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Icebreaker questions help you learn who your teammates are as people—beyond just their work habits. This team building activity focuses on answering fun questions and is a simple way to build trust and morale. Get started with these 130 prompts, which range from favorite knock-knock jokes to existential questions (e.g., is a hot dog a sandwich?). How much do you know about your team members?

This summer, 17 contributors completed the Google Summer of Code(GSoC) program with the Zulip development community. This was the 9th consecutive year that Zulip participated in GSoC; over 120 contributors have now completed one of our formal internship programs, primarily through Google Summer of Code and Outreachy. Our welcoming community is fully committed to helping bring up the next generation of open-source contributors from a wide range of backgrounds.

A comprehensive list of common terms we use to talk about modern teams and they ways they work.

‍ According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), countries with higher levels of citizen engagement tend to have more effective and responsive governments. This highlights the critical role engaged citizens play in enhancing governance. However, challenges like lack of awareness, communication barriers, and limited accessibility often restrain civic participation.

Coffee could be killing your productivity. As former Googlers say, relying on your morning cup of Joe will likely worsen your work rate. But there’s also one thing that can boost your output, not undermine it. I’m talking about the best apps for productivity. These tools save us time, effort, and money—even if we indulge ourselves in a cup of coffee occasionally. So, let’s talk about business productivity apps. At Chanty, we are keen on exploring digital tools.

Working on a software project with an agile methodology means delivering constant improvements in small increments. This translates to frequent changes on the product level (what the product offers, how the user experience works) and on the technical level (how it works under the hood). Organizations typically track these changes using a ticketing system, such as Atlassian Jira, where tickets describe what needs to be implemented.

We’re thrilled to introduce the Innovation Workspace, the most significant product update in Miro’s history, to help teams innovate together, innovate faster, innovate their way, and innovate securely on one intelligent canvas. You’ve probably noticed that at Miro, we have a borderline unhealthy obsession with innovation. We love to see teams come together to create the next big thing. Because when it works, it’s beautiful.

In one of business’ great pivots, high performing Internal Communication teams have switched from full pandemic/crisis mode to become a catalyst for furtherance of company culture as well as organizational impact. Senior leaders across the globe have realized that internal comms, when done right, can be a highly effective lever that moves the needle on critical KPIs.