Uses for Online Collaborative Tools

Last week, I facilitated a webinar which discussed Microsoft Office Live Workspace. Ken Polson from Microsoft explained how Live Workspace works, how to get started and what it can be used for. Click here to view the webinar recording.

At one point during the presentation we asked the participants to tell us how they use online document sharing. Here are some of their responses:

• Setting agendas
• Developing and managing meeting materials
• Team grant proposal writing
• Generating content for presentations
• Central space to store basic documents that all group members need to access
• Volunteer and committee management
• Developing and revising policies/procedures
• Sharing files with freelancers/contractors
• Grant writing
• Several volunteers collecting silent auction items
• Web site planning and building
• Master spreadsheet for group task updates
• Create documents with European colleagues
• Sharing attendance spreadsheets for prison programs
• Meeting and event planning, marketing, logistics, speaker coordination, etc.
• Campaign (fundraising) management with volunteers

Share how you and your organization or library use online collaborative tools! Add your comments to this thread in our community forum.