Make Meetings Matter - yaM (Yet Another Meeting)

Noticed a banner add for yaM and thought I'd share this web-based service with you.  

Their short promo video is probably the best way to kick things off.

The highlights for me are:

• The realtime abilty to collectively create and confirm the meeting agenda.
• Collaborative note taking.
• A priorities analysis tool to graphically rank your projects based on their importance and urgency.
• A collaborative SWOT analysis tool.
• A pros and cons brainstorming whiteboard.
• A meeting minutes creation tool.
• Other tools to enable a cost benefits analysis, product analysis and consensus development.
• Integrates with Outlook and can work alongside Skype and WebEx.

Comments

[J. K. K.]

Hi Tim,

Just commented on your other post about the apps that make use of the five dimensions theory and couldn't help but notice this post as well.

How do you think that yaM would stack up against bigger competitor services, such as the Google Apps suite that pretty much does all the same things? What does yaM have to offer that Google doesn't already offer?

[Tim Drewitt]

I think it comes down to how the suite of apps is packaged together and whether it was built with a firm goal in mind, or evolved over time. This explains why it can take groups some time to finally settle on a tool, having dabbled with a number along the way. Some groups will value a tightly integrated package with seamless joins between the component parts; others will like the fact that the different parts can also stand alone. Some applications will suit a particular workflow better than others, especially those that are hard-coded; whilst others can be deployed in flexible configurations. It's sometimes a tough call given the explosion in Web 2.0 technologies.