As more and more companies and teams are going strictly virtual, there are a whole new set of issues to consider and challenges to address. Using my own virtual social media marketing team as an example, I’ve identified a number of needs that require some kind of technology solution, but at the moment, we are “patchwork quilting” our tech infrastructure to accommodate all of our needs.
Here are some needs virtual teams face daily:
Communications |
Management |
Archiving |
Interaction |
Conference Calls
Video Conferencing
Virtual screen demos
Virtual meetings
Virtual PBX |
Project Overviews
Task Assignments
Time Tracking
Scheduling |
Correspondence
Document drafts
Small files
Large files
Knowledge Base |
Document Collaboration
Team Member Integration
Status Updates
Watercooler Socializing |
Here is a diagram of what we’re currently using as our solutions and which issues and needs each solution addresses. The software we currently use is in orange. Yellow designates the software we are considering.

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