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"It
is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent,
but the one most responsive to change." ~Charles Darwin
Modes
for Collaboration
synchronous
people
in different physical locations are communicating with each other
at the same time
asynchronous
people are not in the same virtual place at the same time
having a conversation but rather are having a conversation at different
times and or places
Tools
for Collaboration
- email
- mailing
lists
- message
boards
- polls
& surveys
- chat
- instant
messaging
- file
sharing
- conferencing:
video/audio
- virtual
team space
Tools for Collaboration 1-4
email
Email has become a standard communication medium in our
world. Web-based email services typically work through a web browser.
Many communities and organizations including business, academia,
govenment, health industry to name a few, as well as many individuals
considered part of the general population rely on email for communication
and connection for both personal and professional purposes.
Email
is great for:
- quick
and direct communication
- send
or respond anytime, night or day
- easier
than snail mail, phone, fax
- trackable
documentation of conversation details
mailing lists/listserv/community email
Email group services is one of the fastest growing Internet
categories and is likely to touch the lives of virtually every one
with an email address. Email groups offer a convenient way to connect
easily and quickly within a chosen community of those who share
the same interests.
Each community member can send an email that automatically is sent
to the larger community.
Forrester Research expects 50% of the U.S. population (135 million
people) to communicate using email by 2001. Analysts predict that
over one billion people will send nearly seven billion messages
per day by 2002.
Mailing
lists are great for:
- small
groups with a common purpose
- conversations
that wax and wane over time
- communities
that are just getting started
- newsletters
and announcements
message board/discussion board/forum/bulletin board/threaded
discussion
A threaded discussion forum is an online conference. You
can set up your own public or private discussion forums, and anyone
with a Web browser and the proper access can join in. It can be
accessed easily and members can chose their own best time to check
in and catch-up and respond to messages posted.
In online discussions, a series of messages that have been posted
as replies to each other. A single forum or conference typically
contains many threads covering different subjects.
By reading each message in a thread, one after the other, you can
see how the discussion has evolved. You can start a new thread by
posting a message that is not a reply to an earlier message.
Message
boards are great for:
- asking
and answering questions
- encouraging
in-depth conversations
- managing
high-volume conversations
- providing
context, history, and a sense of place
polls & surveys
This technology allows businesses and individuals to easily
conduct professional-grade surveys to gather public opinion data
and analyze the critical feedback necessary to make important decisions.
Members can quickly create and customize surveys on topics such
as customer satisfaction, event planning, new product testing, and
much more. The results are captured and presented in graphically-rich
formats in real-time - which allow users to measure incoming responses
and act on the findings very quickly. Members can collect information
that is relevant, useful and often...fun!
It's said that knowledge is power; with these tools, members will
be empowered to get more out of their lives - whether decision-making,
learning, understanding, petitioning, protesting, sporting, "hobbying,"
planning, organizing, implementing or further communicating.
Polls
& surverys are great for:
- quick
and easy feedback
- targeted
feedback
- collecting
relevant information
- testing
for direction and implementing changes
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