Clearspace - First Impressions
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Clearspace - First Impressions
Clearspace
First Impressions
The Problem - Communication
Unclear
Unfocused
Unstructured
Unrecorded
Underrated
Irregular
Irresolute
Caveat
A technical solutionwill not fixa broken culture.
Technical solutions canimprove the qualityand transparencyof communication.
However
A Solution - Clearspace
Features
Hierarchy/Organisation
Content Tagging
Documents
Discussions
Blogs
Architecture
Java Servlet
Supports Clustering
Dashboard
Navigation - Spaces
Organisation Structure
Administrative Functions
Workgroups
Project Teams
Major Clients
Navigation - Contributors
People Focus
Ratings => Reputation
Channelled Availability
Navigation Tags
Path-finding outside the hierarchy
Reflects values and focus
Taxonomy building
Familiar interface
Polls
Find consensus
Test the water
Raise spirits
Personal Customisation
Only what's important
Limits distractions
Space | Documents, Discussions, Posts
Conversational Informal Design
Blogs Can Aggregate or Filter
Editing WYSIWYG or Markup
Version Control Safety and Attribution
Feeds => Readers, Portals etc.
History | Where did I see that?
Tags Our Actual Priorities
Scenarios
Enterprises
Open channels
Pool creativity
Discover and affect focus
Flatten hierarchy
Reward successes, and instructive failures
Dispersed Teams
Time
Location
Pricing
Up to five users Free
Per seat/per year licence for internal collaboration
Per CPU/per year licence for external communities
Hosted solutions
Conclusion
The elegance and clarity of the interface, appropriate choice of features and robust architecture makes Clearspace a good candidate for the internal communications component of an Intranet.
Credits
Clearspace Jive Software
http://www.jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/
Presentation Phil Rees
http://www.loosingsite.com
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