Team Collaboration For Your Family

Posted by Dana Larson on March 05, 2010

It’s true that business teams can benefit from some good team collaboration and increased communication. It increases the connection felt by team members, and encourages participation in all projects. With this increased communication, teams increase the success of the business.

But there’s another team that could benefit from a bit of collaboration - your home team. No, I don’t mean your favorite home town baseball or football team; I mean the team comprised of your family members.

Family dinners are a great way to open up communication for the entire family, but with so many soccer games, plays, after-school jobs and meetings, you may feel your family is just a bunch of ships passing in the night. There are ways to encourage your family to communicate and collaborate on family decisions.

Because many families are connected to the Internet so often - with email, Facebook and mobile devices - try to find an online solution to bring your family together when you can’t sit face to face. Business team collaboration tools like OnePlace can work well for home collaboration.

Here are a few ways to leverage online team collaboration tools to increase family communication and collaboration:

  1. Share ideas for a family vacation
  2. Upload fun family pictures, or a good report card to share
  3. Schedule tasks for family events
  4. Plan your weekly meals, and track grocery lists
  5. Pass encouraging notes before a big test
  6. Decide where to go out for dinner to celebrate Grandpa’s 75th birthday

And with OnePlace available for mobile phones, family members can stay connected while on the go. It’s just another way to encourage family members to communicate and collaborate, and fits in well with our busy schedules.

These types of team collaboration solutions can help balance your work life and your personal life, as well as bring your family together when needed. Try out collaboration tools to increase family communication, and enjoy the benefits of connecting with the most important team members of all.

Dana_larson Dana Larson - OnePlace Marketing Manager. Dana represents the best of a new generation of communicators adept at engaging across all media, from traditional to social. A sweet but somewhat snarky gal whose career in marketing has easily transcended from big agency to agile small business, Dana blogs regularly about business, collaboration and productivity solutions at http://blog.oneplacehome.com. You can reach Dana at dana.larson at oneplacehome dot com.
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