top 10 websites for consultants 2011
DESCRIPTION
A presntation that describes the most useful websites for consultants. Topics covered include project management, presentatuion, finance, collaboration etc. JungleDrum members voted on their favourites giving us a top 10.TRANSCRIPT
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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
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Tonight’s purpose – to improve your consulting life
Share
Learn
Discuss
Vote
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Some common themes have emerged
• Collaboration
• 1 version of the truth
• Accessible anywhere
• Conversations, not lectures
• Sharing
• Productivity
The Cloud
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Websites worthy of consideration
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Wordle11
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JungleDrum
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Netvibes – your life to you10Personalize your web experience by bringing your favourite content (news, hobbies, company info, email, social networks etc) to your dashboard.
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Netvibes – your life to you9Personalize your web experience by bringing your favourite content (news, hobbies, company info, email, social networks etc) to your dashboard.
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FreshBooks9
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http://portal.sliderocket.com/sliderocket/Best-Presentations-of-the-Decadehttp://www.sliderocket.com/blog/2011/01/the-best-presentation-of-the-decade/
SlideRocket8
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7 Mindmeister
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GoToMeeting / Powwownow6
Live, exciting
Surveys – conversations
Trackable
Telephone conference calls
Great value
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Surveymonkey5
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ValueBasedManagement.net4
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Files, files, files.....3
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Google2
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Google Trends in Action
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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
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Others
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Over to you
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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
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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