LEARNING CAFE on Wednesday 5.9.

The virtual learning cafe took place in Flashmeeting.

The topic  discussed was "Benefits and obstacles of web 2.0 tools use in companies" 

Here you can find some comments about the tool we used (Flashmeeting)

 Notes: 

OBSTACLES

Here's some parts and conclusions on the learning cafe sessions. Notes by Eira Rosberg

1st session wed 5.9.2007 (20 minutes)

Monitoring irritates employees

Privacy

Documents online can be in danger even if behind a password

Technical experience lacking (older people especially)

2nd session:

How big companies can use web2 tools - it is easier in smaller companies

Company culture can be an obstacle

Only sertain people are trained to use electrical tools, digital people, higher educated people

Not all people have access to internet at all

Firms don't want to give up work travelling

Session 3:

Small companies need different tools

Technical difficulties are real even in bigger companies

Work is too hectic and people don't have time to be social

In bigger companies IT department gives the rules and employees cannot decide the tools themselves

In small companies there is less  institutional inertia towards the use of web2 tools

- Big benefits is in marketing and communicating with customers

- Course managements

- People can update same documents

- Marketing tools to how you give information and how you pick information

- Can handle bigger documents lower prices

- Users can quickly access information

- Allow different communication tools between companies and customers

- Web 2.0 technologies and tools will provide valuable product feedback and identifying marketing opportunities. Web 2.0 technologies allow businesses to create, customize and organize content on the web.

- International companies and other big companies can communicate more openly than with traditional means.

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