2014 Edition: Tipps & Tricks on how to be more effective and efficient via (mostly) cloud-based and (mostly) free tools and services for team-collaboration, social media-operation and self-organization. A quick (and non-theoretical) overview taking a look at some great little helpers to unleash the force, switch locations and devices easily, waste less time and get stuff done.
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- Social Media Marketing
• Strategies and Concepts
• Setup and Realization
• Coaching, Training, Seminars and Workshops
• Audits, Second Opinions, Optimization
• Websites: Concepts, Realization, Relaunches
• Social Media Monitoring and Dashboards
• Personal Branding and Reputation
• Employer Branding and Enterprise 2.0
• Issue- and Crisis Communication
9. Gen Y and the workplace
• All ideas compete on an equal footing
• Contribution counts for more than credentials
• Hierarchies are natural, not prescribed
• Leaders serve rather than preside
• Tasks are chosen, not assigned
• Groups are self-defining and - organizing
• Ressources get attracted, not allocated
• Power comes from sharing information, not hording it
• Opinions compound and decisions are peer-reviewed
• Users can veto most policy decisions
• Intrinsic rewards matter most
• Hackers are heroes
14. „Trapped“ in Emails are
• Knowledge
• Tasks
• Files"
• Hierarchies, Secrets, Power etc.
15. Email is THE„killer“-app
• Email is always intrusive, always „Push“ instead of „Pull“
• Email is used very wrong VERY often (Chat, cc: deleted etc.)
• Email is killing time
• Email is killing productivity
• Email is very often the wrong solution for the job to be done
• Email is generating silos of knowledge
• Email can easily lead to misunderstandings regarding tone
• Email is the opposite of transparency
• Email has no built-in fun feature (no gamification included)
19. Last warning: This is…
• Totally subjective
• Absolutely non-complete
• Inspiringly inspirational
• Hopefully helpful
• BIG TIME BORING "
(at least when you know these tools)
54. Hack your workplace:
• Institute „No-Meetings-Fridays“
• Institute the „Rule of 2“: No more than 2 team members at any meeting. Then brief others.
• Disable new Email-Notifications
• Turn off Voice Mail
• Batch process Emails 1 - 2 times a day
• Block time for key projects and deliverables
• Get off non-essential Email distribution lists
• Apply David Allens’ „2 minute rule“
• Limit the number of items on your daily To-Do-List
• Take Time-Outs to review goals and check process
• Work from home 1 - 2 days a week
• Color-code incoming Emails based on priorities to improve scan-ability
• Go digital with note-taking to make it easier to search and retrieve data from notes
• Slow down and reflect rather than just to react in the moment
• Delegate more
• Let others fix their own problems
56. Work in the Now, with Flow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Now
57. Understand the social dimension of our race
to maximize our productivity
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