Google Docs — Rocks!

Today I hap­pened to dis­cover that Google docs and spread­sheets has now added pre­sen­ta­tions to the list of files that can be shared via this free online tool. The tim­ing could not be bet­ter for me, as I am work­ing with a team of MBA stu­dents at the Uni­ver­sity of Day­ton on our Cap­stone project. We are cur­rently uti­liz­ing Google Docs to share notes on inter­views, research, time lines, finan­cial infor­ma­tion and other com­po­nents of our project. The miss­ing link thus far has been how to share this all in the con­text of a pre­sen­ta­tion. We were prepar­ing to pass Pow­er­Point files back and forth in the tra­di­tional fash­ion, man­ag­ing ver­sion upon ver­sion until we got it right. Now with the launch of pre­sen­ta­tions in Google Docs, we can sim­ply col­lab­o­rate in one doc­u­ment. This will elim­i­nate dupli­ca­tion of our efforts, the has­sle of keep­ing track of mul­ti­ple changes to mul­ti­ple ver­sions, and the mis­com­mu­ni­ca­tion that can ensue from email­ing files back and forth. The link below is a short video about Google Docs that I found on YouTube. If you are unsure as to what the fuss is about this tool, take 2 and 1/2 min­utes to watch the video and learn. While I still have a need for all of the Microsoft Office tools, when it comes to col­lab­o­ra­tive projects, Google Docs — Rocks!

YouTube — Google Docs in Plain English