Comments on: 10 top collaboration tools for your organization

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 20:07:00 +0000

Great list

We used to use http://www.iprosh.com to manage our work and website

By: Docs9 Administrator

Docs9 Administrator — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 07:27:00 +0000

Perhaps a better alternative that steps out of the way from cluttering collaboration is Docs9 – https://www.docs9.com

Majority of the purported features are in fact under-utilized where
instead many of us simply want a common ground to share, discuss, update
on topic discussed at hand.

Give Docs9 a try, it’s completely free, has zero-install, absolutely no configuration, and runs on all devices in any browser.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:52:00 +0000

I persoanlly checked out some of these tools for my projects and they worked just fine and I did not have to face any difficulties using any one of them. But apart from these my favorite project management tool is proofhub.com that beats all these listed tools.

By: Arlen Mark

Arlen Mark — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:20:00 +0000

I have been using proofhub.com very successfully. It has integration with google drive, email reminders, task management. But what I really like about this product is very flexible permissions options. You can customize what your team or each member of your customer group can see or edit. Much better than Basecamp, which I also use.

By: NGO Expert

NGO Expert — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:14:00 +0000

If you want to really work in the field of ngos then you have to learn that SECURITY and PRIVACY is of BIG concern, as many organizations are watched not only by friendly state agencies. Therefore recommending services where you have no control about your data is totally inacceptable and unprofessional – please remove this post, it is a dangerous trap for unexperienced people. Thanks.

By: Bruce Marjoribanks

Bruce Marjoribanks — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 05:03:00 +0000

Another great tool is Project Manager, http://www.projectmanager.com. It’s a collaboration and project management tool all in one.

By: twoodo_pr

twoodo_pr — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:03:11 +0000

I work with a team of 4 people scattered between Europe and Asia. Our main issue was that we were sharing ideas and having conversations using one set of tools and assigning tasks/tracking progress using another. We came up with a message board that allows for actionable conversations using twitter-like language. Please check us out and tell me if you agree with the problem we are solving. We’re currently in private beta so feedback from you guys is more than welcome! (it’s all free)

http://www.twoodo.com/virtual

By: kreon1004

kreon1004 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:52:06 +0000

Tools are very helpful – but it also takes turning team members into team players.

Check this free team collaboration assessment: http://collaborative-coaching.com/team-assessment

The assessment tests 12 key, evidence-based characteristics that separate mere good from high-performance teams.

By: lucy88

lucy88 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:16:23 +0000

Teamup Calendar, a free group calendar that does not require any user account or login to create and use. Easy to share with groups with modifying rights or read-only, etc. Multiple color-coded sub-calendars that can be shared selectively with desired permissions. Customizable with your own logo and identity. www.teamup.com.

By: JosephineDavid

JosephineDavid — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:23:03 +0000

I think the most pressing problem with most of these vendors is two-fold. First, most provide a single point solution (i.e. Dropbox, Skype) that tries to do everything. These are great tools, but they need to have a more user-centric approach outside of the feature they provide. Second, most of the collaboration tools lack of ease-of-use. Features are abundant but those same features (file sharing, micro-blogging, task management, etc), have become commodities. All the vendors have them. But not all the vendors have the same user adoption (Sharepoint anyone?). The reason of course is that users find them to be too complex. Most users are simple when it comes to using technology. But we NEED them as part of our online collaboration experience. I suppose the overall complexity is the dirty secret of most collaboration tools.
The biggest single complaint we hear: ‘Our customers and employees wouldn’t use them…’ This is why we’re using Centroy. They’re focused on dead simple ease-of-use. The layout even has a Facebook feel. Humans are a creature of habit. The more they’re familiar with, the more likely they’ll be comfortable using it.
Centroy seems to get this. They really nailed it. All the same fancy features and security are there (they came first). But as I mentioned before, the features are a commodity. It’s the ease-of-use that’s become an untapped opportunity. Check them out. There’s a live demo sandbox. http://centroy.com