How do you collaborate with people in your company? Especially if everyone is a remote employee?
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Nowadays, it's easy enough to e-mail things back & forth. I've edited articles for people by making changes in red, sending the new one back and telling them to compare it to the original, then change it to all-black before they printed the new one.
You can try a free whiteboard like http://www.scriblink.com The description it had in google was: "Free online whiteboard that allows users to collaborate in real-time. No registration required. Built-in chat, image uploading, file sharing and more." I clicked on it and it loaded pretty quickly.
Then there's http://www.scribblar.com The description: "Scribblar is a free online collaboration tool that features live audio, chat, whiteboard and image sharing capabilities, amongst other things" The site says it's a free demo, though.
Google "free whiteboard" and you'll see more.
If it's going to be an audio conference, you may want to try http://blogtalkradio.com. Everyone dials into a number, and the "host" can control who is "on" through the use of an online control-panel. Each "show" is archived and available on your page on the site. Maybe that was http://talkshoe.com . Maybe it was both. I know that with talkshoe you can do it via PC. See diagram below and site.
Looks like http://freeconferencecall.com does all that too.
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M$To get started, a medium for communication must be established. For remote employees, a common form of telecommunications (i.e. phone, internet ready computer) would be best.
For discussions, email, instant messaging, group conference calls are among the many options out there.
If a collaborative effort requires constant accessibility electronic forms of information (i.e. documents, charts, videos, presentations), then cloud computing would be ideal. Using the cloud enables people to have access to a central storage of all necessary documents. Some companies have used wikis to collect ideas and feedback among employees.
Also, for smaller scale efforts, GoogleDocs allows for some collaborative effort in real-time where users with permission can access, read, and edit certain documents.
The form of communication should be appropriate to the scope of your collaborative effort.
Things to consider:
What type of information will be communicated (images, videos, documents, presentations)
What costs may be involved?
Time zone differences
How often will communication take place?
Is the method of communication reliable?
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silly answer without thought
do you honestly think all the females in the company would like that???
Not only was it without thought, but the same thinking got someone fired on "The Apprentice" this past season.
I'll let realitywanted.com explain it much better than I ever could:
"The men decide to do their route around Trump Towers, and they begin early to maximize their money-making efforts. They decide to turn their tourist business into a full on act, creating Roman-themed chariots. The women opt for a different strategy, putting their "Babes on Bikes" route around Wall Street, a significantly less touristy area.
Brandy and Poppy are picking up several customers, making them stand out as the primary earners for the women. However, the women are having issues getting customers, something Kelly was worried about when they picked Wall Street. However, Kelly doesn't say anything, so the women stay on location, trying to pick up more tourists.
Around the lunch hour, the traffic starts to pick up and the women get more clients. Poppy in particular is biking back and forth, earning a good chunk of the women's change for the day. Stephanie and Mahsa get mad at Kelly for giving Poppy all the credit, while Kelly says they think too much about them when it's about the team.
Back on Octane, the pre-sales seem to be working as their rides keep pouring in. David reveals once again that he's awkward to work with on a team, even speaking in a weird accent to try and draw in customers. David also starts telling random people about his great-grandfather getting killed by a mule, which seems to put off some potential clients.
In the boardroom, the decision is clear: the men picked a much better location and used their theme to their advantage, pulling in triple the profit of the women. Before they leave, Clint begs Trump to fire David, which he doesn't do because he thinks all the men won fair and square.
Back to Fortitude, where all fingers again point to Liza as the reason why they lost, even though she wasn't really featured in the episode. Kelly gives all the credit to Brandy (again, who was silent most of the episode) and attacks Stephanie for her poor choice of location.
Mahsa jumps in and goes after Liza for not selling anything, but Trump argues that it was about the location, not the lack of sales skills for this task. Mahsa argues that they were targeting men as the customer, so they went where the men would be.
Kelly brings Liza and Stephanie back into the boardroom, where it becomes Kelly vs. Stephanie. Stephanie says she's from Canada and Chicago and she has no clue about New York, she just picked Wall Street because she knew men would be there. Kelly falls under fire for being in charge of the task and not stepping up, which leads to Trump firing her."
Source: http://www.realitywanted.com/newsitem/3787-the-apprentice-season-10-episode-6-recap
I should add that as they observed the task unfolding, there was some concern voiced that Wall Street men might not want to be seen in a pedicab driven by a scantily-clad younger woman.
See the disaster unfold in this short video on NBC's website:
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http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice-season-ten/video/ep-1006-kellys-exit-interview/1255186/
Excellent Answer!