By: Elke Peterson (words) and Asher Powell (design)

You’re the Hero of the Story! Choose from 37 Possible Endings

You’re a savvy, modern professional with a myriad of communication options available to you. Which one should you use: text, call, voice broadcast, voicemail, email, chat, video chat, call a meeting, or swing by their desk? The answer is: It depends. That’s why we’ve created this handy chart in the style of the old Choose Your Own Adventure kids’ books from the 1980s and 1990s to guide you—no matter the scenario.

This interactive quiz is a fun way to explore the world of collaboration and unified communications. Let the adventure begin!

Is this task urgent?

Does it involve more than two people?

Sensitive?

Does it involve pirates?

Sensitive?

Sensitive?

Does it involve more than two people?

Does it involve more than two people?

Is Legal involved?

System failure or security breach?

Natural disaster?

Someone “decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities”?

Was Fight Club last night?

I want to:

Bad hair day?

Low-tech or high?

Want feedback?

I’m burning a bridge.

How long would it take to type?

Is it a joke?

Tasteful?

Is this about someone’s dirty dishes in the shared kitchen AGAIN?

Can you call hands-free?

Work-related?

Is it about the Boardwalk Empire season premiere?

Driving right now?

Can you call hands-free?

Letting someone have it?

Good news or bad?

Breaking up?

Anyone going to cry?

Are you in the same office right now?

You or them?

Are you in the same office?

Want them to see?

Schadenfreude?

Slide presentation?

Vastly different time zones?

Are they asleep?

Cruel?

Yarr! You are killed by pirates.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Group chat or audio conferencing

Choose another adventure and try again!

Reach everyone with an event notification solution.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Group chat

Choose another adventure and try again!

Face-to-face or video conference

Choose another adventure and try again!

Create a Web-based interactive training module.

Choose another adventure and try again!

TPS report

Choose another adventure and try again!

Sounds like a lunch date.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Write message in marker on rock. Throw through window.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Email.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Send a group voicemail.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Get points at the next team meeting.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Save it for the water cooler.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Look into meditation classes.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Use voice recognition to transcribe and email it for you.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Call, IM or, use SMS

Choose another adventure and try again!

Then do it.

Choose another adventure and try again!

It has to wait.

Choose another adventure and try again!

You’re buying dinner, pal. And don’t skimp.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Do not text. Go out for coffee. This week.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Invite them over for takeout.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Video chat or face-to-face.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Go for the phone.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Phone. If not around, leave message and turn on your call forwarding for when they call back.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Face-to-face in a soundproof room.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Desktop-sharing in a soundproof room.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Phone meeting in a soundproof room.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Face-to-face.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Video chat.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Psycho dial.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Send a voicemail or email.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Call their One Number to get them immediately wherever they are.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Email and avoid the awkward stares.

Choose another adventure and try again!

No video for you! Go conference call.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Video conference.

Choose another adventure and try again!

Then do it.

Choose another adventure and try again!

It has to wait.

Choose another adventure and try again!

No time to click? Then view every adventure below!

Choose Your Own Collaboration Adventure
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Elke Peterson es una escritora y editora independiente, también es una ermitaña, y casi nunca logra que se vacíe el buzón de entrada de su correo electrónico.

Asher Powell escreve e desenha para Avaya durante o dia, e à noite, é uma apreciadora da cultura pop.