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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