This document provides a cheat sheet for choosing the right remote collaboration tools for different purposes. It discusses tools for videoconferencing like Zoom for meetings and presentations. Shared calendars like Google Calendar are best for scheduling meetings and appointments. Workgroups/workspaces like Trello enable discussions, collaboration, and project management. Intranets and HR portals centralize access to resources. Group chat is for high-intensity collaboration. Contact centers and live chat enable customer support. CRMs help with sales and marketing. The document also provides tips on choosing tools from a single vendor and considering organization size for costs.
2. Welcome!
Remote work and telecommuting means having the
right tools to enable working from home. Obviously,
you need good hardware a computer, a camera and
a head set along with reliable internet connection. But
its actually what software and online services you
have at your disposal that determines how effectively
you can work remotely.
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5. Pro tip #1
Most people first think about
videoconferencing when considering
telecommuting. But for productive
remote work you should actually limit
how often you use this tool to 1-2
hours per day max. Moreover, you
SHOULD NOT use video conferencing or
chat for things like assignment or
task assignments, work reports,
project or client management.
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12. Pro tip #2
Go with vendors that provide all remote
tools you are going to be using in a single
package. Using Zoom for conferencing,
Google Calendar for scheduling, Trello for
tasks and Dropbox for file sharing does not
work very well as youll quickly run in
compatibility issues. Also, it means that
youll probably overpay and significantly
increase your downtime (all online services
experience outages from time to time but
using four different online services means
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19. Pro tip #3
The size of your organization is very
important when picking the right
tools. This is especially true about
overall costs. You probably want to
avoid solutions with per-user pricing
as there are free remote team
management tools as well as those
where you pay a fixed priced for
unlimited user access.
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