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Collaboration 2.0 An evening with two experts : David Coleman and Oliver Marks Sep 25, 2008 Thursday @ 6:00 pm Sacramento Marriott (click for driving instructions) 11211 Point East Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA Cost: Members free; Non-Members - $50 before 9/20; $60 after Networking: 6:00 to 7:00 PM Speaker Discussion: 7:00 - 8:30 PM More Networking: 8:30 to 9:00 pm
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Collaboration 1.0 was about content on the Web (uploading photos, inviting friends, and posting to user groups).  The next evolution of the web was interpersonal, and the application of Web 2.0 technologies to the enterprise is a hot topic currently.  Today, online communities allow organizations to partner with their customers in a very interactive fashion.  But there is resistance to these technologies within the enterprise, and often the problems are not really about the technology, but about people and process. 

Wikipedia defines Collaboration as “a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together toward an intersection of common goals.” With over 1200 different tools and technologies with collaborative functionality, how does a distributed team or enterprise implement a true online collaborative environment…successfully?

At this month’s TechCoire meeting, we are pleased to feature two of the greatest minds on Collaboration – David Coleman, Author of Collaboration 2.0 : Technology and Best Practices for Successful Collaboration in a Web 2.0 World, and Oliver Marks, Blogger on Collaboration on ZDNET  and Inc.  Until recently Oliver ran the Sony PlayStation 'World Wide Studios' game development collaboration environment. These two thought leaders will provide and interactive and though provoking session and will address a variety of topics including:

• What does Collaboration really mean in both the consumer and enterprise world?
• What tools and technologies exist and what are some of the best practices?
• What role does social networking and content management play in creating a collaborative environment in Enterprise 2.0?  
• What business processes can leverage collaboration?
• Why is understanding “local context” so critical to successful team functioning?  
• Why do collaborative technologies provide such a great “green” opportunity?

• What are the costs of collaboration in the enterprise, and who needs to be involved?

Guest Speakers  

David Coleman, Managing Director of Collaborative Strategies

David Coleman, Founder and Managing Director of Collaborative Strategies has been involved with groupware, collaborative technologies, online communities and social networks since 1989.  He is a frequent public speaker, an industry analyst, and author of books, blogs, newsletters and magazine articles on these topics.    David has worked with a wide range of collaboration vendors from Silicon Valley start-ups like OpenACircle.com to larger vendors like Microsoft, IBM/Lotus and Adobe on strategy, marketing, usability and even materials for demand generation (webinars, blogs and white papers).  

He and his team have led several organizations through the process of determining their readiness for collaboration, social networks, and online communities, as well as the appropriate business processes to which these technologies can be applied and the best tools to use in each case. David is the author/editor of Groupware Technologies and Applications (Prentice-Hall, 1995) and Groupware: Collaborative Strategies for Corporate LANs and the Intranet (Prentice-Hall 1997).  Most recently he has co-authored his third book called Collaboration 2.0, Technology and Best Practices for Successful Collaboration in a Web 2.0 World (HappyAbout Publishing, 2008). He currently writes the “Collaboration Blog” that can be found at www.collaborate.com and can be reached at: 415-282-9197 or davidc@collaborate.com

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