Great Eight Countdown -- #7!

Microsoft launches SharePoint 2010 on May 12. And NewsGator is counting down the weeks with a rundown of SharePoint's new features...plus the "great eight" ways that NewsGator Social Sites goes above and beyond SharePoint 2010 to make your organization truly social. (Truth be told, we've been making SharePoint organizations social for years. Ask 2.1 million NewsGator Social Sites users.)

Here's #7 (remember, we're counting backwards)

On-Boarding/Welcome Kit
Getting employees started with social computing requires creating a good profile, connecting them to other people and groups, helping them understand their obligations and configuring their privacy settings. In SharePoint 2010, the most enthusiastic users find their profile tools, fill them out, and choose a level of visibility with which they are comfortable.

NewsGator Social Sites 2010’s on-boarding support goes above and beyond SharePoint 2010’s. Users are engaged with a step-by-step wizard that helps them create an information-packed profile with a great picture.  Perhaps more importantly, employees can easily build their network with colleague and community recommendations and decide what information to radiate out to their social graph. Companies can also choose to require agreement with terms and conditions around social computing to ensure users are aware of their obligations.  A great on-boarding process helps both new and existing employees get to great profiles and connections faster – and that means companies get to great value faster.

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