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

Facilitation Can Get You a Seat at the Table

The word “collaboration” shows up in almost every job description. Leaders have to unite teams across cultures, manage across geographies, and gather input across practices. However, most meetings are designed around presentations - a communication tool not a collaboration tool. Jake will share three basic facilitation techniques that will transform your meetings into active collaboration spaces.

Why an abundance mindset is key to getting hybrid work right

The emergence of hybrid as the default way of working within the corporate world is one of the most important and long-lasting changes driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. In theory, at least, it’s a welcome change for employees, who have expressed a preference for hybrid models. Chief among the reasons employees give for this preference is the ability to balance the convenience of remote work with the collaborative, social, and cultural benefits of working in person.

MS 365 ban from German schools sparks implications for public sector organizations in the whole EU

After a 2 year-long investigation, the German Government’s Data Protection Office (Datenschutzkonferenz or DSK) has concluded that Microsoft 365 is not GDPR compliant and banned its use in schools all over Germany. This news further confirms a Europe-wide trend of government-related institutions moving away from US-based tech providers.

Working with Clients in Basecamp

When you add clients into a Basecamp project, you can choose what parts of the project they can see. This allows you to have internal discussions with your team right alongside conversations with your client while keeping things separated. In this video, Kimberly from Basecamp's Customer Success team walks through the benefits of working with clients inside of Basecamp, how to add clients into your Basecamp account, assign them to a project, and how to change the visibility of project elements.

New features announcement | Distributed 22

Discover new solutions for collaborating, creating, and innovating in an increasingly digitized and distributed world of work. At Distributed 22 we announced exciting product updates as well as community requests — including Talktrack, Interactive Presentation Mode, and integrations for YouTube, Looker, and Confluence — which will create even better spaces for teams to collaborate and enable new ways of working.

Why your employee retention efforts are failing and how a better EX can turn it around

Before we explore those options, here are some stats which reveal the true state of things as it relates to employee retention. Additionally, Workforce Institute’s 2021 Retention Report found that around two-thirds of employee departures could have been prevented. And in response to this employee exit, companies are switching up how they approach the workplace and work spaces, growing and enriching their employee experience.