You can now collaborate on emails directly in Google Docs
Digital Trends
MARCH 15, 2022
Collaborating on emails using Google Docs may seem strange, but it’s actually genius.
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10 top tools for business brainstorming and collaboration
The Next Web
JULY 14, 2012
As more startups migrate their companies to the cloud, it can be difficult to gather the entire team for a productive collaboration session. I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs the following question: What’s your favorite new digital tool for collaboration or brainstorming and why? We use Google Docs for everything.
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Passive collaboration is essential to remote work’s long-term success
TechCrunch
MARCH 10, 2021
The best engineering work isn’t done in isolation, but in collaboration, as teams discuss, wrangle and brainstorm through problems. But we don’t yet have a complete substitute for in-person work because we continue to lack tooling in one critical area: passive collaboration. Active versus passive collaboration. The whiteboard.
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Smartsheet: Frustrated with online project management no longer
Judi Sohn
JULY 21, 2013
Why aren’t you just using Google Docs?” ” Yes, some of what we’re doing in Smartsheet could be done in Google Docs. It’s an Excel/Google Doc-like online app that generates spreadsheets that are more dynamic than just rows & columns. Right now we have 389 active sheets in our Team account.
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Tools I use: basic workflow
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 12, 2011
The center of my workflow, like for most consultants, is email. I’ve used a variety of email clients of one sort or another over time, and I have recently just decided to ditch them, and use gmail exclusively. I love the collaboration features.
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Switchboard creates virtual rooms to foster better collaboration
TechCrunch
JULY 27, 2022
Switchboard , a collaboration app that combines features of videoconferencing and digital whiteboarding, today announced that it raised $25 million in a Series A round that values the company at $200 million post-money. ” Ashkenazi said in an email interview. Image Credits: Switchboard.
Google’s ‘smart canvas’ vision for Workspace is bringing a pageless interface to Docs
The Verge
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
A ‘pageless’ Google Docs document | Image: Google. That includes a new look for Gmail that’s starting to roll out this month, search chips (you can just call them filters) for Google Drive , and a set of changes that are about to arrive for Google Docs and Google Sheets. Pageless’ Google Docs UI. Image: Google.
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Highnote launches a collaboration platform for musicians and podcasters offering voice notes, polls and more
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Highnote launched to the public today, allowing musicians, podcasters, and other creators to collaborate on audio files by recording voice notes directly over a track, making timestamped reactions, and creating polls to get opinions. Rashawn said, “Highnote makes client collaborations easy and seamless. Highnote changes that.”.
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Adobe makes it easier to share Photoshop and Illustrator projects with collaborators
The Verge
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
The three apps are getting a new feature called “invite to edit,” which will let you type in a collaborator’s email address to send them access to the file you’re working on. It’s not quite Google Docs-style editing for Photoshop, but it should be easier than emailing a file back and forth. The feature works with.PSD and.AI
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71 Case Study: NPower Michigan and Board Collaboration Tools
NTEN
MAY 13, 2011
Board members were accustomed to communicating electronically, met by telephone conference call, and exchanged information by email without any technical difficulty. “It We started using it, nudging people toward it, but I continued emailing agendas out, too,” he said. “At “They were relatively tech-savvy,” he said.
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Claap prevents meeting fatigue with async video collaboration
TechCrunch
MAY 17, 2022
Meet Claap , a French startup that has been working on a way to collaborate more efficiently as a distributed team. A lot of teams rely on Slack for informal chat, a mix of Notion and Google Docs for important memos and emails for company-wide announcements. Claap is officially launching its product today.
Get Organized and Increase Your Nonprofit Productivity
Get Fully Funded
JULY 13, 2021
Here are some of my favorite tools and how I use them to stay organized and be productive: Google Workspace, formerly known as G Suite: I cannot imagine a more important set of tools for nonprofit productivity than these free tools from Google: Google Docs , Google Sheets , Google Forms , Google Slides , and Google Calendar.
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Making Facebook Groups Rock for Nonprofits – Guest Post by Miriam Brosseau
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 7, 2011
Docs are like super-simple wikis, and probably the most truly collaborative aspect of a Facebook group. Because they are collaboratively editable, they are great for anything that requires a teasing out a group voice – agendas, statements or announcements, etc. Finally, events, like docs, also have a comment stream attached.
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Observations and Reflections on #TakeBackThePink
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
You can read the summary of how the free agent community came together to self-organize and create a public action as well as a full report of the lessons learned and reflections on the #TakeBackThePink campaign in this public google doc. We chose the email vehicle believing that the element of surprise would be important to our efforts.
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More online than local: Why I love Google Docs
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 11, 2006
Last month, when I had my horrible computer crash, I lost one or two documents and a few emails. A good deal of my work involves collaboration with remotes colleagues and includes tasks as writing articles, curriculum, research, etc. I'm not going to ditch email or listservs anytime soon. Wikis are just great for that!
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Zed raises $10M for a code editor built for collaboration
TechCrunch
MARCH 15, 2023
At the same time, they haven’t kept pace with recent trends like work-from-home collaboration. “Coding is inherently social, yet the tools available for talking about code limit the pace and scope of conversations, and this friction is hampering the productivity of our industry,” he told TechCrunch in an email interview.
Nonprofits Live Recap: Online Collaboration
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 18, 2011
The October edition of Nonprofits Live examined the topic of online collaboration. Online collaborating requires an extra dose of the same skills we use when we collaborate in person and a number of tools to bridge the physical distance between collaborators. Barriers to Collaboration. Useful Collaboration Tools.
Reduce Travel with Online Collaboration
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
This updated blog post from the campaign explores some ways to increase online collaboration and also reduce travel and work efficiency. Online collaboration is one of these generic terms that seems to lose meaning the more people use it. Why Is Online Collaboration Green? Cloud Services for Collaborating.
Google’s making a free Workspace tier for businesses that don’t need its email
The Verge
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Basically, it lets workers use tools like Google Docs, Sheets, Chat, etc. According to Google’s blog post , users will be able to sign up for Essentials Starter using their existing email accounts and will then be able to invite their co-workers to work on projects with them. Image: Google.
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Skiff lands $10.5M to build out its end-to-end encrypted workspaces
TechCrunch
MARCH 30, 2022
million in fresh funding to build out private and collaborative workspaces for its burgeoning customer base. ” Skiff, an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Docs, raises $3.7M Six months after launching its end-to-end encrypted document editor , Skiff has bagged another $10.5 “The way we look at it is Web 2.0
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Cloud Computing for Small Nonprofits: Lessons Learned from 5 Years in the Cloud
NTEN
MARCH 18, 2010
I know my co-workers cringed and ran every time another email from me began with "Try this." There's a tiny fine line between collaboration and distraction. Collaborative web applications that have to be loaded separately in their own environment with separate login credentials have been extremely difficult to adopt.
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96 Cloud Computing for Small Nonprofits: Lessons Learned from 5 Years in the Cloud
NTEN
MARCH 18, 2010
I know my co-workers cringed and ran every time another email from me began with "Try this." There's a tiny fine line between collaboration and distraction. Collaborative web applications that have to be loaded separately in their own environment with separate login credentials have been extremely difficult to adopt.
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Recap: Community Organizing Tools from the Experts
NTEN
AUGUST 28, 2014
Tools and processes covered included: Build community and extend discussions beyond your online or in-person convening Recap: Storify tweet chats and turn discussions into blog posts Timing: Post recaps to your group as well as personal and organizational networks within a week to keep up the energy from the discussion Workflow for sending personalized (..)
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How working remotely changed my life (and can change yours, too)
The Next Web
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
Then, there are companies like Yahoo that claim remote offices do not help promote company culture or collaborative thinking. In that hour I didn’t think about anything else: I didn’t check Twitter, email, or take breaks. Many companies are beginning to allow the flexibility to help cut costs while boosting employee productivity.
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Collabio lets you co-edit documents without the cloud
TechCrunch
APRIL 1, 2021
Meet Collabio Spaces : An office suite app with a cloudless co-authoring twist that looks helpful if you need to collaborate on documents without having to worry about losing control of your data or the thread of changes. ” “Long story short, our cloudless collaboration works exactly the same way as a cloud one.
Accord, which offers a platform to manage sales processes, secures $10M
TechCrunch
JANUARY 24, 2023
Accord , a collaboration platform designed to support business-to-business (B2B) sales, today announced that it raised $10 million in Series A funding from Matrix Partners, Nat Friedman and Y Combinator. “We started Accord to solve frustrating challenges in B2B sales,” Ross told TechCrunch in an email interview.
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Why you might want a secure file-sharing service now that you’re working from home
The Verge
JANUARY 15, 2022
Here’s why you might want to use powerful file-sharing services to share sensitive files safely, so you can collaborate better no matter where you’re working. Probably the easiest way to share a file is to just attach a document to an email, or to a Slack or other instant message. But either way invites trouble on several fronts.
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Bubbles aims to supercharge chats with async video messaging
TechCrunch
MAY 12, 2022
There, Medema managed a distributed team that relied on what’s become the typical software stack for workplace collaboration: Slack, Zoom and Google Docs. “ As the team grew, and collaboration became ever more crucial, I quickly realized this collection of tools fell short — and our team paid the price.
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Why Is Communication Important in Project Management?
Media Cause
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Communication Tools In remote or hybrid workplaces, organizations are likely already utilizing popular tools like email, Slack , Teams , Google Meet , Zoom , etc. That might include CC’ing them on project status emails. Google Docs can be used to create collaborative agendas or meeting minutes.
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105 Case Study: Moving to Google Apps
NTEN
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
Annika Billqvist, Office and Technology Manager, HandsOn Bay Area When I started at HandsOn Bay Area in 2006, the organization didn’t have a long-term technology plan in place and used many different systems for communication, collaboration, and data storage. In 2009, we finalized a technology plan.
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Google makes important Workspace change to prevent phishing
Digital Trends
MARCH 6, 2022
Google changes the way email notifications work when you collaborate in Workspace apps to prevent phishing attacks.
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Why Google Might Be the Answer to Your Problems
NonProfit Hub
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
From our calendars, to our email accounts, to important documents and spreadsheets, Google is our best friend. This can be a lifesaver, as you no longer have to deal with transferring information between flash drives or emailing documents from computer to computer. Collaboration. And why wouldn’t it be? Compatibility.
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Tech Soup
OCTOBER 6, 2011
Email in the Cloud: A Google Apps Case Study. 615 KB DOC). TechSoup Webinar Recording: Online Collaboration Tools. (Please visit the site to view this media). Additional Resources. Worksheet: Is Google Apps Right for Me? Technology Planning Resources. Video: Getting Started with Google Apps. Google Apps Boot Camp Recap.
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AI-powered media editing app Descript lands fresh cash from OpenAI
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
. “I founded Descript with the idea of building a simple, intuitive, fully-powered editing tool for video and audio — an editing tool built for the age of AI,” Mason told TechCrunch in an email interview. “We believe video should be in every communicator’s toolkit, as ubiquitous as docs and slides.
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20+ Nonprofit Tools You Need to Get Your New Nonprofit Up and Running
Get Fully Funded
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
With Google Workspace you get: Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and many more tools, all for just $6 a month. Right out of the gate, you can give your organization professional polish by setting up your organization with an orgname.org email address. Mailchimp is a favorite email marketing platform among nonprofits.
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Cloud Computing Tweet Chat Recap
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 15, 2011
Many participants agreed that sharing documents in the cloud over services like Google Docs simplifies working together: you can access your documents from anywhere and don't need to worry about the headaches that can arise from sending documents back and forth via email.
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What are your best tips for wiki adoption for new users?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 27, 2008
One group came up with an idea about using a wiki for internal collaboration. So I asked on Twitter, what is your best wiki adoption tip for internal collaboration? Here's the responses: Laura Whitehead suggested reading this article about wiki collaboration and happiness. i.e. Can you email me the job desc?
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New Book: How To Implement Multichannel Online Campaigns
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 1, 2013
” The book offers up advice and techniques on how to make your online channels – email marketing, web site, and newer tools like mobile and social media work together in a sophisticated strategy or your organization to reach its advocacy, fundraising, or community building goals. .” Sometimes easier said than done!).
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Nonprofit Leadership Transition: Best Practices
NonProfit Hub
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Communicate Clearly and Collaboratively. A Google doc or Trello board can be great for organizing project-based work or listing duties. This includes the person leaving since they won’t be texted or emailed for a password every few days. Email is Company Property. Of course, a long notice period isn’t always possible.
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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools
Bloomerang
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Features: You’ll likely need to invest in other software solutions to send emails, collect online donations, etc., Google Workspace Platform overview: Google Workspace for Nonprofits is a flexible productivity and communication platform with multiple apps to streamline team collaboration. transaction fee per donation.
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10NTC: Don't Be Afraid of Low-Tech Communication
Tech Soup
APRIL 21, 2010
Ian and company had even set up a Google Doc where the audience could post their notes on the panel as it was taking place. But with the fun of introducing the tech goodies out of the way, Ian began by explicitly laying out that the session wouldn't focus on online collaboration and communications tools.
How to successfully use blog commenting to acquire new users (without being spammy)
The Next Web
DECEMBER 18, 2013
David Arnoux is Head of Growth and co-founder of Twoodo , the ultimate online collaboration tool. . Use a Google Doc or equivalent ( we’ve shared our template here ). If a pop-up appears asking if you want to get emailed if someone responds, tick “yes”. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? task management tools”).
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"Google Was Our First Office": Managing a Worldwide Staff
NTEN
AUGUST 31, 2010
Online Collaboration. They used Google docs to help share documents with the volunteers worldwide as they worked on the magazine. The down side is that it's easy to forget things using these applications, like finding an email from a person who agreed to become a volunteer, so it was decided to use something more solid.
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Showing customer success platforms haven’t lost steam, Vitally secures $30M
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
. “Today’s CSPs lack critical project management and product reporting capabilities, while productivity tools do not integrate with essential sources of customer data located across the tech stack,” he told TechCrunch in an email interview. — organize and manage their work. “In
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