Last week, I have posted a question on LinkedIn:
Tools for a Virtual Organization
Our Board has decided that our global organization Change Facilitation will become a virtual organization. We need tools for virtual collaboration, mainly
- share documents
- jointly work on documents
- discussion forum
- short messaging
- whiteboard / desktop share
- remote synchronization of computers
- tele and video conferences / voice over IP
I know there is not one stone that kills all the birds. But we would like to have a simple and affordable solution.
What do you suggest?
So far, I have received 15 replies, which all can be seen at LinkedIn. Lots of good material to work on. I will analyze and summarize all the results in th ecoming weeks.
To date, we are using
- Skype for calls and teleconferences
- Skype for short messenging
- Adobe Connect Pro for videoconferences
- HUMAP tool for asynchronous documentation, online collaboration on documents and internal polls and surveys
- Basecamp for project management
- Emails for all kind of stuff
- Blogs for communication with the outside world
I know there must a better way of doing things.
Holger: I’ve been reading your blogs for some time… and do a fair bit of work around change and learning myself. I must say your leap into the virtual world is most exciting. I’ve been messing around with remote working relationships for a while now (off and on for almost 15 years), and have great hope for this occuring on a more regular basis.
Good luck…. /jeff