top 10 websites for consultants 2011

Agenda

Time Item

7.00 – 7.30 Informal Networking

7.30 – 7.40 Introduction & background

7.40 – 8.40 The top 10 11 websites – Rob’s and yours

8.40 – 8.55 Drinks & Voting (your favourite 5)

8.55 – 9.00 The Results

9.00 - More networking, drinks etc

Tonight’s purpose – to improve your consulting life

Share

Learn

Discuss

Vote

Some common themes have emerged

• Collaboration

• 1 version of the truth

• Accessible anywhere

• Conversations, not lectures

• Sharing

• Productivity

The Cloud

Websites worthy of consideration

Wordle11

JungleDrum

Netvibes – your life to you10Personalize your web experience by bringing your favourite content (news, hobbies, company info, email, social networks etc) to your dashboard.

Netvibes – your life to you9Personalize your web experience by bringing your favourite content (news, hobbies, company info, email, social networks etc) to your dashboard.

FreshBooks9

http://portal.sliderocket.com/sliderocket/Best-Presentations-of-the-Decadehttp://www.sliderocket.com/blog/2011/01/the-best-presentation-of-the-decade/

SlideRocket8

7 Mindmeister

GoToMeeting / Powwownow6

Live, exciting

Surveys – conversations

Trackable

Telephone conference calls

Great value

Surveymonkey5

ValueBasedManagement.net4

Files, files, files.....3

Google2

Google Trends in Action

Basecamp / Huddle1Before

Lack of trustPerformance poorNo central drive to store filesRACI’s not clear

Now

The To-Do list drives the agendaTeamwork improvedGreater clarity of prioritiesUS team really engaged

Others

Over to you

Your votes – the results

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1 File sharing / Backup Dropbox – store & save files and folders across various devices and share with others.DropSend – send large files over the web YouSendItCarbonite – back up your files automatically to the cloud

2 Visual Comms - Mind Maps / Brainstorming

Mindmeister – collaborative online mind mappingBubbl.us – brainstorming & mind maps Mindjet - mind mapping Creately – online diagrams SmartDraw – manage projects visually

3 Consultancy / Networks Value Based ManagementTop Consultant – jobs, forumPCG – portal for freelancers, LinkedIn – network

5 Communication Skype – free calls and video conferencing on the web.Webex - Online meeting tool, demo services, share presentations and resolve open issues in real-time. Powwownow – conference callingGoTo Meeting – online web conferencing

6 Collaboration / Project Management

Huddle – online project managementBasecamp – online project managementComindwork – online project managementBackpack – online intranet

7 Surveys Surveymonkey – online surveysWuffoo – online surveys

8 Google Search, Alerts, Docs, Mail,, Calendar

9 Stay in the know / RSS Netvibes – personalised homepage / dashboardHootsuite – social media aggregatorTweetdeck – social media aggregator

10 Presentation SlideRocket – creating great presentations onlineSlideshare – great presentationsScreenr - overlay voice to presentationsPrezi – zoom in and out of presentationsAnimoto - Turn photos, video clips, and music into masterpieces to share with everyone.

General PC AVG – Free virus scanner Comodo – Free FirewallIrfanview – lightweight image editor RingCentral – Phone solutionsCute pdf - free pdf writer Bit.ly – url shortenerSalesforce.com – CRM solution Highrise – CRM solutionEvernote – save ideas

Websites to review

1 Blurb.comMany EyesAgileZen.comWikipediaBusiness BallsJingHotelsCombinedMailChimpKulerWordPress / BloggerGoogle TranslateToDoWunderListTeamviewerGoogle My Maps

PhotoBooksVisual representation of dataAgile Project ManagementEverythingOnline learning & developmentVideoHotel bookingEmail campaignsColour websiteBloggingTranslationTo Do listTo do listRemote AccessPersonalised Maps

New websites from the evening