3 things to know about social collaboration
Business is full of popular buzzwords, some of which are annoying. Social collaboration is not one of them, although some may argue with this. Collaboration, innovation and creativity are what businesses must continually strive for to create opportunities in a changing business environment. Social collaboration can help with providing value and fostering teamwork to generate solutions to challenges.
Here are 3 things your business needs to know about social collaboration.
It isn’t just about social media
Although it plays an important and central role without any doubt there are also plenty of other tools. Essentially, social collaboration describes processes that support individuals to interact and share information to reach an outcome in a collective approach. And tools such as videos, apps and hand held devices can all be actively used for teamwork.
It promotes knowledge sharing, cooperation and community
Transferring of information in an efficient and immediate way is one of the key aspects of a modern workplace. There is an abundance of data in workplaces today and anything that simplifies the process for sharing in a group environment provides value. Connecting colleagues, who can develop shared purpose, facilitates employee engagement and creativeness of solutions to ever increasing business challenges.
It is not a redundant term
Collaboration is two or more people working together towards shared goals. There are many ways to achieve collaboration – in meetings, via email or in a discussion. So the term social collaboration can be used to highlight the teamwork that takes place through social channels or platforms. The concept of social collaboration may seem too hyped up as an accepted strategy for some businesses; however, social tools can be monitored with software. So business can actually track the effectiveness of such platforms to providing tangible return on investment.
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