Collaboration & Social Media

Blue Atlas has expertise in the use, integration and adoption of collaborative technologies.  The burst of social media has brought a new appreciation for collaboration within our corporate environment.  Collaboration lets teams and other groups share knowledge and build consensus.  

Collaborative tools include:

• Sharepoint workspaces:  SharePoint is a secure, enterprise-level portal to support team collaboration. Team members securely access relevant information from one shared environment. Geographically dispersed team members have secure access to the SharePoint portal to share documents, collaborate on tasks and track project progress.
• Wiki’s:  Used by organizations to build a user-contributed knowledgebase.  Wiki’s encourage users to add or modify content to be shared with others who have access to the wiki.  Wiki’s are one example of a dynamic application that can provide additional value to your site visitors.
• Blogs/forums:  Blogs are typically managed by an individual or group of individuals with particular expertise in the blog subject.  Readers of the blog are invited to submit responses to the discussions.  Blogs are most valuable if updated daily or weekly and are an ideal mechanism for creating return traffic to your web site.
• Social media:  Facebook, Twitter, Linked In.....the many avenues for reaching out to share information, and create communities, is growing.  Organizations are realizing the value of social media to stay connected with clients, members, partners, etc.

Our consultants and developers also understand that an organization must achieve staff adoption in order for a collaborative solution to be successful. We therefore tailor our consultative services to include business process analysis and adoption planning to ensure that the teams are confidant and enthusiastic about employing the use of the collaboration tools. Our corporate partner, ThoughtLink, works in conjunction with our technology consultants to help our clients identify how to bring their people, processes and technologies together to improve organizational and team effectiveness.