We are pleased to share with you a number of new features for WizeHive:

Activity Window Threading: You may turn “threading” on in the activity window.  In this case replies will show along with their original note rather than separately on the main window.   As new replies are added (and the screen is at some point refreshed) the notes with the latest replies will bubble up to the top, similar to how Gmail works.    You can toggle threading on or off at your will and you can always see the thread without turning this on from the “view” link.

Inviting Others: We have made a small but useful change so that when you invite others to share a workspace you can now add a personal message to the email.

Printing ToDo Lists: In the past when you printed your todo list it would print what was on your screen. We have added an additional filtering option so once you choose to print tasks you can specify the same layout and selection criteria as shown on the screen (in case you want to change it for what you print).   We have also improved the layout of todo lists.   We don’t get too many people asking about printing but if you have other requests or suggestions here please let us know.

We are pleased to share that you can now login to WizeHive and/or signup for WizeHive without needing to create or use a WizeHive ID and password if you have and use a Google account.

When you come to the login screen simply click on “Login using your Google ID” and you will be able to go through the normal Google login process.    The first time through Google will ask if it is OK to let Google talk to WizeHive.   If you are already logged into Google you will be taken right in once you tell Google it is ok to associate your WizeHive account and your Google account.

I’ve collected some great stories from customers telling me how WizeHive helps them collaborate and manage their workflow.  Read the Success Stories – they may give you ideas about how online collaboration and project management can help you become more efficient and more productive.

The Haas Foundation has staff and volunteers all over the world. Using 31 workspaces, the executive director can facilitate collaboration amongst departments and all hands, and keep her hand on the pulse of all activities going on across the board.  Zig Marketing collaborates internally with different departments creating various campaigns and then communicates with their clients via dedicated, secure workspaces. The president of Tech9, an IT consulting firm, monitors his customers using dedicated workspaces and then tracks internal tickets with another workspace. At a glance, he can see everything going on both internally and with his clients. A copywriter collaborates with his graphic designer in one workspace and communicates with his own personal clients in another, while he’s working on launching a collaborative website for Jazz lovers in yet another. The Engineering and Manufacturing team at Novitá Technologies was able to shorten the production cycle for automotive original equipment from a year to an impressive ten days, thanks to WizeHive, which  allowed them to put together a fully comprehensive plan and execute it without losing a detail.

TechCrunch50 and DreamIt Ventures are using WizeHive in another way. Using the Applicant Manager version of WizeHive, they streamlined and organized their entire application process from acceptance to collaborative ranking to scheduling candidate interviews, saving a huge amount of time in reviewing and organizing their applications.

I hope this gives you some ideas for your projects and groups… please continue reaching out (fernATwizehive dot com) and letting me know how WizeHive helps you, or maybe how we CAN help you if you haven’t tried it out for yourself yet.

We have a handful of very useful upgradings coming tonight.

First and foremost is one that I’ve wanted for a long time…which is the ability to turn emails on or off on a workspace by workspace basis. So if you have 10 workspaces and you want to get emails for 7 of them but not for 3 of them you can do that now.

You still determine what emails you get on an account by account basis from the “Manage Accounts” link…but now you can determine whether you want them for one or more workspaces in two places.  First, you can set it from “Manage Workspace” as you can see below:

Alternatively from inside “Manage Accounts” you can click on “Personal Profile” and then to “list all” by the email address field to manage notifications on/off for individual workspaces.

Another very highly useful upgrade is the ability to now add files to existing messages and tasks. In the past you were able to upload or add a file to a new message only.   Now, if you have an existing message and you edit it, you can add files or images after the fact.    This also works for tasks… So if you have an existing task and want to add a file after the fact you can do so.

In addition, last release we added the calendar to the “ALL” workspace for those of you that have more than one workspace so you can see all calendar entries in one place.     As you can imagine, for accounts with multiple busy workspaces (like mine) there are a ton of items on the calendar and previously you had to click on the item and bring up a box to view information about what that item was.   Now a tool tip comes up when you hover over that item:

We still have a ton of new features coming soon.  Keep watching for updates!