“New” Collaboration Tools

I went to a meeting with TAG Consulting this morning– a panel discussion on Collaboration.  Really interesting.  One panelist works with Sharepoint solutions, which I do myself.  Two other new tools demo’d today that I am going to take for a test ride are www.pbwiki.com and QTask.  The interface seemed easy and they seemed to really encourage collaboration.  Although these two tools were new to me, the reality is that most collaboration tools are new to most everyone.  Most of my experience has been with SharePoint although I have used some others on occasion.  BUT most users out there are still not in the collaboration tool arena.  YET the market and potential are huge!  Who doesn’t want to be more productive and cost effective?  BUT convincing some that using these tools is the answer usually is met with a bit of skepticism and resistance.  Check out these two tools along with me.  I will give you some more thoughts on these and collaboration in general in the upcoming days.  Happy collaborating!