Working in remote teams:

Productivity Tools

Get stuff done faster in the digital age.

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Productivity developments
Remote work continues to trend upward,
with 2014 posting a
26% increase in open remote job
postings over 2013.

Fortune Magazine
Digital Nomads
List of 200+ startups hiring remotely

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1TLJSlNxCbwRNxy14Toe1PYwbCTY7h0CNHeer9J0VRzE/edit#gid=0
Digital tools to make work easier
Case Study
salary adjustment according to work location.
Shared
Folders

Project
Management

Email replacers

Task
Management
Products

• Google Docs (word processing)

• Google Sheets (spreadsheets)
• Google Slides (presentations)
• Google Forms (questionnaires, data collection,
and simple assessment)
• Google Drawings (image creation)
Shared Folders

• 15gb Free storage to keep any file.

• Share files and folders for people to see,
edit at the same time.
• Accessible anywhere.
Sharing

Docs enables multiple people in different

locations to collaborate simultaneously on the
same Doc from any computer with Internet
access.
Google Sheets

• Google’s version of Excel.

• View minor differences.
Google Slides

• Google’s version of PowerPoint.

...what I’m using right now.

Google Drawing

• Google’s version of paint.

• Particularly useful for team brainstorm.
Google Drive
Mobile app.

(also on
Tablet)
https://wetransfer.com/
Feels familiar?
This is trello... https://trello.com/
Project Management

• Digital sticky notes.

• Add team members / Collaborate
• Various Trello boards.
• Notifications.
• Trello
These cards your traditional sticky notes
Each entry on Trello is a “card” that allows you to
show all the graphics and text for your post
And if you like the traditional calendar
view, you can have it…
www.ifttt.com
Let’s try it!
Let’s spice it up!
● Find your group.
● Group leader invites all
members to Google
Hangout.
● Group leader creates a
Google Slide and shares it
with group via Hangouts
● Build 5 slides together
 Give and Ye shall Receive

The more you interact with the tools the more they
will start to help you
THANK YOU