Google Wave - An Innovative Collaborative Workflow Tool (Webinar)
August 4, 2010
Collaborative work projects are becoming the norm and tools that facilitate such shared workflow efforts are growing in number. Even Google has jumped in by launching its own tool - Google Wave. Initially accessible by invitation-only in 2009, it was made publically available in May and has generated a log of buzz. It supports real-time collaboration via a single web interface, eliminating the need for multiple communication tools such as wikis, e-mail, instant messaging, chat, etc. thus allowing for greater group efficiency. And it supports richly-formatted text, photos, videos, maps and more. It is the wave of the future (no pun intended!) and should not be ignored.
NFAIS will hold a 90-minute informational Webinar on Google Wave and its companion tool, Google Buzz on August 4, 2010 at 1:00pm EDST.
In the first half of the webinar Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director of Planning & Communication, will discuss the use of the real-time web as work environment/platform and the potential impact of such use on knowledge workers. She will touch on the key components of workflow efforts - information gathering, sharing and actual collaboration - and discuss how Google Wave and Google Buzz support the new workflow, highlighting their commonalities and differences.
Following the overview, John Blossom, President, Shore Communications, Inc. ( http://www.shore.com/) will present the value proposition offered by Google Wave. He will talk about who has adopted it, where and how it is currently being used, and will provide real-life examples of its most practical applications.
If you want to learn more about these innovative new tools register for the NFAIS webinar today. NFAIS members pay $75 and non-members pay $95. An unlimited number of staff from an NFAIS member organization can participate for a group fee of $225. The group fee for an unlimited number of staff from any non-member organization is $285. The registration form can be accessed at: http://info.nfais.org/info/2010_Aug_Web_RegForm.pdf.
For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax);
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