Collaboration

Discussions

Quickly start discussions with team members and keep all conversations and comments in one central place. No more reply-all email chains. See how many posts have been added and by whom with profile photos.

A discussion in Huddle is like an online forum. It is the perfect place to discuss issues, solve problems, share links, send messages and post announcements. The simple post and reply system allows you to keep track of information and comments submitted by other users.

Teams can hold brainstorms and conversations across departments, offices and firewalls in a secure online environment. Rather than having discussions via email, which can result in information being lost and overburdened inboxes, Huddle’s Discussion section enables you to view a list of current conversation threads in a Workspace. Threads are displayed in chronological order, and when you click on the title of a discussion, if a user has added their profile picture it will appear alongside each post.

To encourage users to participate in a conversation, you can notify them about a new discussion, prompting them to come and post their comments to get the conversation going. All ideas and thoughts relating to specific projects and campaigns can now be kept in a secure central place online.

Whiteboards

Brainstorm with your team. Make lists, share pictures and keep up to date with information. Edit whiteboards directly and save your changes or add comments beneath the whiteboard to start a conversation.

Similar to a non-technical wiki page, Huddle’s whiteboards are a simple place to share text and images with other members of your workspace. You can make lists, work on the copy for your next press release or a new page on your web site, record ideas and meeting minutes, and share them with the rest of your team. Add images and ideas to your text to enable everyone to share your vision.

As with documents, each version of a whiteboard is kept and audited so that you can see previous versions of the whiteboard. You can immediately see who started whiteboard, on what date and at what time. Users can edit the whiteboard and notify other team members of their changes.

A whiteboard offers the ideal place for firms to collaborate with clients on projects. For example, creative agencies can share ideas on projects and campaigns with their clients and receive instant feedback.

Whiteboards can also act as a noticeboard, for announcements, which can be useful for both internal and external use. These whiteboards are fully searchable and easy to track using audit trails, as you would in the file sharing features.

Comments

In Huddle, you can comment on whiteboards, files and tasks, and notify others of changes. Any user can comment on an item, suggesting edits, providing feedback or simply discussing your work with your team. Everyone’s comments on content can be viewed, as well as the time and date that the comments were made, so all relevant information is kept in one secure central environment. You no longer have to filter through numerous emails to find the information that you need, increasing efficiency.

To make a comment, simply click on the ‘Add a comment’ link below the item, enter your text and click the add button. Your profile photo will appear alongside the comment once it has been posted. You also have the opportunity to notify other users of your comment, so that all relevant people have the latest information.

Comments can inform users on the next steps to be taken on a project or a campaign, making it easier to communicate with colleagues. Notifications can be sent if the comment needs to be seen immediately.