tools and apps for virtual teams
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Tools and apps for virtual teams
Ian Clifford@ian_cli
21-22 May 2013
“One day every town in America will have its own
telephone”
US town mayor, 1880
Tools & Apps for Virtual Teams
Productivity– Harvest– CloudOn– Basecamp – Eventbrite– Prezi– Outcomes Star
Social– Yammer– Ning– Klout
Content– Pinterest– Paper.li– Scoop.it– Pearltrees– Infogr.am
• New measurement scale…
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Pierogi Scale
• 1 pierogi: sucks• 3 pierogi: not enough, want more• 5 pierogi: some good filling, still want more• 7 pierogi: great, almost full!• 9 pierogi: awesome! Want for nothing!• 10 pierogi: gone to heaven! Food coma!!
Productivity tools
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Harvest http://getharvest.com • Virtual team factor: remote time management • Cost: free 1 month free trial, thereafter dependent on size• 1 user €9/month, 5 users €37/month 10 users €75/month
€7.5 per extra user• Setup time: 5 minutes.• Training required: five minutes• Key points: easy to create trackable timesheets, manage
time across multiple projects, higher cost for larger teams• Overall rating: 7 pierogi
CloudOn http://cloudon.com • Productivity: MSFT Office on your tablet
linked to Dropbox.• Cost: free, ‘freemium’ coming • Setup time: 2 minutes.• Training required: none• Key points: Word, Excel, Powerpoint on
iPad, plus other tablets• Overall rating: 10 pierogi !!!!!!
Basecamp http://basecamp.com • Virtual team factor: collaborative work space• Cost: 60 day free trial. Starter: 15gb, 40 proj
€38/mth • Setup time: initial 5 mins, longer to fully develop• Training required: few minutes familiarisation• Key points: easy set up, powerful, scalable, no gantt.• Alternative: Freecamp.com• Overall rating: 9 pierogi !!!
Eventbrite http://eventbrite.com
• What is it? Online event ticketing & promotion• Cost: free for free events. 1% plus credit card
fee for paid events• Setup time: 10 minutes.• Training required: none• Key points: run professional ticketed events• Overall rating: 8 pierogi
Prezi http://www.prezi.com• Productivity: zooming presentations• Free subscription accounts mean that all your
presentations will be available to the public• Setup time: 5 minutes.• Training required: takes a while to get used to it• Key points: create stunning presentations… can
make people dizzy!• Overall rating: 7 pierogi
Outcomes star http://www.outcomesstar.org.uk
• Productivity: impact measuring methodology• Cost: offline basic ‘community star’ free,
online c€40 per user• Preparation time: significant• Training required: yes• Key points: great evaluation process, costly• Overall rating: 5 pierogi
Social Tools
Yammer http://www.yammer.com • Virtual team factor: corporate social network• Cost: free small networks, corp €2.3/per user/
month (https://www.yammer.com/about/pricing/)
• Setup time: 5 minutes.• Training required: 5 minutes• Key points: Like Facebook! Mobile and
desktop apps, super easy to set up, scalable• Overall rating: 9 pierogi!!
Ning http://ning.com
• Virtual team factor: private, fully functioning social network• Cost: Free 14 day free trial, thereafter dependent on scale,
– 1,000 users, 2 admin €21/month– 10,000 users 5 admin €47/month – 100,000 users 10 admin €88/month
• Setup time: 1 hour plus• Training required: dependent on experience, good to have
CMS experience• Key points: easy to create social/ professional network open
to anyone• Overall rating: 7 pierogi
Klout http://www.klout.com
• Social media impact analysis, Tw, FB, G+, LI, …• Cost: Free • Setup time: 5 minutes.• Training required: none• Key points: easy to see where you can improve
your social media presence• Alternative: Kred.com• Overall rating: 7 pierogi
Content Tools
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Pinterest http://pinterest.com • Virtual team factor: common interest pinboards• Cost: Free • Setup time: 5 minutes• Training required: none• Key points: easy video and photo content
curating, collaborative, easy to set up, promote• Overall rating: 9 pierogi
Paper.li http://paper.li • What is it? Automated hashtag, youtube,
facebook daily/ weekly newspapers• Cost: free, €10/mth branded, custom address• Setup time: 5 minutes.• Training required: none• Key points: really easy to set up, builds audience
engagement, collaborative• Overall rating: 8 pierogi
Scoop.it http://scoop.it
• Virtual team factor: curated news content• Cost: Free • Setup time: 5 minutes, ongoing commitment • Training required: none• Key points: great for expert teams to build
collaboratively, builds audience engagement• Overall rating: 7 pierogi
Pearltrees http://pearltrees.com • Virtual team factor: collaborative visual favorites• Cost: free • Setup time: 5 minutes.• Training required: none, ongoing development• Key points: great for expert teams to build
collaboratively, builds audience engagement• Overall rating: 7 pierogi
Infogr.am http://infogr.am
• Virtual team factor: easy to make infographics• Cost: free • Setup time: 5 minutes.• Training required: none, data presentation skills• Key points: really easy to use, slightly limited in
scope, makes dynamic infographics • Overall rating: 7 pierogi