Patent ID: 7346656

Claim:
A system for member initiated, asynchronous publication and collaborative communication using the Internet, the system comprising: a team having a plurality of members from a plurality of organizations; a website sponsored by at least one of the organizations, wherein the website is operatively connected to the Internet and has at least one end point dedicated to at least one non-vocational interest of the team that facilitates collaborative communication among the plurality of the members of the team; and a publishing interface and toolkit operatively connected to the Internet and having at least one pre-established link to the at least one website end point, wherein the interface and toolkit has at least one webpage template constructed and configured for use by multiple members of the team belonging to a non-sponsoring organization, to develop news content about the at least one non-vocational interest that includes news content about events and others outside the team, and wherein the news content is developed remotely from the website and is selectively downloaded to the at least one website end point via the at least one pre-established link and selectively broadcast to email addresses of selected members of the team.