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Speaking at ... Open Text Webinar on Collaborative Compliance, Nov 29
I am presenting at an upcoming Web seminar for Open Text on November 29, 2005 at 11am PST. The topic is Collaborative Compliance: Complying with Regulations Imposed by External Entities.
Collaborative Compliance is focused on helping organizations get on with their day-to-day work with the assurance that they have covered the compliance mandates of operating in the 21st century. These run the gamut of regulations (including Sarbanes-Oxley) around essential business records and appropriate internal governance controls.
It would be great to have you along! If you are able to attend, please complete the registration form.
Speaking at ... Open Collaboration Forum, Nov 15
The Open Collaboration Forum is a meeting place for senior messaging and collaboration executives across the world, with a focus on improving business performance through open-source enterprise collaboration technologies. It has been chartered by Akiva Corp.
I will be presenting a Web seminar for the Forum on November 15, 2005 at 9am PST. My topic is Why Closed Doesn't Work for Collaborative Workspaces: Three Reasons Why Openness Is Required.
Email carries too much baggage for effective use as a team coordination and collaboration system. A better option is for team members to use a collaborative workspace, that is a pre-assembled collection of tools specifically designed for sharing of information about a project between team members. As great as the idea sounds, and for all the power of today's tools, adoption of collaborative workspaces in day-to-day work has been miniscule.It is my contention that "closedness" is preventing adoption, and that greater openness through interoperability is essential if the industry is to bring the benefits of collaborative workspaces to the masses. The plethora of very good, good, and not so good collaborative workspace products on the market are standalone, force people to learn multiple ways of interacting with others, and actually makes it more difficult to collaborate compared to email. This Web seminar outlines three reasons why today's approach doesn't work, and advocates three agreements that the industry needs to drive toward.
If you are able to attend, please complete the registration form.
About Shared Spaces
Shared Spaces is an independent research and consulting house focused on helping business organizations and government agencies enhance the productivity of their business teams by embracing a collaborative approach to business. That means that we research / investigate factors that contribute toward team productivity, freely publish some of our findings, and engage directly with businesses and government agencies on a strategic consulting basis.
Shared Spaces works on three concurrent strands:
- Explaining Collaborative Business. We explain what is going on in the area of collaborative business; what are the key trends, new technologies, and things to watch out for so that you can be successful in embracing collaboration as a way of doing business. Learn More
- Advising Organizations. We work alongside organizations to advise how to best embrace collaborative business. After developing a clear definition of the desired outcome that you are seeking, we work one-to-one, in small group settings, and in workshop / seminar mode to help you realize your objectives. Learn More
- Directing Vendors. We engage with vendors to help them create collaborative business offerings that work. Given our widely-recognized independent position in the market, we are perfectly placed to help with product design, marketplace education, and market research projects. Learn More
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Recent Research Reports
- 2007 Microsoft Office, Feb 16 2006
- When Email Loses Its Power of Attention, Feb 16 2006
- RIM Reveals Details of Its Work-Around Technology, Feb 6-10 2006
- EMC Adds Insignia Product Line for SMB Attack, Feb 6-10 2006
- The Week in Collaboration, Jan 23-27 2006
- The Week in Collaboration, Jan 16-20 2006
- Published Articles and Reports
