Cool Tools and Gadgets: Collaboration

A simple online meeting and screen sharing service from LogMeIn, join.me is used by millions of people and hundreds of thousands of businesses for everything from online meetings, to ad hoc show-and-tell collaboration.

Screenleap's desktop screen sharing feature allows you to easily share your desktop or laptop computer screen with other people. You can share your screen using one of our desktop apps if you are on a Mac or Windows PC. Your viewers will be able to view your shared screen from any device with a web browser (including tablets and smartphones) without having to download or install any additional software. Screenleap also integrates with Slack.

TeamViewer connects to any PC or server around the world. You can remote control your partner’s PC as if you were sitting in front of it. Also enables you to share your desktop with other people over the internet – an ideal solution for online collaboration. Free for non-commercial users.

Track projects from start to finish. Free to use for groups up to 15. Integrates with Dropbox, Slack, Chrome, and Google Drive.

Slack is a cloud-based team collaboration tool, allowing messaging, file-sharing, chat and more. Slack integrates with a large number of third-party services to provide even more functions and features. Free plan available for small teams or unlimited evaluation. Premium plans with more features and controls are also available.

Trello is the free, flexible, and visual way to organize anything with anyone. A Trello board is a list of lists, filled with cards, used by you and your team. Trello has everything you need to organize projects of any size. Open a card and you can add comments, upload file attachments, create checklists, add labels and due dates, and more. You can invite as many people to your board as you need, all for free. Drag and drop people to cards to divvy up tasks. Everyone sees the same board and the whole picture all at once.

In Slack, you’ve got all the flexibility to work when, where and how it’s best for you. You can easily chat, send audio and video clips, or hop on a huddle to talk things out live-- for free!