5 apps to make teleworking easier

Discover our selection of applications for teleworking, and thus optimize the productivity and performance of your teams.  

Teleworking has become a daily routine for many workers since the start of the pandemic. This transition to a decentralized office has brought with it numerous changes in terms of organization, communication, team cohesion, delegation, decision-making, and more.

A shake-up that requires some adjustments: here are 5 applications to facilitate teleworking, help you organize your virtual workspace, and maintain your motivation and performance.

1. Slack

From www.slack.com

Use:
Slack is an application that facilitates internal communication with the possibility of creating different communication channels for different teams, departments, projects and conversation topics (marketing, HR, non-work-related discussions, etc.).

Another strong point of Slack is the ability to collaborate across different workspaces. While Slack is primarily designed to simplify internal communication, the application also allows you to communicate with people outside your company.

The platform also allows its users to customize their platform by integrating bots, you can even create your own bots according to your needs.

What we particularly like:
The ability to add integrations like Google Drive, Google Calendar, Asana, ClickUp and many more, making it easier to collaborate across different work tools.

Pricing:
Slack offers a free plan, ideal for small businesses with relatively simple needs.
Their paid plan starts at CAD 8.50 per month per active user.

2. Google Workspace

Use:
The Google suite is an ecosystem of essential applications for easy remote working, including among others:

• Drive : to store your documents in the cloud
• GMail : for your emails
• Agenda : for your calendar
• Meet : for your meetings
• Docs : for word processing
• Sheets: for the spreadsheet
• Slides: to create presentations
• Forms: to create surveys
• Keep: to take notes

What we particularly like:
Navigation through the Google ecosystem, for example:
You receive an email with a meeting proposal, Google offers to add it to your calendar in one click, creates a link to a Meet, in the same way the attachment attached to the email will open directly in the drive (no need for a third-party application to open the document).

Pricing:
The standard offering is CAD 7.80 per month per user, which is often more than sufficient for SMEs with 30 GB of cloud storage per user.

3. Whereby

From www.whereby.com

Usage:
Whereby is a video conferencing app that makes it easy. So why choose Whereby over all the other platforms like Zoom or Skype?

Because Whereby is an ideal application for teleworking in small businesses: it allows you to share your screen (with different options), make presentations, record the meeting, integrate with Google Calendar, chat and also react with emojis!

You also have the option of having “closed” rooms where you have to “knock on the door” to enter, ideal for interviews for example; or open rooms for one-click access.

What we particularly like:
The ability to collaborate on a Google Doc from Whereby with other participants. This makes collaboration very easy and instantaneous.

Additionally, we also like the ability to customize the interface to the company's colors.

Pricing:
Whereby offers a free option that's often suitable for small businesses. Each account comes with one meeting room and can accommodate up to four participants.

If you think you need more, their offer starts at CAD 12.74 per month for 3 meeting rooms and 12 participants per room and the ability to customize your interface.

4. Clickup

From https://www.getapp.ca/software/106331/clickup

Use:

ClickUp is a project management app ideal for remote work. The platform is designed to organize your tasks, gain an overview of your projects, and collaborate easily. ClickUp is here to save you time and maximize your team's efficiency.

You can organize your various to-do lists, set goals, manage your team's workload, optimize work time, and collaborate in real time. ClickUp has plenty of features!

The platform also allows for numerous integrations with, among others: Slack, Google Drive, Outlook, DropBox, GitHub, YouTube, Chrome, Zoom, and many more. Moreover, if you're using a platform that doesn't have an integration for ClickUp, the Zapier integration allows you to integrate with many third-party platforms.

What we particularly like:
Customer service: available 24/7, all year round, even on holidays. They can be reached via a variety of channels depending on your preferences: through the contact form, email, or directly in their live chat. The platform also provides plenty of resources to help you learn how to use ClickUp to its full potential.

Pricing:
Clickup offers a free version with a wealth of features and no expiration date. It's a very comprehensive version with unlimited users and tasks. We recommend starting with the free version and adjusting as needed.

The paid version starts at CAD 6.39 per month per user.

5. Loom

From https://www.getapp.ca/software/106331/clickup

Use:

Loom is an app that lets you record videos of your screen, with or without sound and with or without your camera. It's very easy to use and you can record your screen in just a few clicks. A very useful app for teleworking!

Videos are then recorded directly on the platform and are shareable as soon as they are recorded; you decide who has access to the video.
You can also use integrations with Slack, Google Drive, DropBox, Jira, etc.

This application is particularly useful if your business often requires you to do demonstrations or presentations.

What we particularly like:
The ability to add the Loom extension to your browser, making accessing and using the platform even easier.
But also the ability to comment and react to videos from the Loom platform.

Pricing:
The free version of Loom will be sufficient if you don't produce many videos and use the platform as a video communication tool. This version limits video length to 5 minutes and the quality to 720p.

If you think you'll need to produce longer, high-quality videos, the Business version at CAD 10.21 per month will be more suitable.

In summary

Here are 5 applications for teleworking, which will allow you to maximize the performance and productivity of your company by:

• Making communication easier with Slack
• Having a centralized ecosystem with Google Workplace
• Organizing meetings on Whereby
• Optimizing project management with ClickUp
• Record videos with Loom

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