Collaborative Tools

From BuildTheOpenMesh

Social Network

Wiki

Google Apps, Sites and Docs

Chart showing all these elemenst connecting together

How do you inter-connect disparate project management tools?

- People
- Content
- Services

Editing/usage sequences:

- social network = for planning events - post event, some form of evite/RSVP to the event
- shared calendar = for communicating events
- wiki/pages = for posting and sharing docs
- mail list = for newsletters, on-going info
- blogs = for voicing opinions + comments
- links/feeds = for posting important references, articles, orgs - keeping track of on-going info
- activity streams = for finding out what everyone is doing
- microblogging = for communicating what YOU'RE doing
- IM/chat = one to one asynchronous communication
- real-time/VoIP/Conferencing = for communicating in real-time/meetings