10 meetups, events, and groups for IT pros to network in Detroit

by Hans Erickson | Aug 3, 2015 | Blog, Collaboration

So you want to connect with IT managed services in Detroit, but you don’t know where to start… Needless to say, the city has loads to offer, and with Newmind Group’s 2nd annual Build IT Together Detroit coming up in September, we were looking for other places for...

4 ways to increase ROI with a Managed IT Services Provider

by Hans Erickson | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog, Collaboration

While organizations become more invested in IT through the use of cloud services, mobile devices, and other new tools, we can expect the cost of IT services to match their growth. Computerworld runs an annual Forecast survey of IT executives, and in 2015, 43% of...

Chromebox for Meetings is now ready for enterprise business

by Daniel Proczko | Jun 26, 2015 | Blog, Collaboration, Mobility & Collaboration

Newmind Group is already riding the Chromebox for Meetings train—we use the standard Chromebox for Meetings kit every week for company-wide meetings, team huddles, and even simple one-on-one touchpoints. Today, Google is introducing a new option for organizations...

The secret to a smooth helpdesk experience

by Heath Miller | May 18, 2015 | Blog, Collaboration

There’s no such thing as a “good” IT call—every call starts with a problem somewhere down the line, but that doesn’t mean your helpdesk experience needs to be an unpleasant one. One of Newmind Group’s core values is “communicate comfortably, responsibly, and with...

Top 4 reasons you should be using Google Hangouts

by Garrett Wenger | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog, Collaboration

One resource that we think is often overlooked—even by Google Apps users—is Google Hangouts. As a communication tool its well-rounded offering text, video, and voice chat options. Why Hangouts? Besides chat and free voice calling (within the United States), Hangouts...

Get Newmind’s take on “the linchpin” in this week’s most popular posts [2/16/2015]

by Garrett Wenger | Feb 20, 2015 | Collaboration

Have you been keeping up with our new content? Check out this roundup of our popular posts of the week, or our previous weeks’ Best of posts. 1) Add art to your work Ben Morris wrote this Linchpin post last Spring, in response to the book Linchpin by Seth Godin, which...