Day 2 Activity - Collaboration Tools

EVENT SCHEDULING TOOLS

Event scheduling is the activity of finding a suitable time for an event such as meeting, conference, trip, etc. It is an important part of event planning that is usually carried out at its beginning stage.

1. Doodle (http://doodle.com/)
Free service
Online
Features:
a. For private users / organisations
b. Basic features: schedule an event, make a choice
c. Poll option, calendar sync
d. Unlimited numbers of poll and participants
e. File upload (max. 100MB per poll)
f. Event address
g. Dashboard with poll initiated and participated
h. Identification: only you can change your vote

2. EMS Scheduling Software
- EMS software offers a full suite of facility scheduling and event calendaring solutions that empower any size organization with meeting or event space to maximize utilization, streamline communications and reduce operating costs.
- Free trial / Pay
- Windows, Web Based
- Online/Self Service
- Features:
a. schedule rooms and resources efficiently without double-booking
b. manage meetings and events
c. online calendars
d. schedule services like catering
e. manage your inventory of resources and equipment
f. handle the billing for every detail

3. Mimosa Scheduling Software
- Freeware / Downloadable
- Online
- Features:
a. User-friendliness
b. Free upgrades and free support.
c. Openness of the software allows you to move data easily to and from other applications via numerous Clipboard selections and the text file conversion tools.
d. Enormous capacity of Mimosa allows you to manage up to 300,000 timetables, 30 slots in a day of a 7-day week, 255 terms and over 8000 codes in a single small file.
e. Mimosa is slim and fast.
f. Flexible architecture enables Mimosa to fit for all types of users, very easily.
g. Professional approach will ensure that you can always find the right means for every task among its 600 menu selections, including also the efficient timetable optimization tools.
h. Several departments can use Mimosa simultaneously and automatically merge their files over a network, expanding its capacity even larger.

CHAT TOOLS

1. mIRC
- Support file sharing
- Online
- Commercial
- Multiuser chat

2. ICQ
- Multiuser chat
- Support file transfer

3. ChatZilla
- Free
- Open Source
- Support file transfer
- Online
- Multiuser chat

INSTANT MESSAGING TOOLS

1. Yahoo Messenger
- Support voip including voice and video conferencing
- Allow file sharing
- Online gaming between users
- Store chat history in user's PC
- Allow offline messaging
- Mobile support - SMS to mobile devices
- Interoperability with MSN

2. MSN
- Support voip including voice and video conferencing
- Allow file sharing- Online gaming between users
- Store chat history in user's PC
- Allow offline messaging
- Mobile support
- SMS to mobile devices

3. Gtalk
- Support voip including voice and video conferencing
- Allow file sharing
- Store chat history in user's emal
- Mobile support
- SMS to mobile devices