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Associations going digital
Tools for promoting cooperation
Digital planning and cooperation
Great collaboration can also be achieved remotely. Digital tools have the advantage that they can be used for planning and communication purposes from anywhere and around the clock. Here are some tools you might find helpful.
Planning work and communications
- OneNote – digital notebook
- Slack – communicating & collaborating
- MsTeams – collaborating in Office 365
- Trello – planning tool based on Kanban
- MsPlanner – planning tool in Office 365
- Funretro – planning tool
- Rocket.Chat – open source alternative to slack
- Mattermost – open source alternative to slack
- Microsoft To Do – virtual to do lists
Organize association activities
- Klubraum – Communication within the association
- Frontapp – Organize groups
- Spond – Team Management App
- Gumb – Organize dates, events, meetings
- Konzertmeister – Organize rehearsals and performances
- TeamTeam – Personnel and resource planning
- Helfereinsatz – Resource planning tool
- evagic – Event planning tool
- sanboard – Operational planning for Samaritan associations
- Skill Hub – Pool and activate communities
- BeUnity – All-in-One Plattform for Communities
Planning meetings
- Teamup – joint calendar
- Xoyondo – online meeting polls
- Doodle – online meeting polls
- Nuudel – online meeting polls
Working on documents together
- Cryptpad – office and cloud services
- GoogleDocs – editing documents online
- GoogleDrive – saving documents online
- Evernote – creating digital notes, ideas and lists
- Wetransfer – data transfer
- Swisstransfer – data transfer
Association software
- Frontapp – organising groups
- Clubdesk – web based association software
- Insieme – association software
- Fairgate – association software
- Webling – web based association software
- verein-web – association software
- vvv.ch – web based association software
Project management tools
- Asana – planning tool
- Monday – planning tool
- Basecamp – project management tool
- Clickup – project management tool
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Tools for creative minds
Creating digital content
You can also showcase your creative flair digitally. Here are a few tools you can use to create interactive presentations and videos and brainstorm.
Quizzes, Polls & Voting
- Mentimeter – interactive presentations
- Slido – interactive presentations
- Kahoot – creating digital quizzes
- Microsoft Forms – create survey forms
- Google Formulare – create survey forms
- Lama Poll – online polling tool
- Lime Survey – online polling tool
- Findmind – online polling tool
- SurveyMonkey – online polling tool
- Quizzbox – interactive voting tool
- Polyas – secure online voting tool
- HeptaVote – secure online voting tool
- Tricider – social voting tool
Brainstorming & creative design
- Padlet – virtual whiteboard
- Miro – virtual whiteboard
- Milanote – virtual whiteboard
- Google Jamboard – virtual whiteboard
- scrumblr – virtual whiteboard
- Flinga – virtual whiteboard
- Mural – digital workspace for collaboration
- Mindmeister – web-based brainstorming
Videos, designs & podcasts
- Loom – feedback, instructions, information videos
- Canva – collaborate & create graphic design
- Anchor.fm – create your own podcast
Communicating live digitally
Video conferences and online meetings
Going straight from your office at home to a board meeting? It couldn't be easier. Meetings of all sizes can easily be held online – via computer, tablet or mobile phone. Here are a few simple tools to get you started.