Take Docs to Work
June 25th, 2009 | Published in Google Docs
Collecting information from coworkers is something that many of us do every day. Whether you're chasing after sales figures, budget projections, product feedback or TPS reports, the basic business of requesting, collecting, and processing information is, well, a basic part of business.
Here at Google, we use spreadsheet forms for employee surveys, volunteer lists, product feedback and managing events like team offsites. Forms chase information so that we don't have to. Send a form with simple, straightforward questions via email -- and behind the scenes, your form busily updates your online spreadsheet with responses in real-time.
If you're already a convert to forms and were struggling to explain how they work to your co-workers, check out this short video we've created and then pass it along:
Here at Google, we use spreadsheet forms for employee surveys, volunteer lists, product feedback and managing events like team offsites. Forms chase information so that we don't have to. Send a form with simple, straightforward questions via email -- and behind the scenes, your form busily updates your online spreadsheet with responses in real-time.
If you're already a convert to forms and were struggling to explain how they work to your co-workers, check out this short video we've created and then pass it along: