Collaboration is really a multi-disciplinary skill – there are seldom situations when a single tool fits for all activities. While we can see some solid patterns for certain scenarios, people have to acquire a full set of different skills to cope with their daily tasks and to get things done. They need to switch tools and disciplines to use the best one for a given task.
In this short talk I will propose a holistic approach to collaboration and give some advices based on my experience with multiple customers. IBM Connections is a complete collaboration toolbox so let us use the right tool for one’s task.
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About me
• Business development manager & consultant
in Whitesoft
• Working with 10-20 Connections customers
• 17 years in IBM (collaboration) software
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What is IBM Connections?
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What is collaboration?
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The Pitfalls
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It’s not about the tools
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Sometimes the tool is too big or small
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Sometimes the tool is completely wrong
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Sometimes you don’t know the outcome
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To succeed you need to know
• Which tools to use
• How to use them
• What is the expected result
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Mastering Collaboration
in IBM Connections
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IBM Connections is a toolbox
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You can choose the best tool for your task
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So why people use “screwdrivers” only?
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Ehm, sharing bookmarks?
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Ehm, sharing files?
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Jan Martin Lukas Lukas
Martin Jiri Petr Robot
Communites Forums Blogs Wikis Files Bookmarks Profiles Activities
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How tools relate to disciplines?
• Answering questions Forum
• Sharing knowledge Wiki
• Sharing news or ideas Blog
• Organize work Activities
• Sharing files Files
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What tools to use and when
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One tool for everything?
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One tool to rule them all?
One tool to rule them all,
One tool to find them,
One tool to bring them all
and in the collaboration bind them
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monthsdayshoursminutes
wiki
forum
blog
chat
When to use what
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wiki
days weeks months years time
People
1000
100
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1
forum
activities
chat blog *
*) from a collaboration perspective
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Tool + discipline
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Remember
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Thank you!
Jan Valdman
jan.valdman@whitesoft.eu
+420 603 590 152
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