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How Bricx Moves Faster Than In-House Design Teams
Bricx, a remote UI/UX agency, drastically improved its internal collaboration and client turnaround times by adopting Gather. This shift enabled them to reduce internal feedback cycles from over 24 hours to just one hour, leading to increased client satisfaction and demonstrating that remote teams can achieve superior efficiency with the right tools.

Skip Remote Monitoring Software: How to Really Boost Remote Team Productivity
Productive remote teams don't need to be monitored — they need better ways to connect. Discover how to get real team visibility and boost remote productivity with Gather instead.

Benefits of a Virtual Office on Gather
Working in a virtual office on Gather makes it easy and natural to talk to people on your distributed team. This leads to fewer meetings, easier mentorship, and stronger connections.

Reimagine Remote Pair Programming with a Virtual Office
Remote pair programming is fast, flexible, and efficient when it happens in a virtual office like Gather. Learn how it works and why engineers love to collaborate on Gather.

Gather Pilot Guide
Follow this guide of best practices to launch a successful Gather pilot, based on the experiences of over 10,000 remote teams.

Building a Fast-Paced, Fully Distributed Startup with Gather
Intuition Systems is a fully distributed, global startup with a fast-paced, collaborative culture on Gather that helps them stay aligned and connected.

How Gather Transformed Remote Culture at Human-I-T
When Human-I-T found Gather, retention improved by 70%, conversations felt natural, and the team felt more connected to each other than they had in years.

Rebuilding Beatport's Distributed Engineering Team's Culture
Gather has helped Beatport create a distributed engineering culture where they can feel more connected, be more productive, and have fun together.

Template | Gather Onboarding Guide
Use this template to onboard your team to Gather with shared expectations and etiquette for working together in a virtual office.

Template | Gather Pilot Slack/Email Announcement
When it's time to start your Gather pilot, use this announcement template to build some excitement and help them get started.

Getting Started with Gather
Welcome to your brand new virtual HQ! To help you get the most of your virtual office, here’s a quick overview of how to use Gather.
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Your Gather Office Floor Plan
To help you create the virtual office of your dreams, this guide will explain the floor plans of our starter templates and offer inspiration for how you can customize your space.

Best 5-minute games for virtual meetings
Start your next virtual meeting with one of these 5-minute games to build trust, increase collaboration, and boost team morale.

3 meetings proven to increase productivity & innovation
The most valuable meetings improve interpersonal relationships, lead to dynamic conversations, and increase access to information outside of your immediate team. And these 3 are proven to do just that!

How CTO Labs Creates Remote Team Culture Outside of Meetings
CTO Labs has created a bustling virtual office that fuels collaboration, innovation, and a great work environment. To give you a sense of what it’s like to work day to day in Gather, here’s an inside look at CTO Labs’ virtual HQ.

Quarterly Hackathons to Weekly Meetings: Flywheel Software’s Journey with Gather
Learn more about how Flywheel Software got started with Gather (hackathons!) and hear their best advice for other teams onboarding to a virtual office.

How Marvin Uses Gather to Interact with Their Hybrid Team
Marvin is revolutionizing B2B payment methods with a hybrid team based in São Paulo, Brazil. Learn how they use Gather to facilitate meaningful interactions for their hybrid team.

How RITE inspires and engages their hybrid team
Take a tour through the RITE team's virtual office on Gather. They've intentionally designed their Space to reflect their company values and create a place where all employees can build strong relationships and experience chance encounters with each other.

How We Gather: Deep-diving into how our People and Talent teams work together at Gather
It may not surprise you that at Gather, we go to work in our virtual office on the very tool we build. Our teams are constantly using the various features we build in order to supercharge remote culture, improve productivity, and collaborate together. We sat down with three members of our People and Talent teams to share with you how they Gather.

How We Gather: Deep-diving into how our tech teams work together at Gather
It may not surprise you that at Gather, we go to work in our virtual office on the very tool we build. Our teams are testing new office features every day as we tinker, build, and collaborate on Gather! We sat down with three members of our engineering team to share with you how they Gather.

How weme increased employee engagement by 10%
weme transformed their in-person innovation ecosystem to a highly-connected, delightful digital community on Gather. Here’s the story of how they created a joyful culture that inspires connections that employees and clients love to be a part of!

Details & Thrive: How Gather’s Engineering, Product, and Design teams fixed 116 bugs in two weeks
Our EPD team (Engineering, Product, and Design) held a two-week sprint entirely focused on the details of the Gather experience, in which they fixed 116 bugs! We sat down with three members of the team to get a behind-the-scenes look at this unique sprint.

Pixel-Perfect Details: 116 Bug Fixes & Improvements
To help your team thrive when using Gather, we’ve launched 116 improvements and bug fixes that make it easier to use, more reliable, and a little more fun!

How Redspark Transformed Their Remote Work Culture
We visited Redspark's Gather office to chat with Isabella (“Isa”) Sales, the People Area Manager overseeing culture strategy at Redspark. Isa shared how Gather has upgraded and transformed Redspark’s remote work culture, productivity, and ability to source talent all across Brazil.

The Ultimate Guide to Better Video Meetings
Avoid meeting fatigue and keep your remote team happy and engaged by creating an energizing meeting environment. With these tips, you'll re-engage your teams on video calls and hold more productive meetings.

How TradeLink enhanced remote culture with “enjoyable and effective” meetings
TradeLink scaled their remote company culture thanks to intentional, engaging meeting spaces in their virtual office on Gather. Read more about their onboarding process and tips for other remote teams!

How to Combat Virtual Meeting Fatigue
Virtual meeting fatigue (a.k.a Zoom fatigue) is making remote teams suffer. Click here to get research-backed tips on how to eliminate it completely.

5 Best Virtual Meeting Apps in 2022
Looking for the best virtual meeting apps for your remote team? Read this guide to explore the best options in 2022.

5 Zoom Alternatives That Raise Employee Engagement in 2022
Zoom is still a high-quality meeting app, but the remote teams of tomorrow are using alternatives to build a stronger remote culture and hold more engaging virtual meetings. Here's our top 5!