Virtual Team
A virtual team (also known as a geographically dispersed team, distributed team, or remote team) is a group of individuals who work across time, space and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of Communication Technology .
Operating a virtual office can be simplified through utilization of many of the online/open-source productivity and collaborative tools ensuring a connected global workforce. Creating a virtual team is a cost effective and productive avenue to manage your business, maintain a low overhead; thereby increasing your profit margin.
Working remotely offers a more versatile environment, increased work/life balance, varied working hours, reduced stress, no commute and enhanced knowledge of technology.
The applications shown below are just a minute sampling of the available basic online solutions, helping you to manage your remote office. Source the ones that best suit your present needs as well as those that will support your corporate growth and future goals.
Top 10 tools to increase productivity of your Virtual Team
1. Google Docs: office suite of online collaborative tools to create/share documents and forms
- 2. Google Calendar: Web-based calendar to share and collaborate with your team
- 3.Genbook: online calendar scheduling allowing colleagues and prospects to schedule appointments directly with you instead of continual back and forth emails
- 4.SKYPE: VOiP for live chats, video or IMs. Also offers low cost calling options
- 5.Mighty Text: simple tool to text from your computer and have all messages sync to your phone and other technologies. It even alerts you to incoming calls
- 6.Ring Central: cloud based phone system – nationwide calling and fax
- 7.JoinMe: screen sharing, send files, and share control
- 8.AnyMeeting: full featured online FREE meetings up to 200 attendees, video broadcasting, screen sharing, ext surveys, recording, invitations and more
- 9.DropBox: free file storage, share with colleagues/friends. Simplifies sending or sharing of large documents that most mail clients are unable to accommodate. They offer two-step verification as an added security measure
- 10.Awesome Screenshot: take full screen or partial screenshots: edit, annotate, save or send
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