By Katie Levenstein
In the virtual business environment of most consulting firms, remote working—across states or the globe—and collaboration among engagement teams and clients, is absolutely essential. Does your current platform support this type of streamlined communication to aid in improving operational performance and employee productivity? How much time today is spent on tracking down information, scheduling meetings or following up on tasks? Luckily, today's new "social collaboration" approaches provide ample opportunities for sharing and interaction—and could be the new cornerstone your firm needs for long term success.
Social collaboration centralizes all communication and information within the context of your firm's project or engagement so everyone involved has easy access to documents or answers to questions. Purpose-built social collaboration tools, such as Kona, grant real-time access to essential documents, conversations, important deliverables, major milestones, tasks and events for every project—helping your firm increase productivity and profitability
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