Best Web Collaboration Software to create new Organzation ?

[CameraQuest]

OK, I'm hoping some of you software gurus can point us in the right direction here.

A group of us are working on creating an new web focused members society. We are in the very beginning.

We need to be able to share and discuss ideas on what to do and how to do it, and then go out, do what is needed, and create the organization.

Someone suggested Google Docs, but I have never used it and there are apparently many different flavors of Google Docs. We are not software people.

Can anyone suggest possible best software for this group of software newbies ?

Many Thanks for all who reply !!

Stephen

 

[tstermitz]

Wordpress?

Seriously. Blogging software allows you to write ideas, organize categories, and add comments. You can lock down the permissions so only logged-in users can read it.

 

[CameraQuest]

any other thoughts on this ?

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Linkedin.com

 

[finguanzo]

http://www.creativebloq.com/design/online-collaboration-tools-912855

Found a list of different sites...

 

[CameraQuest]

Not sure what you are asking. If I were a consultant I would need a lot more information.

Collaborate on documents?
Edit existing documents?
Annotation of documents without edits?

General discussion?

collaboration on ideas
creating, sharing, editing documents
end result creating a membership organization

Stephen

 

[coelacanth]

Try Evernote. I use it often to share info, idea, mockups etc for my software design projects. Even without the collaboration aspect, Evernote is a great tool to keep all your ideas and all sorts of info, records, etc in one place.

 

[Freakscene]

You cannot ever delete an Evernote account, just deactivate it temporarily. Deactivation does not remove your data so you will have to manually delete all notes and personal info, perform a sync and then deactivate the account. The Evernote terms of service are absurd in terms of the level of access to your data you provide to the Evernote operators by agreeing to it.

Atlassian Confluence is the best online collaboration software, particularly if you need to work on code. It's not free but it is cheap. And the terms of service keep your data yours.

Marty

 

[Duane Pandorf]

I fourth the Evernote idea. I use it daily as part of my GTD program.

 

[kxl]

Evernote is great for jotting down notes or even freehand drawing (I'm a paid subscriber and use it everyday), but it lacks collab features.

IMO, Stephen needs Office 365 with Sharepoint Online -- easy and familiar MS Office tools and Sharepoint for the sharing and social media features.

 

[Dan Daniel]

You might look at Nozbe. Stupid name, but has some decent collab features.

http://nozbe.com/

 

[cz23]

If you can use Windows Explorer and MS Office, you can use Google Drive. That's what I would recommend. It has all the authoring and sharing functionality built in.

John

 

[jackbaty]

Any of the suggestions so far could work. I use Atlassian's Confluence to collaborate and document software with a number of clients. It can be a bit "heavy" but works well. Evernote is great but I don't love it for collaboration.

A couple of other options:

1. Asana (http://asana.com) - Free, fast. Good for managing lots of tasks
2. Trello (http://trello.com) - Free. Easy and more visual than Asana

I use both with clients and either would probably work.