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How working remotely changed my life (and can change yours, too)

The Next Web

Here’s our toolkit: Campfire (it’s like a digital water cooler), GoToMeeting (video conferencing meetings, and screen sharing), Google Docs (document collaboration and editing), Sprint.ly (task management for software companies), and email. Use shared screens : tools like WebEx, GoToMeeting, Join.me

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Case Study: NPower Michigan and Board Collaboration Tools

NTEN

It’s not a web meeting tool (like WebEx or ReadyTalk), but if you get people to hit refresh on an agenda or minutes, they can see the changes. Google Docs will win out for collaborative document capability every time,” he said. It’s not real time, but you can use it that way.”

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Superpowered lets you see your schedule and join meetings from the Mac menu bar

TechCrunch

The startup plans to add support for more integrations going forward, including Microsoft Teams, Cisco WebEx and others. Further down the road, the team wants to integrate support for other platforms — like Google Docs, JIRA and GitHub — which would all be pulled into Superpowered’s universal notification inbox.

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

Tools like WebEx, GoToMeeting , and ReadyTalk are all optimized for the small screen. Google Drive Mobile is a free app for viewing and editing Google Docs on an Android phone or tablet. Google Drive for iOS is a free app that allows you to view and edit Google Doc office documents on iPhones and iPads.

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What’s the best student laptop? We asked students

The Verge

Glogovac’s son uses an iPad for Webex meetings with his kindergarten class. Max mostly uses his laptop for Google Classroom applications, including Gmail, Slides, Google Docs, and Google Sheets. Most eighth graders aren’t going to be running any video games on their laptops or any software that requires a lot of power.”.

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Cloud Computing for Small Nonprofits: Lessons Learned from 5 Years in the Cloud

NTEN

When we first rolled out Google Apps in early 2008 I had visions of a Microsoft Word burning party as everyone embraced Google Docs. If someone prefers to create a Word file rather than a Google Doc, that's fine. Didn't happen. Truth is, there are times that a desktop tool is a better solution than an online compromise.

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Cloud Computing for Small Nonprofits: Lessons Learned from 5 Years in the Cloud

NTEN

When we first rolled out Google Apps in early 2008 I had visions of a Microsoft Word burning party as everyone embraced Google Docs. If someone prefers to create a Word file rather than a Google Doc, that's fine. Didn't happen. Truth is, there are times that a desktop tool is a better solution than an online compromise.

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