Tools and Technology

EcoTone

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Tools and Technology

104 Spring St, Alexandria, TN, 37012, U.S
Tel: (615) 5291077, Mobile: (615) 2105350,
WebMaster: Mark Woodward

Building an online community is in many ways identical to the process of building a community in the real world. The heavy lifting is always in the growing and building process.

Much of what EcoTone does is to translate the process, and train company experts to be effective online mediators. In order to do this, we keep a very close eye on existing and emerging tools and technologies.

Discussion Boards

Probably the most mature, and best understood of the current tools, these systems are superbly suited to:

q	Bridging time zones

q	Threading conversation topics

q	Archiving discussions in a database for indexed reference and search.

q	Managing a large number of

Chats

Capture the excitement of real time interaction, and manage the discussion process. Best used for:

q	Brainstorming

q	Time sensitive announcements

Chat requires all members to be present at the same time, and is less suited to very large groups. It is however very

Blogs

The new player in this arena promises to be a force to reckon with. Powerful subscription and linking through RSS makes this a perfect tool for many internal and external applications.

Viruses, spam, and phishing has diminished some of the industrial strength aspects of email.

Blogs may well take over the applications previously delivered via mail.