tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22610595769026218332024-03-12T17:29:49.456-07:00Secure file sharingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-51122824698309031792014-03-14T02:04:00.004-07:002014-03-14T02:04:24.916-07:00About to implement an enterprise social network? Wait! Read this first.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A predicted 65% of large European enterprises will
have adopted social tools for business purposes by the end of 2014, so
it’s increasingly likely that if your company hasn’t already adopted an
enterprise social network it will this year. Adopting social tools is
easy enough, but making sure it is adopted properly is a whole different
matter.<br />
Simply rolling out an enterprise social network and expecting people
to start using it is not enough. In fact, implementing an enterprise
social network requires planning, strategy and careful project
management which begins before the system is even in place. So how
should you prepare to implement an enterprise social network?<br />
<h2>
1. Plan, plan, plan</h2>
Before you start doing anything else, you need to figure out exactly
what you want to achieve from your enterprise social network. If you’ve
had to pitch to higher ups in order to get buy-in for an enterprise
social network, chances are you’ve planned it to the minutest detail
already. Nevertheless, as with any project, planning is the most
important step and it is without it that a project (and an enterprise
social network) fails <b><a href="http://highq.com/implementing-enterprise-social-network-wait-first/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-91040614147537170682014-03-08T05:15:00.002-08:002014-03-08T05:15:14.644-08:00Enterprise collaboration enables new ways of doing business<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
At HighQ we love to be part of the community and contribute our thoughts to the industry.<br />
<br />
Our resident social business expert Ben Wightwick has contributed to
FreePint’s topic series, The Social Enterprise, which looks at the ways
that organisations are making the most of their internal social networks
and knowledge management.<br />
<br />
FreePint produces and publishes content and offers communities of
practice and consulting based on its position and engagement in the
business information industry.<br />
<br />
Ben’s blog post and extended article, Enterprise Collaboration Enables New Ways of Doing Business, looks
at factors to consider when reviewing enterprise collaboration
solutions and some of the influencing trends associated with social
business and the future of work.<br />
<br />
Head to FreePint’s website to have a read.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-64424655032081374722014-03-06T05:50:00.001-08:002014-03-06T05:50:09.389-08:00Enterprise collaboration news: February 2014 round-up<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
February was all about social. Maybe that’s because it’s the month of love, or maybe it’s because people finally felt like they wanted to interact with their friends and colleagues after a month of New Year hibernation. Whatever the reason behind it, connected organisations, enterprise social networks and information sharing were all over our favourite blogs and news sites, and here’s our pick of them.<br /><br />An article by Himanshu Sareen in Wired proposes the idea that enterprise social networks may one day replace email. This is something we’ve been suggesting for a while, though we freely admit that email will never die completely. Himanshu explains that enterprise social networks facilitate increased interaction and cohesion among co-workers (especially in large organisations). However, he acknowledges that “like any corporate initiative, progressing toward a social business requires significant strategic thinking.” By way of emphasis, Himanshu quotes Gartner, who state that “80 percent of social business efforts will not achieve the intended benefits due to inadequate leadership and an overemphasis on technology.” <b><a href="http://highq.com/enterprise-collaboration-news-february-2014-round/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-47138145427045966032014-03-05T05:47:00.000-08:002014-03-05T05:47:48.361-08:00How to stay focussed by centralising your notifications<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When you’re busy, you want to keep your focus and make sure
everything runs as smoothly as possible. When you’re getting emails
here, LinkedIn InMails there, instant messages, phone calls, post-it
notes and – god forbid – faxes from every direction, you are at risk of
getting distracted from what you’re doing.<br />
Whether you’re trying to find a handwritten note in a stack of paper
or can’t remember if someone shared important information with you in an
email or an instant message, it is time consuming to search through all
your notifications and communication channels to find it.<br />
<br />
Keeping all your notifications in one place will help you to keep
your focus. Instead of alerts interrupting your train of thought, you
can use your enterprise collaboration platform to
manage your notifications for you. You’ll be able to search and find
just the right piece of information exactly when you need it, rather
than scouring through many message silos to find what you’re looking
for <b><a href="http://highq.com/stay-focussed-centralising-notifications/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-61752252985133161602014-03-04T00:39:00.001-08:002014-03-04T00:39:44.006-08:00Stuck at home due to the tube strike? HighQ Collaborate keeps you working<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We’re headquartered in London, and today we’re in the midst of tube
chaos as Transport for London staff hold a two-day strike. Londoners are
struggling to get in to work, stuck on buses, queuing outside stations,
or waiting in hour-long lines for taxis.<br />
For those who have tried and failed to make it into work this
morning, having regretfully given up after seeing the hopeless crowds
attempting to make any kind of Central-ward motion (Boris bike stands
empty, overground train platforms packed), working from home is the last
option.<br />
Even this causes disruptions to working folks’ day, as many
businesses are not geared for home workers. For companies where all
documents are hosted locally, email is the only way to communicate with
the office and this relies on at least one poor soul to have made it in
through the chaos to be able to email files to demanding colleagues.<br />
Without the physical presence of the team, meetings must be
cancelled, client catch ups must be postponed, and projects must be
delayed. The tube strike isn’t just a mere irritation to thousands of
commuters, but in fact causes thousands of pounds of losses in
productivity for businesses across the capital <b><a href="http://highq.com/stuck-home-due-tube-strike-chaos-carry-normal-highq-collaborate/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-25670338958788562372014-02-28T00:48:00.003-08:002014-02-28T00:48:59.127-08:00Adding value with HighQ Diligence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Back in September 2013 I wrote a blog announcing the launch of our latest product, HighQ Diligence.
This generated a lot of interest from our existing clients but also
from firms we haven’t partnered with just yet. In the past few months
we’ve been extremely busy showing the product to over 40 organisations
and so far the reaction has been excellent. We’ve shown the product to
the following industries, in the UK, Europe and North America:<br />
<ol><ol>1. Law firms</ol>
</ol>
<ol><ol>2. Banks</ol>
</ol>
<ol><ol>3. Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) providers</ol>
</ol>
<ol><ol>4. Accountancy practices</ol>
</ol>
What’s been really interesting is that we’ve discovered a number of
additional benefits and use cases that the product can generate, and so I
thought I’d write about some of these in this piece. I end with an
insight into what we’re considering might be in store for due diligence
and our product in the future.<br />
<h2>
Quick recap</h2>
We designed and built HighQ Diligence in conjunction with several
large law firms to address the common pain points firms experience when
undertaking due diligence exercises for clients. The product has been
built to make due diligence review exercises more efficient,
transparent, less prone to errors and more standardised within a firm.
We also built a document engine which at the click of a button creates a
firm’s house style due diligence report, saving vast amounts of time
and money, allowing law firms to report back to clients much faster. So
overall, the product is all about saving money (on billable hours lost
in inefficiencies) and providing a much better service to clients with
faster and more accurate due diligence reports <b><a href="http://highq.com/adding-value-with-highq-diligence/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-7637218185968181012014-02-26T00:27:00.003-08:002014-02-26T00:27:41.601-08:00A day in the life of HighQ: Head of Operations EMEA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<em>In the first of a new series of blog posts revealing how we at
HighQ use our own system, Sebastiaan Bos, our Head of Operations EMEA,
tells us how he uses HighQ Collaborate to stay in touch with our global team and the clients he works with most closely.</em><br />
I am based in HighQ’s Netherlands office in Amsterdam
(Schiphol-Rijk). From the Dutch office we work together with the all
global regions: London, India, Australia and the USA, and on a daily
basis I stay in contact with them through HighQ Collaborate.<br />
As we’re such a global company it’s really important that we stay in
constant communication, otherwise it’s easy to get left behind.
Collaborate helps us to become “spiders in a web” as we say in Dutch –
it connects each of us together within one network and when we’re all
using one platform it makes our lives easier.<br />
I spend a lot of my spare time checking the activity stream on
Collaborate. I use it as a replacement for checking my inbox and
catching up on the latest news and updates from our global offices. My
email is reduced to client emails, and I do the rest of my internal
communication through Collaborate. I interact with my colleagues largely
through the activity stream, as I will read their microblogs, comment
on their files or pages, and like their updates <b><a href="http://highq.com/day-life-highq-head-operations-emea/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-64475747216902042742014-02-22T02:13:00.003-08:002014-02-22T02:13:55.015-08:003 ways HR teams can use HighQ Collaborate<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Human resources and learning and development teams understand the
value of an organisation’s network. It is their mission to instil the
company culture to new recruits. They ensure that the company makes the
most of its most valuable asset, its people.<br />
HR teams are looking to the benefits of secure and social enterprise
technology, such as HighQ Collaborate, to help them manage this process.
It’s vital that organisations attract, keep and develop the best
talent. Here are three ways HR teams can use HighQ Collaborate to help
them make the most of their network.<br />
<h2>
Writing and sharing policies and employee handbooks</h2>
Employee handbooks and company policies are an essential part of on
boarding new employees and reinforcing the rights of existing employees <b><a href="http://highq.com/3-ways-hr-teams-can-use-highq-collaborate/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-42852965926744020272014-02-19T03:33:00.003-08:002014-02-19T03:33:49.894-08:00Are paperless meetings possible? We think so.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Team meetings can take up a lot of time. Certainly at HighQ, we’re in
and out of meeting rooms for much of the day, catching up on where
we’re at with our global teams or brainstorming ideas for product
updates or marketing strategies.<br />
<br />
Usually, team meetings mean everyone traipsing into a meeting room
with their own pad of paper and pen, each taking note of what actions
they need to take or doodling their way through a particularly dull team
meeting. The problem with this is that some people don’t bother to take
notes, other people aren’t good at note taking, and the ones who are
competent note-takers don’t tend to circulate the information among the
team afterwards.<br />
<br />
If there’s a document for discussion in the meeting, print-outs need
to be made, and sometimes particularly diligent meeting-holders print
out copies of their slide deck too <b><a href="http://highq.com/paperless-meetings-possible-think/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-58517705705201564482014-02-13T03:39:00.000-08:002014-02-13T03:39:34.430-08:00Tuesday Tip: Mobile optimisation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="entry-content">
<em><i>Our Tuesday Tip blog posts give you some quick tips and
tricks that help you make the most of HighQ Collaborate. Get more tips
in our <a href="http://highq.com/tag/tuesday-tip/">Tuesday Tip archive</a></i><i>.</i></em><br />
<h2>
Mobile optimisation</h2>
HighQ Collaborate is designed to work on mobile devices as well as
computers. It features a mobile responsive design that adjusts itself
based on the device being used.<br />
<a href="http://highq.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/17.1.1.6-tuesday-image_0005_Mobile-optimised.png"><img alt="HighQ Collaborate on a mobile" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7489" height="297" src="http://highq.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/17.1.1.6-tuesday-image_0005_Mobile-optimised.png" width="660" /></a><br />
As the display size shrinks and changes (say switching from landscape
to portrait view), the amount of information shown is altered,
prioritising certain parts of a page over others by ‘hiding’ some
information which can be accessed again easily.<br />
Elements of the site are bigger to support the use of a finger
instead of a mouse. And the Top Navigation Bar remains universally
available, so it’s incredibly easy to move around the site.<br />
<h3>
Do you access Collaborate from a mobile? Share your tips in the comments!</h3>
</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-1507270213750471682014-02-12T01:49:00.005-08:002014-02-12T01:49:55.674-08:00Enterprise collaboration news: January 2014 round-up<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The first month of 2014 has seen enterprise collaboration news full
of suggestions for how organisations can work to improve their
operations and make the most of their existing resources.<br />
<h2>
Leveraging organisations’ networks</h2>
Knowledge sharing and talent management have been big news this
month, as enterprises look to make improvements and investments in the
year ahead. In his article for Forbes, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardlawler/2014/01/15/what-should-hr-leaders-focus-on-in-2014/#" rel="“nofollow”">What should HR leaders focus on in 2014?</a>, Edward
Lawler explains that the main focus for most organisations this
year should be on talent management and talent development, which Edward
says is “becoming more critical as many organisations are doing much
more complex, knowledge-based work and operating globally”. It’s
essential that enterprises have the tools to do this, and knowledge
management systems such as <a href="http://highq.com/products/collaborate">HighQ Collaborate</a> will prove increasingly helpful.<br />
As well as managing and leveraging the human network of
organisations, it is also vital that employees are connected to one
another and the organisation read more at <b><a href="http://highq.com/enterprise-collaboration-news-january-2014-round/">http://highq.com/enterprise-collaboration-news-january-2014-round/</a></b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-81522074482972526562014-02-07T04:37:00.001-08:002014-02-07T04:37:17.948-08:00Still using eRoom? Here’s why you need an alternative.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Many organisations still use eRoom. These companies may well have
been early adopters of document management and file sharing platforms
who have failed to update their systems over the years. Or perhaps they
don’t realise there are better options out there. Perhaps they’re afraid
of disrupting the way the organisation runs by implementing a new
system now after all this time.<br />
However, there are many reasons why companies really ought to seek out a alternative to eRoom.<br />
<h2>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDiITQYRhOs3VMnTGmNvBCc9E0lwto6vY4Nk7lbdZnhZuy06VvXE7ygf6wdjRaaHgOq8NMs3IBVn6Zo48Imb6RWQ9jS9VcsEBzeeLAE9VqPAO2xVRjb1u-koYmp8kEonIw4BbMsu6JVc/s1600/eroom-alternative.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDiITQYRhOs3VMnTGmNvBCc9E0lwto6vY4Nk7lbdZnhZuy06VvXE7ygf6wdjRaaHgOq8NMs3IBVn6Zo48Imb6RWQ9jS9VcsEBzeeLAE9VqPAO2xVRjb1u-koYmp8kEonIw4BbMsu6JVc/s1600/eroom-alternative.jpg" /></a>What’s the problem with eRoom?</h2>
One problem with eRoom is that it wasn’t built for complex user
set-ups and only offers basic user groups with simple permission sets.
Additionally, eRooms deployed on enterprise servers suffer from problems
with syncing, caused by flaws in the fundamental architecture of the
software.<br />
Aside from the problems with the way the system runs, eRoom also
requires hefty initial investment on hardware, software and antivirus as
well as eRoom licenses. Ongoing costs include server maintenance and
regular software upgrades.<br />
While these may be problems specific to eRoom, there are numerous
business problems that eRoom doesn’t begin to solve that its
alternatives do.<br />
<h2>
What should you look for in an alternative to eRoom?</h2>
<h3>
1. A cloud-based platform.</h3>
<strong></strong>The nature of work is changing. Increasing numbers
of companies are opening global offices or working with partners or
clients in different offices or cities. Cloud-based systems enable
individuals to share files and collaborate from anywhere in the world.
Information and files are not stored on shared drives, laptops or
inboxes, siloed and difficult to access. Instead, files can be securely
accessed from any device anywhere in the world by any user with the
correct permissions.<br />
<h3>
2. A web-based application.</h3>
<strong></strong>Rather than having to install software on individual
machines which requires regular manual updates to keep things running
smoothly, web-based platforms require no installation or set-up <b><a href="http://highq.com/still-using-eroom-heres-need-alternative/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-45504159091269297202014-01-31T04:40:00.000-08:002014-02-04T00:54:18.959-08:00Building ROI From Your Investment in HighQ Collaborate<div class="fb-share-button" data-href="http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/" data-width="200" data-type="button_count"></div>
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During <a href="http://highq.com/newsitem/highq-forum-unveils-biggest-ever-release-collaborate-3-0/" target="_blank">our forum in 2013</a> we established that many of our clients buy <a href="http://highq.com/products/collaborate" target="_blank">HighQ Collaborate</a> to address just one single issue of challenge, despite the flexibility of the platform. Our clients said that for them the top five use cases for Collaborate were the following:<br />
<br />
75% use HighQ Collaborate for secure file sharing<br />
64% use it for team collaboration<br />
64% use it for secure client extranets<br />
57% use it for virtual data rooms<br />
50% use Collaborate for client knowledge sharing<br />
It’s now the end of January 2014 and all but the last few clients have upgraded to <a href="http://highq.com/newsitem/highq-officially-launches-collaborate-3-the-perfect-blend-of-secure-file-sharing-and-social-collaboration-for-the-enterprise/" target="_blank">Collaborate 3</a> and importantly all those clients quickly realised that HighQ Collaborate wasn’t a one trick pony and could add tremendous value to their orgnaisation. Whether our clients purchased HighQ Collaborate for <a href="http://highq.com/use-cases/secure-file-sharing/" target="_blank">secure file transfer</a>, a white label <a href="http://highq.com/use-cases/virtual-data-room/" target="_blank">dataroom</a>, or to provide the latest generation of <a href="http://highq.com/use-cases/secure-client-extranets/" target="_blank">extranets</a> to their clients, all have realised the untapped potential of their investment.<br />
<br />
Since upgrading to Collaborate 3 our clients are slowly coming to understand is that we’ve been working very hard behind the scenes bringing together a blend of those consumer grade solutions to the enterprise, a mobile optimised platform, an awesome user experience and that we’ve had you, the clients, in our thoughts along the way. The majority of us at HighQ have worked in or for law firms before. We know the challenges you face and importantly we are building solutions to help you address them. <b><a href="http://highq.com/building-roi-existing-investment-highq-collaborate/" target="_blank">Read More</a></b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-12739035021432688562014-01-30T01:49:00.002-08:002014-01-30T01:50:19.602-08:00Tuesday Tip: Private Messages<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our Tuesday Tip blog posts give you some quick tips and tricks that help you make the most of HighQ Collaborate. Get more tips in our Tuesday Tip archive.<br />
<br />
<b>Private messages</b><br />
<br />
You can send and receive private messages in <a href="http://highq.com/products/collaborate" target="_blank">HighQ Collaborate.</a><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZS_fAX-9VawcY5FWqRoqxpSWYuwOSg6vShmQ1PINky3qogl8MEMFt9lKK9g_rA0zbiDQeHjmdaLoscAG9KWdrEFRJzwcvpsDWRdVJOJ6_U_avcWjm9XtbKYOOGSGFksFcnpUBQ5pl2yI/s1600/highq.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZS_fAX-9VawcY5FWqRoqxpSWYuwOSg6vShmQ1PINky3qogl8MEMFt9lKK9g_rA0zbiDQeHjmdaLoscAG9KWdrEFRJzwcvpsDWRdVJOJ6_U_avcWjm9XtbKYOOGSGFksFcnpUBQ5pl2yI/s1600/highq.png" height="180" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
Create and access your private messages using the Private Message button on the right of the Top Navigation Bar.<br />
<br />
Click on the icon and a drop down menu showing your recent messages will appear (unread messages are shown in blue).<br />
<br />
Compose a message from here by clicking the New Message button, or click on the See all… link to access the full Private Message module. You can choose to receive online and email notifications when you are sent a private message.<br />
<br />
Do you use private messages? Share your tips in the comments!<br />
<br />
<b>Source : http://highq.com/tuesday-tip-private-messages/</b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-85799192136867122022014-01-29T05:32:00.002-08:002014-01-29T05:35:05.784-08:00Seven Ways Group Tasks Help You Keep Track of Projects<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
You might be working on multiple projects at once, working on one with multiple components, or maybe just working on a small project – either way, having a place to keep your thoughts organised, keep your team up to date, and to use as a reference point for information is invaluable. The Tasks module in <a href="http://highq.com/products/collaborate/" target="_blank">HighQ Collaborate</a> is a useful tool for organising your project and keeping your group tasks on track.<br /><br />No matter what you’re working on or how many people you’re working with, here are seven ways group tasks will help with your projects:<br /><br /><b>1. Tasks help you keep track of what you and your team members are doing</b><br /><br />All tasks stay visible within your team’s collaboration site, which means that you can always keep an eye on the status of your own tasks and those of colleagues and team members. As the task list is collaborative, everyone can see and add to task lists, and it is easy to quickly see overdue tasks, and filter tasks by assignee or due date. When tasks have been completed, they appear on the task list marked as complete, so it is easy to see what has been done and what is outstanding.<br /><br /><b>2. Tasks keep all relevant information in one place</b><br /><br />What is so great about using group tasks to organise projects is the ability to keep everything associated with the project in one place. You can attach files to tasks and link to wiki pages and blog posts which makes it even easier to carry out the task once you start. If you assign a task to someone else, you can attach all the relevant information that they will need to complete it. <b><a href="http://highq.com/seven-ways-group-tasks-help-keep-track-projects/" target="_blank">Read More</a></b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-40885128610813884302014-01-25T05:00:00.001-08:002014-01-25T05:00:46.330-08:00How could your law firm use Collaborate?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Collaboration platforms are designed to help law firms perform
better, forge relationships with clients, and share information between
colleagues. Here’s how a few of our law firm clients use <a href="http://highq.com/products/collaborate">HighQ Collaborate</a> to solve their business problems and help them achieve more.<br />
<strong>Ian Rodwell, <a href="http://www.linklaters.com/" rel="“nofollow”" target="popup">Linklaters</a></strong><br />
“We use HighQ Collaborate to share content with a number of external
parties, primarily our clients and also our alliance firms as well, so
we see it as a <a href="http://highq.com/use-cases/secure-file-sharing/" target="popup">secure way of sharing</a> quite
confidential materials with a number of third parties that we deal
with. Having the product range from HighQ has really helped establish
ourselves in that market, and I think it’s also demonstrated to people
internally the art of the possible, and seeing how their content can be
delivered to clients - it’s encouraged them to produce more that we can
share.”<br />
<strong>Esther Albers, <a href="http://www.debrauw.com/" rel="“nofollow”" target="popup">De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek</a></strong><br />
“We use Collaborate as a document exchange platform for our clients.
It enables us to deepen our client relationships, and to deliver <a href="http://highq.com/use-cases/project-management/" target="popup">added value to our projects</a> that
we run with our clients. What we really like is that it enables us to
build real sites, both for ourselves for projects, and also with our
clients to exchange know-how, legal alerts and events information.”<br />
<strong>Mark Gould, <a href="http://www.addleshawgoddard.com/" rel="“nofollow”" target="popup">Addleshaw Goddard</a></strong><br />
“We’re using Collaborate primarily for real estate clients where they
serve institutional investors with panels relationships. It replaces a
lot of the <a href="http://highq.com/use-cases/enterprise-social-networks/" target="popup">social tools</a> we
were thinking about implementing otherwise, so it saves us a lot of
money. Our clients find it particularly useful to have one site to go
to, so you might have a surveyor with several different firms he’s
working with, but to be able to go to just one site, to be able to deal
with documents on a whole range of different sites is great, it’s
useful.” <b><a href="http://highq.com/law-firm-use-collaborate/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>.</div>
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“Social” in the enterprise context means connecting people. It means
associating work, content, knowledge or data with the person who created
it. It means being able to see something that someone has done within a
collaboration platform and viewing their profile where you can see what
else they’ve done and get an idea of their field of expertise. Getting
to know the people that you work with <a href="http://highq.com/find-right-person-job-smart-expertise-location/">helps you to find right person</a>
with the right knowledge for the right job. Working social means that
knowledge sharing can become a side-effect of working. Everything
created within a social collaboration platform is visible to colleagues
who have access, so knowledge is instantly shared and information is
immediately communicated.<br />
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Social business, on the other hand, refers to the concept of
optimising the way an organisation runs in order to benefit its entire
ecosystem, from owners to employees to clients. This is done by
instilling a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing and open
communication throughout the business. The goal of this is to become
more effective as an organisation, help people get their work done, and
leverage human capital in order to ultimately become a more successful
company <b><a href="http://highq.com/step-step-guide-getting-business-working-social/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-56271095131656801762014-01-17T04:50:00.000-08:002014-01-17T04:50:01.966-08:00A simple guide to easy project management<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Project managers, how do you currently schedule your project
timelines? Most likely you create a spread sheet or Gantt chart with
each of your milestones mapped out. These charts are extremely useful in
apportioning time and resource to each element of a project, as well as
being able to estimate completion dates for each element and the
project as a whole.<br />
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However, they hold a vast amount of information that can be difficult
for someone who isn’t deeply involved in project management to follow.
These individual documents are often held in one place which isn’t
easily accessible for everyone involved in the project or those on the
outside, and when milestones inevitably changes, it is difficult to
communicate the updated time schedule to everyone involved.<br />
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Instead of struggling to communicate a complex schedule to many people on your own, you can use your <a href="http://highq.com/products/collaborate/" target="popup">enterprise social collaboration</a> platform’s Events module to do it for you.<br />
But how exactly can you use the Events module to boost visibility and transparency of your project milestones and help you with <a href="http://highq.com/use-cases/project-management/" target="popup">project management</a>? <b><a href="http://highq.com/simple-guide-easy-project-management/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-45767864395249583432014-01-15T23:34:00.000-08:002014-01-15T23:34:28.753-08:00Find the right person for the job with smart expertise location<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
“Mr A meet Mr B, he has what you need.”<br />
An online system which can make the above statement happen has the capability for expertise location.<br />
There are multiple online systems in place which help people to find
other people with specific expertise. All of these systems start with
individuals’ details and aggregate information in a way that is
searchable and findable.<br />
A People Directory (a Who’s Who) is considered one of the most
important resources within an enterprise. Consumer social tools like
LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter also serve as an important way of finding
people that you know or people you want to know. In fact, these online
systems have become global directories of contacts and relationships.<br />
The way each of these social tools manages contacts is different
depending on their area of focus. For example, LinkedIn focuses on
professional contacts whereas Facebook focuses on social contacts.<br />
Social software has matured in the past few years. However, companies
are still not fully capitalising on the skills available within the
organisation. As <a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203946904574302032097910314?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052970203946904574302032097910314.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop">this Wall Street Journal article</a> rightly points out:<br />
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Talk about a waste! Because of an inability to tap
expertise, problems go unsolved, new ideas never get imagined, employees
feel underutilized and underappreciated <b><a href="http://highq.com/find-right-person-job-smart-expertise-location/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>.</blockquote>
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According to the McKinsey Global Institute report <a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/high_tech_telecoms_internet/the_social_economy" rel="“nofollow"" target="popup">The social economy: Unlocking value and productivity through social technology</a>, which uses IDC data, workers spend 28 per cent of their time reading, writing or responding to email.<br />
If you took email away from lawyers they would feel less productive
and isolated. This feeling would be a genuine reaction because over the
last ten years Outlook has become the hub of productivity (ironically). I
wrote about the changing role of email in business <a href="http://highq.com/the-changing-role-of-email-in-a-social-business/" target="popup">here</a>. I guess you could say that a loss of productivity would be true of most people to begin with, however change is a-coming.<br />
Now, I’m not saying that email is going to be die, because it won’t.
It will always have a place in business, but perhaps more aligned to
what it was designed to do. I firmly believe that much of the
communication that happens over email can be considered a burden on an
individual’s productivity and reduces an organisations ability to
leverage its human network because it is mis-used as a tool.<br />
What are my issues with email?<br />
1. I am forced to action every item. This is a burden, even when it is a simple delete action.<br />
2. Email is inherently insecure and you have no control over a message once it has been sent.<br />
3. My mailbox is a information silo. This reduces discoverability and encourages a poor sharing culture.<br />
4. It limits my ability to find information or experts because I have to know who to ask a question of.<br />
5. Reply all. Need I say more?<br />
So what are the alternatives? There are many out there but a secure enterprise collaboration platform like <a href="http://highq.com/products/collaborate/" target="popup">HighQ Collaborate</a> (shameless
plug) provides all the tools required to enhance many of the existing
work practices that exist within law firms. Whether that be sharing a
file securely with a client, creating a knowledge community, managing
your matters or just encouraging a connected organisation.<br />
So you have identified the type of technology (and I’m making the
assumption it will work), but how do we reduce the dependance on email? <b><a href="http://highq.com/breaking-addiction-email-tough-possible/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08063117241971574364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261059576902621833.post-5274512260135681852013-12-18T01:59:00.003-08:002013-12-18T01:59:26.434-08:00Five reasons why secure collaboration will help your law firm merger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Last week Lawrence Graham and Wragge <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/wragge--co-agrees-lawrence-graham-merger-in-historic-deal-8998467.html" rel="“nofollow"">tied the knot</a>
to create a £170m firm Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co. Mergers are all
the craze. Everyone’s doing it…! It’s been a tricky five years for most
law firms with many going out of business including some big names like
<a href="http://www.thelawyer.com/cobbetts-seeks-buyer-as-administrators-are-called-in/1016723.article" rel="“nofollow"">Cobbetts</a> and <a href="http://www.thelawyer.com/news/people/cuts-and-redundancies/revealed-challinors-files-notice-to-appoint-administrators/3007800.article" rel="“nofollow"">Challinors</a>. One way that law firms are fighting back is through mergers.<br />
In fact, law firm mergers have been en vogue for a number of years,
so much so that it’s most likely that many law firm management teams
have already had meaningful discussions about or had actually completed a
merger in the last two or three years, and many more are expected to
happen. A 2013 <a href="http://www.pwc.co.uk/business-services/law-firms/overview-2013-annual-law-firms-survey.jhtml" rel="“nofollow"">survey by PWC</a> found that 83% of the top 25 UK law firms believe a merger is very or fairly likely by 2016 <b><a href="http://highq.com/5-reasons-secure-collaboration-will-help-law-firm-merger/" target="_blank">read more</a></b>. </div>
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