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The latest News and Information on Collaboration, tools and related technologies.

Inviting People to Collaborate in Basecamp - Basecamp Basics

Basecamp really shows off when it comes to collaboration and working with other people inside a project. In this Basecamp Basics video, Kimberly from Basecamp's Customer Success team walks through how to invite someone into your account and adding them to a project. You'll learn about setting someone up as "On the Project" or "Just Following" and an important tip for inviting someone into a project that's already in progress.

Understanding the Basecamp Home Screen - Basecamp Basics

In this Basecamp Basics video, Kimberly from Basecamp's Customer Success team walks through the Basecamp Home Screen. You'll learn how to add your company logo, pin your most important projects to the top, view projects in a list, and quickly jump between projects with a quick keyboard command.

Setting Up Basecamp Notifications - Basecamp Basics

Sometimes you want to get all the alerts, so you know the minute something happens in an important project. But other times, you just need to shut it all off so that you're not getting interrupted and can do focused work. In this Basecamp Basics video, Kimberly from Basecamp's Customer Success team walks through how to adjust your Basecamp notifications for how you like to work. You'll learn about changing your notification settings from being either "On the Project" or "Just Following". Need to temporarily turn off notifications all together? This video reviews how to do that with What you Work Can Wait and Focus Mode.

Starting a Basecamp Project - Basecamp Basics

One of the best ways to get started in your new Basecamp account is to start a project. In this Basecamp Basics video, Kimberly from Basecamp's Customer Success team walks through how to start a new project and explains invite-only projects vs. all-access projects, the five project tools that are on each project at start-up, and shows how to change, rename and duplicate tools within a project. You'll also learn how to link to an outside tool or service with the Doors feature.

What is a Basecamp Project? - Basecamp Basics

To understand how Basecamp works, you have to understand what a project is. In this Basecamp Basics video, Kimberly from Basecamp's Customer Success team explains the four ways that projects can be used – as a headquarters for your entire company, as a hub for an internal team or department, for time-based work, or as a subset of work from a larger project. Videos in the Basecamp Basics Series.

12 Different Ways to Empower your Team and Grow your Business

Gone are the days when managers had to be the sole decision-makers, and their employees followed without question. Today, organizations are opting to take a more collaborative approach by empowering their employees to participate in decision-making. Empowering your employees has many benefits, including better collaboration, increased engagement, and high productivity. It also lets you focus on other important tasks to grow your business without micromanaging everything.

Why a purpose-built custom intranet improves employee experience

Does your intranet have everything but the kitchen sink? There’s usually lots of extra baggage weighing down many internal communications (IC) teams and their intranets, complicating processes and making relevant information impossible to find. A purpose-built, custom intranet streamlines these processes by deconstructing exhaustive platforms, leaving behind only what’s essential for employees to flourish. And it all starts with identifying needs.

One Canvas, Any Content, Anytime | Distributed22

Join Amanda Botha and Swarna Krishnaswamy as they showcase through real-world examples how to get an enriched collaboration experience by bridging multiple sources of content into one hub while ensuring the content always stays up to date. Learn how to bring your team together and break down barriers to knowledge through useful, relevant interactive visual frames of reference for more contextualized faster decision-making.