How to Use Social Media & Web 2.0 for Collaboration

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Social Media & Web 2.0 Tools for Collaboration

You may be aware of the trends about “doing more with less”, especially during these tough economic times.  We are also becoming more involved with keeping our planet healthy.  More people and organizations are adopting “green technology”.  More people are working from home and more organizations are moving towards dispersed work environments.  This is a “Win Win Win” trend that supports healthy lifestyles, lower costs, and a greener planet.  More meetings can be done in virtual environments, which leads to less travel, saves time, and reduces our ecological footprint.  More productivity can take place in these virtual environments for the same reasons.  Most work-product and communications can be captured in a centralized location other than our inboxes.  Processes and Products will improve through Collective Intelligence and Crowd Sourcing.

The Business Value of Web 2.0 for Governments & Organizations

Organizations and individuals are involved with Web 2.0 and Social Media for different reasons at different times.  These tools can be used as communication channels to support brand awareness, customer communications, collaboration, staying in touch with mom, and countless other needs.  Web 2.0 is not just for collaboration or marketing, it’s a part of our culture.

5 Web 2.0 Tools for Social Media Collaboration

Google provides what seems to be an infinite amount of tools and services.  You can sign up with Google absolutely free. Take a look at some of these tools and services Google provides http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/

Upload and share your PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and Adobe PDF Portfolios on SlideShare. Share publicly or privately. Add audio to make a webinar. http://www.slideshare.net/

Share and discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world. http://twitter.com/

More than 48,000 independently produced Web shows use blip.tv to reach more than 22,000,000 people. They distribute more than 2.4 million episodes from these shows across the entire video Internet and onto television screens across the country. http://blip.tv

bit.ly allows users to shorten, share, and track links (URLs). Reducing the URL length makes sharing easier. bit.ly can be accessed through their website, bookmarklets and a robust and open API. http://bit.ly/

What is Your Favorite Web 2.0/Collaboration Tool?