where is my co-worker?...in the next office or acroos the globe?

Being co-workers use to mean being in a cubicles next to each other, or close enough if needed you can walk to them...Then it evolved into more distance with the telephone and now today that co-worker can be anywhere in the world with the help of the Internet and collaboration tools available...

The article TeamWork supercharged uses the program basecamp as an example...This company wanted to change their design off a promotion they were running so they posted there plan on the site and within minutes proposals were popping up...This site now allows company's to post all aspects of there proposal online for the new company to see...With the ability to post Crystal clear documents it now eliminates the need for face to face meetings...

Even the military has used some form of collaboration site to help there operations run smoother...Military vehicles are now starting to be outfitted with antennas that can send signals back to there base and even to the pentagon across the world...This data now lets generals and the president see whats going on in real time allowing them to make better decisions that will make the world easier...These collaboration sites allows meetings with all parties involved at one time to make decisions together...

Our class used a very simple form of a collaboration tool on our last project....We used Google docs...This allowed each member of a group to post there parts on a website that allowed the others to view it before publishing the final copy...This site made group work easy when college students don't have time to actually meet...

Where does collaboration tools help you?