Interesting Reading: 10/7
The First Ever GOOD 100
http://www.good.is/post/the-first-ever-good-100/
http://www.bspcn.com/2009/10/03/21-secrets-to-save-on-travel/‘The travel industry continues to smart from the recession, so deals abound. You just need to know where to look. Search no further than our 21 tips to save on lodging, airfare, vacation packages and cruises:’--------Barriers to Intranet Use from Forrester
http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/10/07/barriers-to-intranet-use-from-forrester/“Forrester recently released a report on What’s Holding Back Your Intranet? They were nice to share a copy with me. They found that 93% of employee respondents said they use an intranet or company portal (Forrester uses the terms interchangeably) at least weekly, and more than half reported daily use. However, they found that these intranets were mostly accessed for basic functions such as company directory, benefits information, and payroll. Access to collaborative tools, what some might called an enterprise 2.0 capability was ranked fourteenth.At the same time studies have shown that a highly functional intranet can provide great value. A 2009 study at BT found that every £1 invested in the intranet produced £20 in exploited value. This certainly is consistent with my experience implementing such system in the late 90s. Despite this firms are underutilizing their intranets. They found several reasons.’--------
Stop Over-Communicating, Start Collaborating: Introducing Mindjet Catalyst
http://blog.mindjet.com/2009/10/stop-over-communicating-start-collaborating-introducing-mindjet-catalyst‘Mindjet Catalyst is an online visual collaboration service that easily connects people in real time and empowers them to develop ideas, solve problems and drive business processes and innovation—anytime, from anywhere.Mindjet Catalyst addresses this gap by offering the only platform that combines the industry’s leading visual productivity and collaboration application with secure online document and file sharing, secure workspaces and web conferencing technologies.”
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Mindjet Launches New Idea-Mapping Tool for Online Collaborators
http://www.nytimes.com/external/venturebeat/2009/10/06/06venturebeat-mindjet-launches-new-idea-mapping-tool-for-o-58400.html?scp=1&sq=mindjet&st=cse‘Like companies such as Box.net, Mindjet Catalyst is an online application that includes tools like document management. And like Huddle, it includes a web conferencing service. But there’s one feature in particular that sets Catalyst apart, and gives Raskin’s boasts some credibility — a visual collaboration tool, which is basically the online version of Mindjet’s “mind mapping” software. Rather than writing out a list of ideas or action items, Catalyst lets you diagram them visually, like on a white board. That means you’re not just swapping documents, but actually working together to develop ideas, Raskin says.’
