Collaboration for the Enterprise: Monday Blog Post Round-Up

Posted by Dana Larson on May 24, 2010

Improving the amount and quality of team collaboration in the workplace can significantly increase the effectiveness of business communication and the overall success of the business. There is no place that this is more true than in today’s enterprise business.

With more and more team members working hard to drive the product and the company forward, you need to make sure teams are working together. You need to give them the tools to stay connected and increase that collaboration for the improvement of your enterprise.

These posts agreed as well. Here are 4 recent blog posts on enterprise collaboration and how to experience the benefits collaboration can offer.

The Current State of Enterprise Collaboration - Just as the title indicates, this post reviews survey results and discusses the current state of enterprise collaboration. What is most telling about this article is taken right out of the first couple sentences: “Almost 80 percent of executives surveyed said that collaboration was critical to the future of the company. Yet, only one-third of survey respondents who wanted to collaborate were able to within their organizations.”

Four Collaboration Tips for Businesses: Effective Use of Technology - With the increase in business collaboration technology, enterprise organizations are going to be able to utilize new tools to make their collaboration more effective. This post shares tips for introducing collaboration into your enterprise, including listening to the users’ recommendations for collaboration solutions.

The Benefits of Social Media in the B2B Workplace - For many B2B businesses, social media tools are a new trend for bringing teams together for effective collaboration. B2B workplaces should find a solution to facilitate collaboration in their company by utilizing social media tools and techniques to improve communication. This post outlines those benefits for the B2B world.

Managing Whitespace Activity - When an enterprise is managing project upon project, there will always happen to be tasks and communications that fall outside of the structured project plan. This post from us suggests ways to manage that communication and activity to enhance collaboration outside the project plan to improve business success.

With more and more companies looking into collaboration solutions for the improved future of their enterprise, certain steps need to be taken to ensure the successful implementation of those collaboration processes. By taking the right steps for your enterprise, you’ll be increasing the collaboration as well as the productivity in your business.

 
Dana_larson Dana Larson - OnePlace Marketing Manager. Dana represents the best of a new generation of communicators adept at engaging across all media, from traditional to social. A sweet but somewhat snarky gal whose career in marketing has easily transcended from big agency to agile small business, Dana blogs regularly about business, collaboration and productivity solutions at http://blog.oneplacehome.com. You can reach Dana at dana.larson at oneplacehome dot com.

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Dana,

The research for your first link was done by All Collaboration, in collaboration with Elearning! Magazine and Collaborative Strategies. The original report, Assessing the State of Collaboration: Return to Essentials, is available at: http://allcollaboration.com/storage/files/AssessingtheStateof_CollaborationReport.pdf

Lokesh Datta www.allcollaboration.com Twitter: @LDatta


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