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When diverse teams of people come
               together to Collaborate they can solve
                complex problems more quickly. Their

               individual perspective and background                                                                                    Even Zoom innovated and
                      provides the Spark for innovation.                                                                              evolved. As of January 2021,
                  According to MIT, “A hackathon is an                                                                                  Zoom has over 350 million
           event that convenes diverse individuals to                                                                                   daily meeting participants.

             crowdsource solutions around a core set                   COLLABORATE                                                   In a March 2021 study, Zoom
             of predetermined challenges in a limited                  CHARCOAL METALLIC WITH STRONG                                    commissioned the Boston
         amount of time.” Hackathons bring together                    RED SHIFT ACHIEVED FROM BLACK/                                Consulting Group (BCG) and
          dreamers, activists, and volunteers, as well                 RED 315WRS IN THE MID-COAT OVER                                published the results March
                                                                       A BLACK BASE
          as interdisciplinary experts from across the                                                                                  2021: For this report, Zoom
           globe. For instance, the COVID Collective,                                                                                  commissioned BCG to look
                a new digital platform with the goal of                                                                                    at specific U.S. states to
         connecting people to food resources, came                                                                                     examine the role of remote

         out of such a hackathon and is modeled on                                                                               work and video conferencing in
          a simple but effective Google spreadsheet                                                                                supporting small-to-medium-
        of resources that sprang up in the early days                                                                                sized businesses during this
           of the lockdown. Social media blossomed                     SPARK                                                      time. The findings show us that

           with collaborative shared hacks on a wide                   DESATURATED GREEN WITH A                                        video conferencing helped
             variety of topics from home to beauty to                  MYSTERIOUS SIDE TONE FROM                                       enable business continuity,
           almost any topic under the sun that could                   SILVER/BLUE 160WRS                                        introduce new ways of working,
                           benefit from some innovation.                                                                                 and even helped improve
                                                                                                                                        employee morale that the
                                                                                                                                                     SMBs surveyed.


                                                                                                                                         In California, for example,
                                                                                                                                    88% of SMBs surveyed stated
                                                                                                                                      “Employees at my company
                                                                                                                                              rapidly adopted video

                                                                                                                                      conferencing solutions with
                                                                                                                                                     limited training.”

                                                                                                                                  And Zoom is likely here to stay

                                                                                                                                        for things like Book Clubs,
                                                                                                                                  Family Events, Seminars, and a
                                                                                                                                 way to safely meet as we begin

                                                                                                                                                          to resurface.










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