Save a Meeting - Record Your Skype Calls...
Situation: You Want to Record a Conference Call, Rather Than Take Notes. You can argue about legal implications of recording calls all day long, but everyone on the call knows you're recording a call, its ok. Often as Project Managers, our conference calls contain an awful lot of detail about commitments and progress that get lost in the shuffle. A recording of official status meetings and the discussions that form the basis for key decisions can be really useful. I think that many of us know people who have done this "reporter style" with mini recorders at face to face meetings.Callburner allows you to make recordings of Skype calls that you can keep as MP3s. So picture this: - you can focus on the meeting, not the notes - you can literally have a record of commitments, etc. - you can easily add or attach these recordings to a variety of project documents. Also think about how useful this would be for: - interviewing stakeholders - understanding the specifics of interactions between team members during important meetings where you could not be present. (and perhaps eliminating schedule conflicts where one person might be "optional", but you're not really sure) - posting podcast statements from high-level sponsors about "what is really important" about the project. |
Embed Presentations and Demos on the Web
Situation: You Need to Deliver a Message to a Large Stakeholder Group Via the Web If you're dealing with a large group of stakeholders you can find yourself delivering the same presentation over and over. Vyew Web Conferencing software not only provides a low cost way to hold WEBEX-like conferencing - biut also allows you to publish those presentation on your website or intranet where it can be easily accessed. |
Dealing With Vacation Schedules
Situation: You're Having Trouble Keeping Track of Who is in the Office... Large organzations typically have some sort of mechanism to deal with this. So maybe this is more of a small business solution.Whosoff is a free online service that gives you the ability to track and approve vacation schedules, holidays and sick leave. How many times have you wondered whether someone you work with will be in today? -- especially this time of year. |
Are You Stuck in The Dip?
| Situation: You're Deciding Whether Your Current Project is Worthwhile... |
Org Chart Wikis - How Do They Help?
Situation: You need to get some background on someone... Since the dawn of time salespeople have used Hoovers as a way to uncover contact info for people they need to sell to. You might have found yourself on the receiving end of this phenomena. Now there's CogMap, a new type of wiki that helps you find information on people and how they fit into organizations.As a PM, this can come in handy for: - Interviewing prospective employees. It can help you see what positions they have held and ask questions about specific relationships and people they worked with. - Seeing where business partners and vendors fit into their organizations. If you want a better deal from a vendor, why not contact their superior? |
