SharePoint Communities allows people to work together through various collaboration tools like discussion boards, shared document libraries, blogs, wikis, and more. It provides a platform for team sites, task management, surveys, and other features. While some executives were initially concerned social networking would reduce productivity, research shows people can effectively work together through social activities and media like discussion and sharing knowledge. SharePoint Communities is a business collaboration platform that leverages these social capabilities.

1. SharePoint Communities
People working together drive business results

2. the wisdom of crowds

4. People working together for a shared purpose

5. For Today’s Collaboration Needs
Discussion Podcasting
Boards Shared Comments
Versioning Calendars Profiles
Document
Team Sites Libraries Blogs Tags
Task
Lists Wikis
Surveys Ratings

6. The Business Collaboration Platform for the
Enterprise and the Web

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19. Enterprise not
• Only 10% of 1400 CIOs gave full access to Internet social networking sites
The executives’ biggest concern was that social networking would
lead to social notworking, with employees using the sites to
chat with friends instead of doing their jobs.
http://rss.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=348909&story_id=15351002

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21. by user social activities and media
Facebook & Twitter!

22. • Gartner: “…awareness of the business value of social software is high”
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