Delivered on 21 and 22 May 2013 in Warsaw, at the Copernicus Science Museum and the Polish American Freedom Foundation

1. Tools and apps for virtual teams
Ian Clifford
@ian_cli
21-22 May 2013

2. “One day every town in
America will have its own
telephone”
US town mayor, 1880

3. Tools & Apps for Virtual Teams
Productivity
– Harvest
– CloudOn
– Basecamp
– Eventbrite
– Prezi
– Outcomes Star
Social
– Yammer
– Ning
– Klout
Content
– Pinterest
– Paper.li
– Scoop.it
– Pearltrees
– Infogr.am
• New measurement scale…

4. Pierogi Scale
• 1 pierogi: sucks
• 3 pierogi: not enough, want more
• 5 pierogi: some good filling, still want more
• 7 pierogi: great, almost full!
• 9 pierogi: awesome! Want for nothing!
• 10 pierogi: gone to heaven! Food coma!!

5. Productivity tools

6. Harvest http://getharvest.com
• Virtual team factor: remote time management
• Cost: free 1 month free trial, thereafter dependent on
size
• 1 user €9/month, 5 users €37/month 10 users
€75/month €7.5 per extra user
• Setup time: 5 minutes.
• Training required: five minutes
• Key points: easy to create trackable timesheets,
manage time across multiple projects, higher cost for
larger teams
• Overall rating: 7 pierogi

8. CloudOn http://cloudon.com
• Productivity: MSFT Office on your tablet
linked to Dropbox.
• Cost: free, ‘freemium’ coming
• Setup time: 2 minutes.
• Training required: none
• Key points: Word, Excel, Powerpoint on iPad,
plus other tablets
• Overall rating: 10 pierogi !!!!!!

10. Basecamp http://basecamp.com
• Virtual team factor: collaborative work space
• Cost: 60 day free trial. Starter: 15gb, 40 proj
€38/mth
• Setup time: initial 5 mins, longer to fully develop
• Training required: few minutes familiarisation
• Key points: easy set up, powerful, scalable, no gantt.
• Alternative: Freecamp.com
• Overall rating: 9 pierogi !!!

12. Eventbrite http://eventbrite.com
• What is it? Online event ticketing & promotion
• Cost: free for free events. 1% plus credit card
fee for paid events
• Setup time: 10 minutes.
• Training required: none
• Key points: run professional ticketed events
• Overall rating: 8 pierogi

14. Prezi http://www.prezi.com
• Productivity: zooming presentations
• Free subscription accounts mean that all your
presentations will be available to the public
• Setup time: 5 minutes.
• Training required: takes a while to get used to it
• Key points: create stunning presentations… can
make people dizzy!
• Overall rating: 7 pierogi

16. Outcomes star
http://www.outcomesstar.org.uk
• Productivity: impact measuring methodology
• Cost: offline basic ‘community star’ free,
online c€40 per user
• Preparation time: significant
• Training required: yes
• Key points: great evaluation process, costly
• Overall rating: 5 pierogi

19. Social Tools

20. Yammer http://www.yammer.com
• Virtual team factor: corporate social network
• Cost: free small networks, corp €2.3/per user/
month (https://www.yammer.com/about/pricing/)
• Setup time: 5 minutes.
• Training required: 5 minutes
• Key points: Like Facebook! Mobile and
desktop apps, super easy to set up, scalable
• Overall rating: 9 pierogi!!

22. Ning http://ning.com
• Virtual team factor: private, fully functioning social network
• Cost: Free 14 day free trial, thereafter dependent on scale,
– 1,000 users, 2 admin €21/month
– 10,000 users 5 admin €47/month
– 100,000 users 10 admin €88/month
• Setup time: 1 hour plus
• Training required: dependent on experience, good to have
CMS experience
• Key points: easy to create social/ professional network
open to anyone
• Overall rating: 7 pierogi

24. Klout http://www.klout.com
• Social media impact analysis, Tw, FB, G+, LI, …
• Cost: Free
• Setup time: 5 minutes.
• Training required: none
• Key points: easy to see where you can improve
your social media presence
• Alternative: Kred.com
• Overall rating: 7 pierogi

26. Content Tools

27. Pinterest http://pinterest.com
• Virtual team factor: common interest pinboards
• Cost: Free
• Setup time: 5 minutes
• Training required: none
• Key points: easy video and photo content
curating, collaborative, easy to set up, promote
• Overall rating: 9 pierogi

29. Paper.li http://paper.li
• What is it? Automated hashtag, youtube,
facebook daily/ weekly newspapers
• Cost: free, €10/mth branded, custom address
• Setup time: 5 minutes.
• Training required: none
• Key points: really easy to set up, builds audience
engagement, collaborative
• Overall rating: 8 pierogi

31. Scoop.it http://scoop.it
• Virtual team factor: curated news content
• Cost: Free
• Setup time: 5 minutes, ongoing commitment
• Training required: none
• Key points: great for expert teams to build
collaboratively, builds audience engagement
• Overall rating: 7 pierogi

33. Pearltrees http://pearltrees.com
• Virtual team factor: collaborative visual favorites
• Cost: free
• Setup time: 5 minutes.
• Training required: none, ongoing development
• Key points: great for expert teams to build
collaboratively, builds audience engagement
• Overall rating: 7 pierogi

35. Infogr.am http://infogr.am
• Virtual team factor: easy to make infographics
• Cost: free
• Setup time: 5 minutes.
• Training required: none, data presentation skills
• Key points: really easy to use, slightly limited in
scope, makes dynamic infographics
• Overall rating: 7 pierogi

37. Thanks
Ian Clifford
Twitter @ian_cli
Be.LinkedIn.com/in/ihclifford
ian@ianclifford.co.uk