Posts Tagged ‘Collaboration’

5 Quick Guesses for Future of Google’s Business

We’re a little over 2 months into a world with Google Plus, and as expected, some of the buzz has died down. The early adopters have been testing and looking at analytics from what impact G+ is having on our other web properties. Influencers have launched webinars to capitalize on the opportunity to help onboard new users. Like it or not, there’s even a book that will be published soon on how to use Google Plus for business. As we settle in and really start to get used to using the new set of tools Google has given the world, I can’t help but want to look into the future… Click here to see the video, if you can’t already. Now that you’re in the mood for crystal balls, let’s make a few guesses as to where Google is going as a company and how Google Plus fits into the plan. Here’s five of mine, and I’d love to hear a few of yours in the comments. Google Plus will continue towards deeper integration with everything else Google. In the next 12 months I think we’ll see things like docs, calendar, analytics and trends merge into Google Plus so that dispersed teams can conduct better online meetings. Google will begin to pose a threat to online companies like 37 Signals, ZoHo and other SaaS project management tools as a result of this integration. As more and more virtual companies begin to form and take advantages of the benefits of keeping overhead low, the need for more powerful and easier to use project management software will grow. I think we will see some form of Google Wave reemerge from inside the Google Plus layer. Google will change the webinar landscape. As deeper integration grows with Google Plus, clunky products like WebEx and GoTo Meeting (and they are clunky to use) could [...]

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How To Use Google Wave to Get More from Events & Conferences

When I first received my invitation to Google Wave, I was less than impressed. It was Chris Brogan who did a lot in his recent posts to help me see some of the value Wave provides to teams that need to collaborate on projects.  Over the past few weeks, our team at Social Business Strategies has been working inside Wave on a few client projects, using it for business planning and even a few experiments related to Human Business Teams. From the time spent in Wave, I can already see other applications of the platform.  Below is an idea I’ve not yet tried, mostly because I don’t have any conferences scheduled for this month (when I do, I’ll be sure to pass along my humble opinions and analysis).  Try it out on our own and if you’re interested, contact me* afterward. *If you test out this Google Wave idea and record some of results, I’ll be happy to have you guest post here.  Okay? Conferences Move Fast When was the last conference you attended?  Mine was the Inbound Marketing Summit in Boston last year.  It was two days of fast-paced, cutting edge content from some of the best minds floating around the Interwebz today.  With so many speakers back-to-back, not to mention constant streams of tweets, blog posts and video content to consume, it became difficult to keep my notes straight.  When you find yourself at a “drink from the fire hose” style of an event, it can be hard to retain everything, and even harder to share what you learn with the folks back home. I see now that Wave, as a collaborative platform, delivers a perfect environment for organizing and capturing events as they happen.  It also allows for you to share that information with anyone you wish [...]

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