Group/Team Collaboration & Messaging Environment

Noblejoker on 09/09/2013 - 11:32

We have a local community group and as one of the new members I am looking to start up a 'shared platform' or whatever for collaboration
The volume of emails etc is getting high so we would like a separate method of tracking messages, documents, etc
There are 11 people who need access
Free is great but cheap would be ok

One member is in education and suggested Edmodo while another suggested a closed Facebook Group
Of course there is Google+ and SkyDrive etc
I use Google Apps on my own domain and have seen services/apps for these purposes in the 'app store'

Any suggestions on how to set up and use a system for collaboration
your thoughts greatly appreciated

Computing

Comments

  • mskeggs on 09/09/2013 - 11:36
    +1

    I'm in a group with a similar requirement.
    We used Glasscubes successfully, but they have recently changed their free license to be quite costly for our needs.
    We have moved to Open Atrium, a Drupal distribution. It is free.

    • Noblejoker on 09/09/2013 - 11:52

      Thanks - I will check them out

  • _Bruce_ on 09/09/2013 - 11:44
    +1

    I think the simplest 'just use it' solution would be Google Drive. If you have the time/resources to do something more advanced there are lots of options, but personally I would start with Google Drive/+ and you can migrate to something else once you work out what bits work for you and what bits don't.

    • Noblejoker on 09/09/2013 - 11:54

      Thanks Bruce
      To clarify a little we use Dropbox for file storage currently which works ok
      But it is the volume of messages/emails plus doc collaboration etc we are particularly looking to address

      • _Bruce_ on 09/09/2013 - 12:42
        +1

        Google Drive gies you version tracking with live symultaneous user editing. Very useful.

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