{"id":538,"date":"2018-05-22T20:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.swag.com\/?p=538"},"modified":"2019-11-05T11:41:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T11:41:34","slug":"communications-tools-for-office-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swag.com\/blog\/communications-tools-for-office-managers","title":{"rendered":"10 Communication Tools That Office Managers Should Know About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Communications Tools Can Make Your Life As An Office Manager or Executive Assistant A Million Times Better<\/h2>\n<div>When it comes to running an office like a well-oiled machine, communication is one of the most important tools that the office manager has in their toolkit. By coupling communication with technology that makes the act of communicating easier, more productive, and more efficient, that\u2019s where the magic really happens.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As part of our inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.swag.com\/swag100\/\">Swag 100<\/a>, we\u2019re taking a closer look at the resources in each category. The first category we\u2019ll explore is \u2014 you guessed it! \u2014 the Communications category.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The tools in the Communications category may seem like a motley crew but they all share a common theme of making workplace communication more productive. So, let\u2019s dive into how office managers can leverage each of these tools to upgrade their office communications.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Basecamp<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/basecamp.com\/\">Basecamp<\/a> is a project management platform that\u2019s been around for awhile. Not only can it help you to manage your own work and projects, but you can invite other people on your team to collaborate on a project as well. It\u2019ll keep the wheels on the track and help you and your coworkers get projects of all types done quicker and more efficiently instead of endless email threads and rambling meetings.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\nDropbox<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/business\">Dropbox<\/a> is arguably the gold standard for cloud storage. By utilizing Dropbox with your team, you\u2019ll all have access to files from wherever you are (on desktop or mobile) and you won\u2019t have to worry about losing files on someone\u2019s computer locally.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\nEvernote<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/evernote.com\/\">Evernote<\/a> may just change your life. Evernote is your notebook in the cloud and can keep track of all of your notes, images, scanned files, pdf\u2019s, and whatever else you want to throw at it. You can access your Evernote from your desktop app, browser, or mobile devices and any note or notebook can be shared with your team or 1-1. One of the best features is the OCR, optical character recognition, search. This feature allows you to search for words that may be in your typed notes or on scanned documents, photos, pdf\u2019s and other images.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\nKiSSFLOW<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Managing an office often means creating, streamlining, and optimizing processes like employee onboarding, gathering feedback, planning events, managing invoices and budget requests and so much more. <a href=\"https:\/\/kissflow.com\/\">KiSSFLOW<\/a> will help you create and automate as many of those processes as you wish to manage the avalanche of information that comes at you every day.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\nPick<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>How many times have you or your managers had the back-and-forth of setting an appointment to try and find a mutually-convenient time? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pick.co\/\">Pick<\/a> is a tool that\u2019ll make it fast and painless to invite anyone to book an open time on your calendar that\u2019ll work for them. Are you an EA? Save yourself some serious time and set it up for your executive, too.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\nProcess Street<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Need an easy, free way to document and share workflows? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/\">Process Street<\/a> offers a lightweight (but powerful!) way to manage your recurring workflows so that you can operationalize and collaborate with anyone who needs to see or participate in a workflow. The sky is the limit!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\nSlack<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/\">Slack<\/a> is, for the uninitiated, a messaging platform with unlimited integration functionality. Not only does it make your team\u2019s communication instant, organized, and tremendously productive but it can connect into almost any business tool that you use to create a hub for all of your communication needs. Many teams that embrace Slack find that it speeds up communication by removing the email lag.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\nSurvey Monkey<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/\">Survey Monkey<\/a> allows you to collect input and feedback from your team, your customers, your vendors, and anyone else using easy-to-create surveys, questionnaires, and forms. Facilitate employee surveys, client feedback, and customer data gathering.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\nVoxer<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Sometimes it\u2019s easier to verbally explain something or talk through a message than to transcribe it. You and your team may find <a href=\"https:\/\/voxer.com\/\">Voxer<\/a> to be a more efficient alternative to hammering out emails or messages for communicating on-the-go.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><br \/>\nYodel<\/b><\/div>\n<div>Think of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yodel.io\/index.html\">Yodel<\/a> as a telephone switchboard for 2018. It\u2019s a way to manage, route, respond to, make and take phone calls from Slack. 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