Central Desktop Blog | Smarter Collaboration

CD Gives: Volunteering with KCSS

lauren — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:08:36 +0000

“An làmb a bheir, ‘s I a gheibh” – the hand that gives is the hand that gets. Through CD Gives, we were recently able to spend the day volunteering with The Kern County Scottish Society. The KCSS is a non-profit organization known not only for their kilts and bagpipes, but their dedication to educating [...]

5 Ways to Spring Clean Your Workspaces

Grace Kang — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:05:33 +0000

April brings more than just jokes and spring showers… It’s time to spring clean your workspaces back into shape. I’m going to borrow an analogy Susan from our CS team made in today’s Get Connected webinar on Spring Cleaning. A workspace can be alot like an office kitchen. People come in and out, mind their [...]

Collaboration ROI: Consistency Is Key

Sydni — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:35:51 +0000

This is a contributed guest post from Sydni Craighart, Central Desktop user and founder of SmartSimpleMarketing.com. I’ve used a number of different tools and systems over the years to manage projects amongst my team. My favorite among them all is Central Desktop, but this piece of advice really applies to any collaboration solution. There is [...]

Fortune Magazine’s “Cool Green Company of 2011″ Moves to the Cloud

Linda Souza — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:23:38 +0000

Today we’re happy to present BURN Design Lab with a Central Desktop product donation. BURN Design Lab, Fortune Magazine‘s “Cool Green Company of 2011”, creates customized biomass stove solutions to meet the cooking needs of developing nations. The stoves are meant to replace crude open fires that contribute to a large part of the world’s [...]

Open science Movement Speeds Up Scientific Process with Online Collaboration

Grace Kang — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:14:39 +0000

If online collaboration can find complex theorems for proofs and help polymer scientists make breakthroughs in their field, imagine what your business could do with it. The traditional system for publishing scientific research can take months – and after extensive peer review and publication cycle, many journals are hidden behind costly subscription gates, a process [...]

New Video: How Do You CD?

Grace Kang — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:39:43 +0000

For those of you who attended Collabosphere, you might remember our CEO Isaac Garcia alluding to all the cool ways our customers are using Central Desktop. Some of these cool ways, he had never even imagined CD would be used for. That spurred us to create a video showcase of our most interesting use cases. [...]

Super Bowl Meets Super Collaboration

Darren — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:39:11 +0000

Working together to achieve common goals is a part of all of our daily agendas, both professionally and at home. Though the two environments may seem more dissimilar than not, the spirit of collaboration occurring within each is more alike than you might realize. But we won’t just talk to talk; we’ll show you what [...]

9 Collaborators Webisode 1 : Dinosaurs Walk Among Us

Grace Kang — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:37:35 +0000

Meet Kevin, our resident Central Desktop dinosaur. Ever since he scored “Dinosaur” on our 9 Types of Collaborators quiz, we’ve been giving Kevin a hard time (in good fun) about not having a smart phone. He’s even embraced his new nickname T-Rex – or in some circles K-Rex – by updating his profile pic in [...]

And the Winning Collaboration Resolution Is…

Grace Kang — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:24:43 +0000

“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.” – Benjamin Franklin Thank you to all those who participated in our 2012 Collaboration Resolutions contest. We received over 170 entries, and although not all of those revolved around collaboration, it was inspiring [...]

Central Desktop’s Top 11 of 2011

Anita Taylor — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:51:17 +0000

Here’s a year-end list of all things collaboration: from best practices to product news to pictures that’ll make you smile. Read the list, click the links and relive Central Desktop’s Best of 2011. 1. Biggest news flash - Central Desktop Launches First Fully-Integrated Collaboration Solution for Marketing Agencies. In March, Central Desktop launched SocialBridge, and [...]