: Shifting Second Wave People to New Collaboration Technology is done. I’m really, really happy […]
IBM released a mobile viewer for LotusLive Meetings, for the iPhone and iPod Touch. – It is available on the Apple iTunes App Store. – Looks like it is a “view only” app (and that’s fine). – My analysis: Various other Web conferencing providers already offer these types […]
As a follow-on to the publication of User Adoption Strategies: The Central Desktop Approach, I will be presenting a webinar in conjunction with Central Desktop on the key findings of the research. “You are invited to join a free webinar hosted by Central Desktop’s CEO, Isaac Garcia, with […]
What is “collaboration”? The question is frequently asked, and in common definitions collaboration is painted as a particular type of human behavior, and includes no reference to technology. In this post, let’s tackle the collaboration and technology issue. “Collaboration” and “technology” go together in many phrases … “collaboration […]
Central Desktop released Central Desktop for Office, a new co-authoring add-in. – Central Desktop users can open / edit / save Central Desktop files using Office. – Supports simultaneous co-authoring of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. – The new release “eliminaties the need to upgrade to Microsoft SharePoint/Office 2010 […]
I find the metadata / tagging discussion interesting … should people be allowed to put things in folders, or should they use metadata / tags to differentiate between things. There are pros and cons on both sides … and I won’t re-iterate those here. But … what I […]
My long-time friend Gavin Knight tweeted about his review of part of my new book, User Adoption Strategies: Shifting Second Wave People to New Collaboration Technology: I just had a great conversation with @collabguy giving my feedback having concept reviewed part of his next book – it’s good! […]
Six Fundamentals of Effective Collaboration Chris takes a shot at defining the 6 fundamentals of effective collaboration. 1. Engagement … as in active listening. 2. Keeping It Real … be authentic during interactions. 3. A Bias for Learning and Discovery … resolve ambiguity, surface new perspectives 4. Respect […]
What is “collaboration”? It’s a frequently asked question. In my masterclasses, I start with the short hand, to “co-labour” on one slide, and then expand it to “Collaboration means people working with other people towards a common outcome.” Note that there is no mention of technology in the […]
Salesforce hosts an annual conference for its customers called Dreamforce. At the Dreamforce conference in November 2009, there were a couple of presentations on user adoption. One session was called The Cardinal Rules of User Adoption (PDF available; 38 slides). John McGuigan of Fiberlink Communications presented their approach […]
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