• Hold an initial face-to-face
  startup


• Have periodic face-to-face meetings,
  especially to resolve conflict and maintain team cohesiveness


• Establish a clear code of conduct or set of
  norms and protocols for behavior


• Recognize and reward performance


• Use visuals in communications


• Recognize that most communications will be
  non-verbal -- use caution in tone and language

Strategies for VT
The following tips come from research into virtual teamwork.

• Hold an initial face-to-face startup
• Have periodic face-to-face meetings, especially to resolve conflict and maintain team cohesiveness
• Establish a clear code of conduct or set of norms and protocols for behavior
• Recognize and reward performance
• Use visuals in communications
• Recognize that most communications will be non-verbal -- use caution in tone and language

• To link to other people’s calendars: In the Calendar tab ->
  Right click an open space -> New Calendar

• This brings up a “create new calendar” dialog box
  
  
  
  • Click the “remote” button and Next
  
  
  • Click the “WebDav” Button enter the location: https://www.box.net/dav/calendar/persons_name.ics
    (see the list)
  
  
  • If you want to change the name do so in the space provided. You
    can also change the background color for this calendar’s entries
  
  
  • Click Next
  
  
  • Click Finish

Best Practices

Learn how the pros achieve higher productivity through enhanced collaboration.

• Attention Management - Reduce time wasted in the Inbox.


• CC to Wiki - Get around the curse of Reply-to-All.


• Collaborating on a non wiki page using a wiki page - Use the attachment feature to collaborate on presentation files, etc.


• Designing Spaces - Key considerations for creating new spaces.


• Developing a Public Blogging Strategy


• Distributed Document Review


• Gardening and Wiki gardening tips


• Index Pages - create starting points for navigation around topics of interest.


• Lightning Editing - how to co-edit a document with a collaborator


• Securing buy-in - getting others to shift perspectives on wikis


• Sparking participation at events


• Using the workspace as a document repository

Best Practices

Learn how the pros achieve higher productivity through enhanced collaboration
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  Attention Management
  > - Reduce time wasted in the Inbox


• 
  CC to Wiki
  >
  - Get around the curse of Reply-to-All.
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• 
  Collaborating on a non wiki page using a wiki page
  >
  - Use the attachment feature to collaborate on presentation files, etc.
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• 
  Designing Spaces
  >
  - Key considerations for creating new spaces.
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• 
  Developing a Public Blogging Strategy
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• 
  Distributed Document Review
  >


• 
  Gardening
  >
  and
  >
  Wiki gardening tips
  >


• 
  Index Pages
  >
  - create starting points for navigation around topics of interest.
  >


• 
  Lightning Editing
  >
  - how to co-edit a document with a collaborator
  >


• 
  Securing buy-in
  >
  - getting others to shift perspectives on wikis
  >


• 
  Sparking participation at events
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• 
  Using the workspace as a document repository
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• Doing a demo


• Create tagging structures - Develop a core list of tags for your wiki


• Wiki Structure - Create a page which outlines important elements of the wiki


• Stop creating Word documents - The first rule of integrating wikis effectively

See also Bonnes Pratiques for a chart of best practices and French translations.

Work organizations increasingly adopt shared electronic databases. However, employees' unwillingness to contribute to shared resources undermines the utility of such technologies. Current research is limited to either a utilitarian or normative perspective. To advance understanding in this area, this study proposes a three-dimensional framework. It includes the utilitarian and normative perspectives as two complementary dimensions in addition to a third collaborative dimension. Based on this framework, the study identifies three key organizational processes and advances an additive model to predict employees' willingness to contribute to shared electronic databases. An empirical test was conducted to assess the model in a large manufacturing organization. The test showed both significant overall effects of the model and significant main effects of each predictor variable. The article will discuss the findings and address both theoretical and practical implications.

Key Words: information sharing • collective action • organizational knowledge • knowledge management • collaboration • communities of practice • identification