What is new, however, is that there are a growing number of tools that allow you to do your own curation, in your own image, for your own purposes. How can curation help keep your remote team on the same page? It can be frustrating to try to get information you want to share to everybody on your team who could benefit from it. MORE >>

With the right tools you can quickly find this article and share with your friends. The four major tools I am using for my personal Knowledge Management are Google Docs (thoughts and files), Delicious (bookmarks), Google Reader (various news sources), and Remember the Milk (tasks). Team Collaboration: Dialogue & Consensus. MORE >>

When you work with a new team for the first time, especially if your colleagues are located in different cities across the globe, you’ll be sending important information to them without knowing much about them personally. Since all you have are your communication tools — email, phone, instant messaging, video conferencing, etc. MORE >>

When you add a new tool to the set you expect your team to work with every day, it takes more than just a little bit of training to get the ball rolling. You have to sit down and talk about the tool if you want your team to make full use of it. How to Manage Consumer-Grade Collaborative Tools in the Workplace. MORE >>

If you’re serious about giving your distributed team the best possible tools for maximum productivity, tablet computing devices should be at the top of your equipment list. distributed teams iPad sales tabletsTablet > Smartphone. The In-Between Gadget. My iPad does this especially well when it comes to communication. MORE >>