Abstract: Bidirectional or multidirectional cascading goals allow goal progress to roll up or downstream multiple levels in an organization. This means that goals from be assigned by higher-level employees to lower-level employees and lower-level employees to higher-level employees. The progress of contributing goals directly modifies the progress of all upward goals to reflect accurate progress of the overarching goal. Goals can be standalone goals, or contribute to other goals. A connection between goals may be made during the goal creation process or after both goals have been created.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing timelines of social network communications from social network feeds. A system accesses social network communications associated with a user of at least one social network and identifies a plurality of social network communications based on each respective communication being related to a same associated attribute. The system assigns a priority to each identified social network communication based on a corresponding number of social network references generated by social network account contacts and selects a first identified communication from a first social network based on its assigned priority and a second identified communication from a different social network based on its assigned priority.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatus, and methods for generating an information feed based on contextual data. User contextual data associated with a user is retrieved. The user contextual data identifies entities associated with the user. Data objects may be identified based on the retrieved user contextual data. Data object contextual data associated with the data objects may be retrieved. Feed items may be generated based on the data objects and the retrieved data object contextual data. A weight associated with each of the feed items may be generated. The weight may be generated based on the retrieved user contextual data and the retrieved data object contextual data. An information feed including at least some of the feed items may be generated. The information feed may arrange the at least some of the feed items based on the generated weight associated with each of the at least some of the feed items.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a public collaborative interface for private computer networks. A system receives a domain name that enables users associated with the domain name to subscribe to a private network group, wherein the domain name differs from a domain name for the private network group. The system outputs a network feed from a user of the private network group to a display device associated with a user associated with the domain name in response to a determination that the user associated with the domain name is subscribed to the private network group. The system outputs a network feed from the user associated with the domain name to display devices associated with users of the private network group in response to a determination that the user associated with the domain name is subscribed to the private network group. The received domain name can be an email address.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described to intelligently determine adjusted real time probabilities that various task assignments will be completed by corresponding deadlines and, therefore, whether an overall team objective that the various tasks are designed, in the aggregate, to achieve. Determinations may be based in part on recent computing activity associated with data files of individual tasks. In particular, data files that correspond to individual tasks may be flagged as such by a service provider that may then track computer based activity such as increased data size of files or increased frequency of save event. By tracking which do not have a predetermined level of computing activity with regard to associated data files these tasks may be identified and resolved.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for navigating display sequence maps. A system outputs, to a display device, content views in response to receiving requests for content views via a user interface. At least one of the content views may include a link that enables navigation to another one of the content views. Each of the content views may be a revision to content of another one of the content views. The system outputs, to the display device, a hierarchical representation of a sequence in which the content views were displayed in response to receiving a request for the hierarchical representation via the user interface. The hierarchical representation includes visual representations corresponding to the content views. The system outputs, to the display device, a selected one of the content views in response to a selection of the one of the visual representations corresponding to the content views from the hierarchical representation.

Abstract: A method for planning a meeting in a cloud computing environment is disclosed. The method embodiment includes receiving by a server a meeting configuration file including information identifying a meeting, a plurality of meeting collaborators, and/or a plurality of meeting participants. When the meeting configuration file is received, the server is configured to generate a virtual planning space associated with the meeting and located in a cloud computing environment, to transmit a message to the plurality of meeting collaborators that includes an invitation to collaborate in the meeting via the virtual planning space, and to receive an indication to load planning content that includes at least one data object. In response to receiving the indication, the server associates the planning content with the virtual planning space so that the planning content is accessible by the meeting collaborators via the virtual planning space in the cloud computing environment.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing timelines of network feeds. A system accesses network feeds associated with at least one social network. The system identifies a set of network feeds based on an associated name, keyword, calendar date, and/or geographic location. The system outputs, to a display device, a chronological representation of the set of network feeds based on calendar dates associated with the set of network feeds. The system can supplement the chronological representations of network feeds with additional network feeds associated with other network users.

Abstract: A method for presenting a meeting in a cloud computing environment is disclosed. The method embodiment includes providing by a server a virtual planning space in a cloud computing environment, wherein the virtual planning space is associated with a meeting and is associated with planning content comprising data objects loaded by a plurality of meeting collaborators. The method also includes receiving by the server an indication to launch the meeting, and in response, generating a virtual meeting room associated with the meeting and an identifier for the virtual meeting room. Thereafter, the server is configured to transmit a message to a plurality of meeting participants that includes an invitation to attend the meeting and the identifier for the virtual meeting room, and to present meeting content comprising at least one data object of the planning content to the meeting participants via the virtual meeting room.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for prioritizing a plurality of network feeds based on a corresponding number of social network references. A system accesses network feeds associated with at least one social network. The system identifies a plurality of network feeds based on associated names, keywords, calendar dates, and/or geographic locations. The system outputs, to a display device, a first chronological representation of a first set of network feeds based on calendar dates associated with the first set of network feeds and a second chronological representation of a second set of network feeds based on calendar dates associated with the second set of network feeds. The system can supplement the chronological representations of network feeds with additional network feeds associated with other network users.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for human resources value recommendations. A system identifies a department of multiple departments in an enterprise for adding value. The system identifies a change in human resources in the department that meets a value threshold based on an estimated benefit and an estimated cost associated with the change in human resources. The system outputs, via a user interface, a recommendation for the change in human resources.

Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to providing personalized experience to viewers of online social profiles. In particular, it relates to creating person-specific personas of a user's online social profiles to be viewed by respective persons in the user's online social networks based on shared interests. The person-specific personas prominently display content selected from a user's profile that is determined to be of interest to the particular persons viewing the profiles. The technology disclosed also relates to enhancing user experience to viewers of online social profiles. In particular, it relates to creating person-oriented personas of online social profiles of users for respective persons in users' online social networks based on shared interests. The person-oriented personas supply augmenting content from sources external to the online social networks, which is determined to be of interest to the particular persons viewing the profiles.

Abstract: A method for identifying an influencer of a brand is disclosed. The method embodiment includes scanning social media objects published by at least one social networking entity to identify a first social media object posted by a first user and relating to a brand associated with a product, an enterprise, a service, a person, a concept, and/or a trackable object. The social media objects include messages, video and audio clips, and/or image files posted by a plurality of users. The method also includes calculating a brand influence score for the first user based on a plurality of influence factors. The brand influence score for the first user is compared to a threshold influence score, and the first user is identified as a brand influencer when the first user's brand influence score is greater than the threshold influence score.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for optimizing compensation allocations, and in particular, spiff allocations. With a limited budget, embodiments calculate optimized allocations or distributions of the budget to maximize employee productivity by analyzing input parameters associated with a productivity period, creating performance models for each employee or group of employees based on the analysis, and generating a budget allocation model so as to increase the sum output of the employee productivity. Approaches are data driven and modifiable to account for new data.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatus, and methods for generating an information feed based on contextual data. User contextual data associated with a user is retrieved. The user contextual data identifies entities associated with the user. Data objects may be identified based on the retrieved user contextual data. Data object contextual data associated with the data objects may be retrieved. Feed items may be generated based on the data objects and the retrieved data object contextual data. A weight associated with each of the feed items may be generated. The weight may be generated based on the retrieved user contextual data and the retrieved data object contextual data. An information feed including at least some of the feed items may be generated. The information feed may arrange the at least some of the feed items based on the generated weight associated with each of the at least some of the feed items.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for managing objectives in an organization. A server may receive an objective at a first level of an objective hierarchy. The objective may be associated with a completion indicator providing progress towards completing the objective. Other objectives at a lower level of the objective hierarchy may be determined. The other objectives may also include completion indicators. The progress of the completion indicator of the objective at the first level of the objective hierarchy may be based on the completion indicators of the objectives at the lower level of the objective hierarchy.

Abstract: A method for providing a quote for alternative products is disclosed. The method includes identifying key features associated with a first product and identifying alternative products different from the first product based on the key features and on information managed by a CRM system. The method also includes determining an alternative product configuration associated with the first product that includes at least one alternative product and, as a whole, includes the plurality of key features. A pricing matrix associated with the alternative product configuration is generated and includes information identifying the at least one alternative product, and pricing information associated with the at least one alternative product and/or a total price associated with the alternative product configuration. A quote that includes the pricing matrix is then generated.

Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to tracking performance and initiatives of employees and providing real-time recognition for their successes and contributions through customizable recognition awards. In particular, it relates to automatically awarding recognition awards to an employee by evaluating the employee's current performance against progress features and exception features. The progress features indicate a progression of an individual across a work cycle and exception features indicate high performance of the individual during the work cycle. Thus the recognition awards are automatically awarded when the current performance of the employee evidences accomplishment of milestones or high performance.

Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to tracking performance and initiatives of employees and automatically and proactively providing personalized coaching based on each employee's performance. In particular, it relates to automatically issuing personalized performance enhancement insights to an employee by evaluating the employee's current performance against progress features and exception features through timely performance checks. The progress features indicate a progression of an individual across a work cycle and exception features indicate low or high performance of the individual during the work cycle. Thus the personalized performance enhancement insights are automatically awarded when the current performance of the employee evidences lags in progress, regression, or low or high performance.

Abstract: A method for providing information relating to revenue of an enterprise is disclosed. The method embodiment includes receiving, by a server computer, a request from a user for information relating to an enterprise's revenue, and identifying a plurality of business contacts of the user. The business contacts are affiliated with a company with which the enterprise is conducting business to produce revenue. An impact score is determined for each of the business contacts based on impact factors relating to at least an attribute of the business contact, an attribute of a company affiliated with the business contact, and to the business contact's role in completed and pending business transactions between the company and the enterprise. At least one business contact is selected based on its impact score, and a response including information identifying the selected business contact(s) is transmitted by the server to the user.