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Strategies for VTThe 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

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Friendsourcing- Last Tuesday, I asked about a web designer for a project. I got back 14 emails in 10 minutes from different sources on Twitter.

Direct People to Good Causes- I’ve seen plenty of posts of someone doing a walk for hunger or a collection for diabetes.

Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007 Getting Rich off Those Who Work for Free By Justin Fox

"The question for the past decade was, Is this real?" says Yale law professor Yochai Benkler. "The question for the next half-decade is, How do you make this damned thing work?" Benkler is a leading prophet of today's gift economy

he proposed in his 1902 book, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, that the survival of animal species and much of human progress depended on the tendency to help others.

At the same time, a recent InformationWeek survey of IT departments are showing considerably wariness for doing the same thing inside the firewall with employees, with over half being either skeptical or wary of the utility of Web 2.0 apps in the enterprise.  The biggest concerns: Security, little expertise with Web 2.0 products, integration issues, and unclear ROI top the list.

  Another probably contributor to the increasing use of customer-facing Web 2.0 applications by large organizations is simple competitive pressure.  This is something that IT departments have only recently started facing in a serious fashion with outsourcing and other budget diversions in the enterprise as business units decide that they can do better by pitting their internal IT suppliers with external ones.

How is a Community Built Through Social Capital? > What is social capital? Why is it important in building a community? A group of researchers present a "ladder of community building" that shows how strong communities are built up from the social capital contained in face-to-face interactions. >

Mindomo is a versatile Web-based mind mapping tool, delivering the capabilities of desktop mind mapping software in a Web browser - with no complex software to install or maintain. Create, edit mind maps, and share them with your colleagues or your friends. Mindomo brings clarity to your ideas by taking advantage of the right side of your brain, which is specialized in activities that are visual, creative, and intuitive.

Mugshot makes it easy to keep up with what your friends are doing online at different sites, all in one place.