Discussion

This session will be hands-on. To get the most from this session, you should join by computer on the zoom link below. This will be the first of a series we will run on specific platforms that people are using effectively within our community to run their businesses remotely.

We will move through this material quickly and start with basics but very quickly move into tips and specific features that can help increase productivity, collaboration and task management in groups.

1. Tips for using GSuite for remote work.

   1. Basic and advanced email features

      1. Tools to help keep threads and your inbox organized

      2. Tracking tasks and highlighting important emails

   2. Basic and advanced calendaring features, including hosting conference calls and using appointments for people to book time-slots.

      1. Creating multiple calendars

      2. Sharing calendars

      3. Scheduling conference calls

      4. Defining working hours and creating bookable appointments

   3. Using Drive to organize and share work with internal and external collaborators.

      1. Using folders to organizing documents

      2. Sharing documents internally with employees

      3. Sharing documents externally with customers

   4. Google Docs

      1. Google docs vs uploaded word documents - realtime collaboration

      2. Creating indexes and using headers to create easy to follow navigation

      3. Organizing todos within a google document

      4. Using comments and version control to review changes and resolve issues

   5. Google Sheets

      1. Basics - sheets and organizing data

      2. Creating lists and pulldown menus

      3. Organizing collaborative todo-lists using templates

      4. Introduction to functions and pivot tables for creating graphs and data summaries

      5. Gathering data from forms and pushing that information into a spreadsheet.

   6. Google Slides

      1. For creating and sharing presentations with customers.

   7. Other tips!

Hosted by Andreas Hagen

Andreas Hagen is a Quadra Island resident and business owner. He has over a decade of experience managing distributed teams who work on highly collaborative projects. He is a founding member of CRAAG, a supporter of Nexstream.is and TecHatchery and is a director with the Discovery Islands Chamber of Commerce. He is a co-founder of iLab Solutions, now a part of Agilent Technologies.

Zoom Meeting Recording

https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/upNuJaPCq2RLGc-U1E_CeKF4Mt3Faaa81SVMrvdeyU9-y8vOg6POthoFnL3wCDwJ?startTime=1585875400000

Meeting ID: 186 309 257