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The power of searchable content in a secure environment makes Google Sites an ideal platform for building your team's knowledge base. If you simply answer every question verbally, you lose the opportunity for an ongoing resource which your team can access as it grows. Capturing content between your
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The problem with being slow is that you may not realize your speed deficit. We tend to think relatively rather than absolutely. If you are five years behind in your business systems and execution, it means a lot of money is lost in productivity and execution for your business. The
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Your team thrives based on how seamless information is accessed to execute. Your customers perceive higher value from communications and transparency in their engagement with your organization. Knowledge sites can be built to facilitate collaboration with your team and customers within Google Apps. Part of the suite of products which
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Every day your team works, there is an increase in value. This value may not be fully realized if everyone is working in production silos. In a connected world, organizations that collaborate quickly with their knowledge tools have a competitive advantage. The ability to deliver results, ship products and get
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In the past, precision, deliberation and schedules were important. The past was an age of inefficient communications. It was not felt because everyone was participating in the mass inefficiency of the day. Many businesses are still operating this way and getting passed quickly. It can be felt when trying to
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Google has the most powerful calendar sharing application. It is easy to share events securely and publicly if so desired. Toggling views of calendars and changing events in a world where things are always changing make this an ideal environment for managing constant change. You can share your Google Calendar
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Walking around with a Palm Pilot is not only unglamorous, but it is irrelevant. Sure, you can manage tasks, check you calendar and take some notes. However, it is an outdated tool. Reality has shifted. If it's not connected, it's a toy. Email, calendaring and documents
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The knowledge worker must operate beyond the traditional desktop software tools which enable individual productivity. In today's economy, there is an immense increase in the amount of information flow between customers, vendors, management and team members. Managing and leveraging this information flow requires tools which are agile, collaborative
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In today's business environment, a resultant proposal, legal document or any numerous pieces of information produced through knowledge work is a product of collaboration. Today, more than ever, knowledge work requires inputs and approvals from internal stakeholders and external customers and vendors. As documents, appointments and emails are
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Our economy is overwhelmingly a service economy. The last statistic from 2006 showed 84% of Americans are in the service business. This was a 4% increase from 2000. In layman's terms, this means that 1 out of 6 people you shake hands with actually make a physical object.