A first look at the website and you think “Oh no not another social networking site! Haven’t we got enough of the existing ones? I already have an account with Facebook / MySpace and I am happy with it.”
This is the kind of feedback we received from most of our friends during the beta testing. Our reaction was to ask our friends to have a look again and just “not to judge a book by its cover”.
Firstly, this website is not about “social networking”, its about “Corporate Social Networking”. It natural for people to immediately compare it with LinkedIn but there again, it is not about building network with the outside world. The website’s primary focus is to get employees of a company together to share their thoughts, views, gossips, announcements, events, etc.
Lets say you heard a gossip going around your company “The bonus pool this year is reduced by 50%”, what do you do? Its no use discussing this with your friends and relatives that do not work in your organisation, as neither would they have a clue as to whether this is true or not nor would it be of great interest to them. This is where one needs to log on to CorporateGrapevine.
Each company has a Hot Talk section where members can share and spread corporate gossips. The user has the flexibility to post these by either disclosing or masking their identity. Each gossip can be discussed and rated as a fact or a bluff by other users of the Company.
"Because of flexibility of anonymous postings, people are encouraged to share all kinds of gossips on CorporateGrapevine without fear of being pointed out," explains Vishal. "The Hot Talk page is an easy way for the users to interact with each other and learn things they would not otherwise know."
Secondly, what do you do if you work onsite at a client’s place? How do you know what’s going on in your workplace back home? Are you able to keep updated on news such as is your past reporting manager still working or what happened to the office romance between Mr X and Mrs Y?
Thirdly, what do you do if you are still nostalgic about what’s going on in the first company that you ever worked for? Its said that the first company that you work for is like a kinder garden school, you always feel nostalgic and would want to know how your friends are and what’s going on in the organisation.
The website allows users to get membership access to public forums and restricted (private members only) forums for each of the companies that they subscribe to (an individual can join up to 3 companies).
So for those of you who had a look and didn’t join, I would request you to have a second look and if you still feel that it’s nothing new, then good luck!
Visit http://www.corporategrapevine.com/ to learn more and get connected to what’s going on in your organisation!
About CorporateGrapevine
CorporateGrapevine helps you connect through an invisible flow of gossips and rumours by weaving through all levels within an organisation. It is an online community of professionals who share gossips and their thoughts about anything and everything happening across organizations and industries. For more information, visit http://www.corporategrapevine.com/.
Contact:
Vishal, Co-Founder
vjajodia@corporategrapevine.com
or
Anshuman, Co-Founder
atripathy@corporategrapevine.com
Friday, 28 November 2008
CorporateGrapevine.com brings water-cooler chats live!
With the expansion of the corporate world with offices spanning across cities and countries, the scope of water cooler chats and corporate gossips are now limited to team members. This is further restricted if the team/individual is working offsite or is afraid of disclosing his identity while participating in these discussions.
Being a part of the expanding corporate world, there would have been times where you would have come across situation where you were the last to hear about office gossips such as mergers, job-cuts, office romance, new joinees, etc. or you had some hot news that you wanted to share it but were afraid to be the first one or be named.
To fill this gap, CorporateGrapevine launches the world's first corporate social networking website. This website allows user to get membership access to public forums and restricted (private members only) forums for each of the companies that they subscribe to.
Each company has a Hot Talk section where members can share and spread corporate grapevines, gossips, hear say etc. The user has the flexibility to post these by either disclosing or masking their identity. Each gossips can be discussed and rated by the other users of the Company as a fact or a bluff.
"Because of flexibility of anonymous postings, we encourage people to share all kinds of gossip on CorporateGrapevine," explains Vishal. "Hot Talk pages is an easy way for the users to interact with each other and learn things they would not otherwise know."
The Soft Talk section would act more like the corporate blackboard with everyday chit-chat, general discussions, news of interest or problem solving. The website also provides add-on functionalities such as corporate announcements, upcoming events, internal/external job postings and online document library.
CorporateGrapevine further extends the networking opportunities by allowing users, such as vendors, investors, past employees, prospective employees, professionals working on deputation, etc, to join up to 3 companies.
Unlike other social networking sites, CorporateGrapevine primary focus is on corporate social networking for employees within a company.
Visit http://www.corporategrapevine.com/ to learn more and get connected to what’s going on in your organisation!
About CorporateGrapevine
CorporateGrapevine helps you connect through an invisible flow of gossips and rumours by weaving through all levels within an organisation. It is an online community of professionals who share gossips and their thoughts about anything and everything happening across organizations and industries. For more information, visit http://www.corporategrapevine.com/.
Contact:
Vishal, Co-Founder
vjajodia@corporategrapevine.com
or
Anshuman, Co-Founder
atripathy@corporategrapevine.com
Being a part of the expanding corporate world, there would have been times where you would have come across situation where you were the last to hear about office gossips such as mergers, job-cuts, office romance, new joinees, etc. or you had some hot news that you wanted to share it but were afraid to be the first one or be named.
To fill this gap, CorporateGrapevine launches the world's first corporate social networking website. This website allows user to get membership access to public forums and restricted (private members only) forums for each of the companies that they subscribe to.
Each company has a Hot Talk section where members can share and spread corporate grapevines, gossips, hear say etc. The user has the flexibility to post these by either disclosing or masking their identity. Each gossips can be discussed and rated by the other users of the Company as a fact or a bluff.
"Because of flexibility of anonymous postings, we encourage people to share all kinds of gossip on CorporateGrapevine," explains Vishal. "Hot Talk pages is an easy way for the users to interact with each other and learn things they would not otherwise know."
The Soft Talk section would act more like the corporate blackboard with everyday chit-chat, general discussions, news of interest or problem solving. The website also provides add-on functionalities such as corporate announcements, upcoming events, internal/external job postings and online document library.
CorporateGrapevine further extends the networking opportunities by allowing users, such as vendors, investors, past employees, prospective employees, professionals working on deputation, etc, to join up to 3 companies.
Unlike other social networking sites, CorporateGrapevine primary focus is on corporate social networking for employees within a company.
Visit http://www.corporategrapevine.com/ to learn more and get connected to what’s going on in your organisation!
About CorporateGrapevine
CorporateGrapevine helps you connect through an invisible flow of gossips and rumours by weaving through all levels within an organisation. It is an online community of professionals who share gossips and their thoughts about anything and everything happening across organizations and industries. For more information, visit http://www.corporategrapevine.com/.
Contact:
Vishal, Co-Founder
vjajodia@corporategrapevine.com
or
Anshuman, Co-Founder
atripathy@corporategrapevine.com
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