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Enterprise Collaboration Enables New Ways of Doing Business
7th March 2014

As part of the FreePint Topic Series: The Social Enterprise, Ben Wightwick looks at factors to consider when reviewing enterprise collaboration solutions and some of the influencing trends associated with social business and the future of work.

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FT Newslines - Bringing Current Affairs into the Curriculum
5th March 2014

FT Newslines offers a "virtual classroom" allowing students and professors to annotate articles from the Financial Times (FT), submit comments and share them with their own class and other schools. Sophie Alexander finds out how the tool makes it easy to incorporate FT content into the curriculum.

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FreePint Subscription for Vendors
5th March 2014

Information product vendors who subscribe to FreePint also benefit from a variety of other advantages, Ann Marie Plankey explains how these range from vendor-specific Community of Practice calls to sponsorship options.

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Embedding Collaborative Thinking in Everyday Processes
3rd March 2014

The FreePint Topic Series: The Social Enterprise now moves its focus to gamification in the enterprise, embedding "social" in the process, and how to use SharePoint 2013 more effectively. Shimrit Janes highlights recent and upcoming content in the series.

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Keeping an Open Mind on Gamification
3rd March 2014

Gamification is, perhaps, the buzzword de jour, and for some this is off-putting. However it is worth trying to consider its potential by getting gamification into perspective. It is a design tactic which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't, depending on what it is being used for and the specifics of the design.

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Biopharma Expertise from F1000Prime
28th February 2014

The best articles in biological and medical research are handpicked by experts to appear in F1000Prime's database. Yulia Aspinall highlights two of the key features which help to generate more opportunities for innovation in biopharmaceutical research and development.

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Dig Deeper into Social Media Monitoring with Digimind Social
27th February 2014

Social media monitoring products vary considerably in terms of their capabilities in areas such as analysis, reporting and real-time results. Aileen Marshall highlights the best features of Digimind Social.

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Face-to-Face with FreePint
27th February 2014

Keeping track of new products and services is essential - find out how FreePint's Community of Practice (CoP) sessions, reviews and Topic Series can help you stay on top of developments. Upcoming CoP sessions offer the opportunity to discuss how to determine the value of information investments, and the state of the industry as regards product development. Tools which allow PR professionals to monitor social media are also under the spotlight in the next couple of months.

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My Favourite Tipples from an Engineering Specialist
27th February 2014

Mark Burnard manages a team of manufacturing engineers for a global designer and manufacturer of heavy vehicle axles and ancillary systems. He shares his favourite tipples.

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Choosing Your Social Media Monitoring Tool
26th February 2014

Social media monitoring is a big area of focus for many buyers of information services. Chris Porter introduces upcoming FreePint articles and reviews on social media monitoring tools and related services covering a range of information-intensive job roles, from researchers, competitive intelligence managers and public relations professionals to customer service and consumer marketing teams.

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