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Keeping Track of Disappearing Team Members
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Time Killers
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Situation: You Haven't Exposed Yourself to Any Good Law Suits Lately... I mostly just thought this was a cool device. The Trackstick lets you track to location of anything you stick it to via the web. Perhaps its more useful for your kid's backpack, but I guess it depends on your management style. |
Posted on: June 16, 2007 12:16 AM
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3 Steps to Getting More Out Of GEN Y Staff...
Situation: You Need a Better Approach to Managing the 20-somethings on your Team. The front page story in the May 28th issue of Fortune makes GEN Y-ers seem like the most difficult people in the world - but the article itself also declares them to be the most (potentially) productive. Their high expectations of you as an employer and just what they expect out of life in general can absolutely work in your favor. It's just a matter of knowing how to deal with them. So how do you attract, retain, and develop GEN Y employees? The folks at Fortune suggest you: Attract them by making recruiting efforts more social and less stodgy, while showing them that working at your company fits well with their socially responsible lifestyle. So more cocktail parties, less powerpoint - maybe give the $ you would have spent on logo swag to charity. Retain them by making the job a more pervasive part of their life through the use of technology, while still giving them flexibility and time for personal achievements outside of work. It's more about helping them get the results you want, versus seeing them put in the hours. Develop them by mapping out a clear career path that they can follow. Make it something they can see working with their personal goals long term. |
Posted on: June 13, 2007 01:42 PM
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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. |
Posted on: June 09, 2007 02:39 PM
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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. |
Posted on: June 08, 2007 02:17 AM
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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. |
Posted on: June 04, 2007 09:34 AM
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