Introduction
Introduction to digital collaboration
The "Digital collaboration" learning guide is designed for all who ...
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... work together in a digital context (company, organization, association, ...)
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... have realized that digital work consists of more than e-mail and office programs
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... who are open to digital collaboration and want to learn more about it
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... who would like a little more orientation in the digital world
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... who already have some experience with collaborative tools - and newbies are also very welcome!
Getting started with digital collaboration is very individual. There is no one perfect way. Everyone has a different approach. We, the authors, asked ourselves how we started in our own Digital Collaboration journey. Here are a few thoughts:
"Then came corona ... and everyone suddenly wanted to work digitally. During this time, I took part in many webinars to gather more ideas and get to know new tools, such as Mural, Miro etc., in order to bring them into the company and make digital collaboration a tangible experience."
"At the end of 2019, my team leader moved to Tokyo for a few weeks, so we also needed to try out and learn about digital collaboration in my team. We successfully introduced MS Teams to the team and still use it today to exchange information on specialist topics and organizational matters."
"Achieving a lot with small things: Using MS Teams instead of emails, sharing documents in SharePoint for collaboration, building in Forms surveys, etc. (mindset change)."
"I'm glad I discovered our networking tool back then and have been actively using it to share knowledge with colleagues from other areas of the Group ever since. The information from Yammer has brought me many benefits in my daily work."
This way, everyone sets off on the path and keeps learning. If you do the learning path with a group, you all have the advantage of learning from and with each other at the same time. Each of you has a different goal, a different motivation. What you all have in common is that you all want to learn. And that's what matters.
This learning guide isn't a step-by-step guide on how to collaborate digitally. Instead, think of it as an accompaniment to your own learning journey. The important thing is to try out new things, find your own use cases and test them in a protected space before you introduce it in your team, department, etc.
Our guide is all about (digital) collaboration with others. That's why we've put the theory section, which anyone can work through on their own, at the end so that you can get straight into action with your Circle.