Apps That Make Every Day Easier
Working smart, having fun, learning new skills; compelling reasons to embrace technology in the workplace. Whether you go to the office, work remotely or travel globally, work can look the same no matter where you are. It’s a fact; cloud computing makes collaboration easier and improves the work-life balance.
At Janel, we use many cloud-based tools. We’re having fun and reaching our goals quickly and more efficiently. Our meetings are held face to face, using video calls, in applications like Microsoft’s Teams. Our chat sessions in Teams help improve our efficiency.
New mobile applications make it even more flexible. Almost anything you can do on your desktop you can do on your smart phone.
Here are some options we’re using that help us communicate more effectively:
· Live Teams chat from laptops, desktops and mobile devices (reducing email clutter)
· Project and task management apps, such as Evernote and Planner
· Teams video conferencing (makes it more personal)
· Use a headset (keep it private)
· Share data directly with your audience thru screen sharing or SharePoint sites (visual aides are helpful)
· Take a quick course to learn how to effectively use the tools you already have
Nine to five is never a reality with business being conducted globally. Janel has offices in 13 US cities and friends and partners throughout the world. Using some of these cloud-based tools allows Janelers to balance the need to be “at work” more easily. We function the same, regardless of our physical location.
Flexibility is empowering and we embrace it.