Have you E- Quip -ed yourself!!

We all in the business of consulting are required to showcase our acumen to prospective clients via presentations / decks, etc.  Any such document creation requires different and distributed teams to work and collaborate together.  In such a scenario we all struggle with numerous email chains and versions of document to keep track of the latest approved content. In short working in a collaborative environment may prove to be chaotic and keeping track of latest content is a painful aspect.  We all have struggled with filenames like - "SalesDeck_v1", "SalesDeck_vn" , "SalesDeck_vn_final" or "SalesDeck_vn_final_latest".

Quip - collaboration suite is the answer to above mentioned chaotic situation. Quip enables us to create, edit, discuss, and organize our work using the features provided  in its content collaboration platform. It fuels a culture of action across any organization with documents, slides, and spreadsheets that stay up-to-date and keep the conversation in focus.

One might ask why use Quip , why not any other cloud based ( I trying to avoid taking names here) solution which also provide online documents. The reason is explained in the following diagram taken from Quip"s official website .

Additionally the features provided by Quip will further make the argument in favour of using quip much stronger.  Some of the features which Quip provides are:-

• Real-time collaboration –Quip provides built-in chat and also supports co-editing and commenting to create version-free slides together, faster.
• Live Charts — It provides Interactive charts which connect to real-time data in Quip Spreadsheets. One can even connect charts to spreadsheets backed by Salesforce Reports. 
• Live Data — It allows Embeding of live data from Salesforce and third-party systems through Live Apps. One can keep their slides up to date with real-time data easily and automatically.
• Feedback Prompts — It facilitates feedback through its feature of :-

1. adding questions
2. polls
3. comment prompts in our slides 

to engage our audience, get feedback, and drive decisions faster.

• Engagement Insights – It also enables users to check which stakeholders have viewed our presentation, and which slides have the most (or least) engagement.

Quip is the latest feather in Salesforce's kitty of acquisitions and attempt to make its platform robust and responsive to need of modern day work reality.