It is convenient to collaborate and get things done when you're sitting next to each other in an office. Remote working is challenging, but there are specific tools that will help organisations function effectively.
Many remote working tools have been developed and enhanced in the past few months. Here is a list of tools that will make life easier for most remote workers.
Video Calls / Meeting / Chats
- 10to8 Appointment Scheduling Software: makes it easy to arrange recurring meetings, like daily team huddles and weekly team meetings, as well as ad-hoc phone calls at times that are convenient for all participants. It is integrated with Zoom, which makes it easy for employees from different time zones to reach out to their team members.
- Figma and Google Meet: help remote teams collaborate to design products just as they would do in person. If you have a group of people brainstorming ideas using these remote tools it can capture all the ideas and sketches.
- Google Nest Hub Max: is a popular choice for hosting large video meeting with up to 100 members (coworkers/family/friends).
- Slack: many companies, stay in touch with the chat tool Slack. It is great for sharing work, asking each other questions, giving status updates, and general chatter. Slack also has public conversation platform that allows everyone to catch up on whats going on anywhere in the company.
- Zoom / Google Meet/ Slack: While many conversations can happen asynchronously, sometimes it makes sense to hop on a video call. You can choose between Zoom, Google Meet, and Slack Video Conferencing.
- Standuply: allows asynchronous mentoring and meetings that work for everyone across time zones.
Management Tools
- JIRA, Trello or Airtable: are project management tools that help in projects that have a vast number of tasks that need to be done in specific order or workflows with more complex time-management needs.
- Kickidler: is a remote time management tool. It has a powerful set of tools that help increase the dedication of your team members. The program will automatically notify workers that, for example, If they've been reading the news for too long. It allows employees to see their productivity statistics.
Noise-Canceling app
- Krisp: is a noise-canceling app, as everyone can't create a soundproof room, this noise-canceling tool is very helpful for video calls or conferences. It supports microphones, headphones, and speakers, and it is perfect for remote teams, online teachers, podcasters and even call centers.
Documents / File Management and Security Tools
- Google Docs: Google Docs can be used to write functional specs, brainstorm ideas, make announcements, document company processes, and much more. It is a cloud-based document structure which makes it easily accessible and searchable by everyone. With features like multiple editors, comments, and sharing, Google Docs is built for remote collaboration.
- Figma: Similar to Google Docs, Figma’s document structure is useful to remote teams. Multiple people can edit a Figma file simultaneously, so teams can jam on designs together without being in the same physical location. It's also easy to directly share Figma documents.
- Office 365 encryption / BitLocker (Windows 10) / Open source 7Zip/ Mac OS X's FileVault / Mac OS X's Disk Utility: are security tools which are used for File and disk encryption. These softwares help your employees to manually encrypt the folders and files on their computers that have sensitive information on them. These include files that contain personal information such as account numbers or social security numbers or sensitive company data including client names and proprietary information.
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