If you’re working remotely or in an alternate work arrangement the chances are that your team makes use of video conferencing and online collaboration tools such as Slack. These 2D tools aren’t always the best choice for fostering connections and collaboration between team members.
This is why collaboration spaces in virtual environments are so crucial. The best virtual spaces emulate the physical feel of an office with working stations, meeting rooms and common areas that enable teams to easily find one another. With a few simple nudges and live chat as they move around the space, team members can interact in a natural way and have random encounters similar to those that naturally happen in a real-world office environment.
Kumospace, an online workspace, helps reduce the need for meetings by giving employees the impression that they are “working next to someone”. When you do require a meeting Kumospace offers a variety of virtual spaces for collaboration that can be used for various purposes such as 1:1 catch-ups, sprint planning to sales demos and presentations.
Switchboard is another virtual collaboration tool that takes the feeling of working in a workplace to a whole new level. With its collaborative virtual rooms and canvas, it allows teams to be productive quickly by working on documents and browser-based apps. When the session ends, everything is saved so that everyone can go on where they started.
Other virtual spaces, like Teemyco and Gather, help build a culture of cooperation by allowing users to check out what their colleagues are doing in the virtual office. That way, it’s easy to track who is planning a big project, delivering a sales demo or simply taking a virtual break during a coffee break.