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Forrester: How to Create a Winning Collaboration Strategy

Free Webcast

A people-centric collaboration strategy can dramatically accelerate business processes and reduce cycle times. Forrester Principal Analyst for Enterprise Collaboration, Rob Koplowitz outlines how to get dramatic business results from your collaboration strategy by making it people-centered.

We’ve compiled this collection of resources to help you experience the Socialtext collaboration solution first-hand, hear what others like Gartner and Forrester have to say, and learn more about the essential components of a successful collaboration strategy. We invite you to explore and learn, and to contact one of our sales reps when you are ready to learn more.

Socialtext 4.0 Overview

5 minutes, Quicktime

See how your organization could use Socialtext to keep people and teams synchronized, engaged and informed, and to move quickly to take advantage of new opportunities.

Socialtext Signals

6 minutes, Quicktime

See what it would be like to be part of microblogging conversations with your work colleagues. This video shows how microblogging between colleagues can help everyone stay better informed and be more productive. You’ll see how easy it is to post a Signal, or 140-character message, and quickly share with a broad group.

Socialtext People

4 minutes, Quicktime

See how Socialtext People connects work colleagues and gives them a full picture of each other. Get an overview of the rich people profiles, how you can follow others and stay apprised of what they are working on, all the quick and easy ways you can discover new connections and create social networks.

Socialtext Dashboard

4 minutes, Quicktime

Get a feel for what it would be like to have your own personal home page and see at a glance everything that matters to you. Get an overview of how you might use our drag-and-drop widgets to monitor topics and people you are interested in, to set up workflows, filter in information feeds, and be alerted when something important changes.

Offline Access

60 seconds, Adobe Flash

See how you can continue to access workspace content while disconnected from the network. Get an overview of how easy it is to download a copy of the latest content, then while offline search and browse it, and make new contributions. Then see how you synchronize your changes to the server when you’re back online.

Socialtext Groups

3 minutes, Quicktime

See what it would be like to have a virtual gathering place for your team, and the social software tools you need to quickly circulate ideas, and updates among team members. You’ll see the group home page, the dedicated group microblogging channel, and the activity stream filtered to show just the activities of the group.

SocialCalc

4 minutes, Quicktime

See how SocialCalc lets you easily pull information into your spreadsheet from other spreadsheets. You can now directly leverage information from other sources instead of having to send spreadsheet files around via email. Team members only have to update information one time, in one place.

Socialtext Desktop

4 minutes, Quicktime

See what it would be like to have a dynamic desktop application that keeps you informed of what others are doing and sharing, and gives you an easy way to get to the content you need, and get fast answers from your network of colleagues. This video illustrates how you can stay better informed and be more productive.

Socialtext Mobile

4 minutes, Quicktime

See all the powerful ways you can work in Socialtext while on the go. You can participate in private and secure microblogging conversations, monitor what others are doing and sharing via activity streams, click to look up a colleague’s profile and to call them. This video shows how you stay connected and up-to-date.

5 Key Requirements for Enterprise Social Software

364 KB, PDF File

This paper will help you choose a social software solution that produces the greatest benefits for your company. It outlines the 5 requirements most critical to the success of social software in business. A solution will be successful to the degree it meets these 5 critical requirements.

6 Ways to Get Business Value from Social Software

229 KB, PDF File

This paper outlines the different ways to achieve success with social software, and the risks and rewards of each. You can deploy broad vs. deep, focus on formal vs. informal processes, etc. See case examples of each. Learn which strategy is right for your organization, and the business results you can expect.

6 Steps to Drive Social Software Adoption

364 KB, PDF File

This paper will help you drive the adoption of a social software solution in your company. It shares Socialtext's own carefully planned roll-out process for our social software, which incorporates our learnings of over 5 years and 6,500 customers.

The Biggest Blunders with Enterprise Social Software, and How to Avoid Them

74 KB, PDF File

Most organizations and IT departments don’t have experience with how to successfully implement social software. This paper is designed to help you learn from the most common mistakes made by others before you, so you can avoid the common pitfalls.

Integrating Enterprise Applications with Socialtext

1 hour, 4 Minutes, WebEx

In this recorded webinar you will see sample integrations between enterprise applications and Socialtext, and how they were accomplished.

Forrester Webcast: How to Create a Winning Collaboration Strategy

59 Minutes, WebEx

A people-centric collaboration strategy can dramatically accelerate business processes and reduce cycle times. Forrester Principal Analyst for Enterprise Collaboration, Rob Koplowitz outlines how to get dramatic business results from your collaboration strategy by making it people-centered.

“Twitter” for the Enterprise

50 Minutes, WebEx

Discover how microblogging tools used behind the firewall can unlock new and powerful ways to work. Learn how microblogging is being used by companies to enable their people to be more aware, get answers quickly, and work cohesively.

Improving Sales & Marketing Effectiveness with Social Software

20 Minutes, WebEx

With marketing and sales teams distributed across borders it is hard for team members collaborate and learn from each other's findings. Learn how collaboration software is being used by sales and marketing to improve market and competitive intelligence, teamwork, and win rates.

Altimeter Group Presentation: Getting Value from Social Software

5.6 MB, PDF File

Get an analyst’s perspective on how to get transformative value from social software. Presentation by Ray Wang, 2009 Analyst of the Year, and Jeremiah Owyang, former Forrester Analyst, now partners with Altimeter Group.