tools that in a worst case scenario — like a pandemic outbreak — can help an organization maintain some semblance of operations and communications, even though its employees and contractors are working from home during the crisis. Here is a look at some tools and services you can use to keep business operations running. 7, 2009. MORE >>

can’t remember where I read this but someone claimed that the more connected a person is, the less he/she is likely to engage in CoPs , in this new scenario.&#. A while back I blogged about the possibility of networks and blogospheres cutting into the need for communities. It is a closed model. how they are in tune with human behaviour. MORE >>

The answer to this question varies by the use case scenario. one was that a company I spoke with introduced Yammer under the radar and had seen significant adoption (thousands of people) Is culture a barrier? Turn your IM off and communicate via Yammer. From the Editor Government 2.0 Lifestreaming Mashups Mobile Web 2.0 field. MORE >>

nirvana there are some important considerations that need to be given time before we jump for, say, Yammer over Twitter , that go beyond the fear of our internal information being communicated outside the organisation. technology presents the modern organisation with a plethora of means for communicating new information to staff. M - - - - 1. MORE >>

But the one-to-many-many-to-one capability offered by Twitter (and Yammer, and other platforms that already have Twitter clones as part of their feature repertoire) is tailor made for effective ongoing communications for project teams, value webs comprised of vendors, suppliers, clients, etc.) Big Ideas for getting all that work done. Web 3.0 MORE >>