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Stage 1- Operating system

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Sponsors, IT / Security

Goal:

The goal of this stage is to secure buy-in and foster long-term adoption of Coda by educating Sponsors and the IT/Security team on Coda's value, identifying Champions, and empowering early adopters.

Tasks:

Assign due dates and the folks who will be responsible for each task. Explore the additional context and any resources that will help you in this stage.
*This checklist below is a view of the table on . Any updates made here will be reflected there.
Stage
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Item
Additional Context
Responsible
Due Date
Prepare for Launch
5
Copy this doc in order to track as you complete each step of the launch checklist. Once launched, this doc will turn into a Coda Hub for your organization.
Ensure your IT department is set up as an Organization Admin and ask them to complete the setup course.
Fill out information to power doc and email templates.
Create an internal communication channel (often a tool like Slack or Microsoft Teams).
Consider doing our process mapping to have a clear understanding of what you need it to do before you begin to build.
Launch
4
Review, edit, and send Stage 1 comms to introduce Coda.
Schedule live launch sessions for Stage 1 to introduce Coda to your team.
Schedule check-ins and follow-ups before general launch to the team/company.
Identify Coda 101 trainings you want Stage 1, 2, and 3 participants to attend.
Prepare Coda Hub
6
Establish norms you want folks to adopt from the start (such as pinning does to Slack channels). Include those in your hub!
Create a curated learning guide for your organization.
Review and edit the page. This will be the first page users see as when they open this doc.
Before launch, hide the following parent-level pages:
We recommend bookmarking this checklist so that it remains at the top of the page list for you (but won’t for anyone else viewing the doc).
Lock and limit unlocking for the all the pages in your company facing hub.
Admins should pin this enablement doc in your workspace so folks have easy access to it.


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Stage 1 kick-off email

The email template below can be used to introduce Coda to your Stage 1 team. Copy the text by highlighting it and paste it into your email tool. Feel free to make changes to fit your needs.

Hi team,
We’re excited to share that we’ll start to improve the way we work with a new tool called Coda. Coda is an all-in-one collaborative workspace to bring our teams and tools together for a more organized work day.
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How and why we are using Coda:
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Our process:
We’re rolling out Coda to you all first. Our hope is to communicate how and why are using Coda with you to then start getting familiar with the tool. We’ll be counting on you to help tap members of your team who can help champion and build Coda solutions. More to come on that.

Getting started:
Logging in
First, head over to and click get started to log in via SSO. This will bring you to our company Workspace where all your docs, company docs, and folders can be found.
Explore our company hub doc with required learning materials curated for how we expect you’ll be using Coda

Need help?
Your internal Coda resource is
. If you need help from Coda, click the question mark in the bottom right of your docs and workspace.



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