iedc leadership summit 2007 - collaborating through technology
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Collaborating Through Technology
IEDC Leadership Summit January 29, 2007
San Diego, California
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Collaboration
• “Collaboration is an unnatural act performed by unwilling participants.”
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Collaboration and Social Networks
• Social Network – building and cultivating relationships
• Precursor to “always connected” society
• Connected based upon interests, knowledge, and talent
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Types of Social Networks
• MySpace.com – Consumer
• Facebook.com – College
• Linkedin.com – Business networking
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MySpace.com
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MySpace.com
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FaceBook.com
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Linkedin.com
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WALT (Whittaker Associates Lead
Tracker)
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• You have access to WALT wherever there is Internet access
• WALT is very simple to use and understand but very powerful in managing the qualification process
Collaboration Benefits
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• Multiple users can access the system at the same time
• Manage and store company contacts in real time at one location to avoid duplication of work
• Transparency among inter-office, regional offices, and/or strategic networks
Benefits (cont.)
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• Georgia Allies
• State of Tennessee
Real Life Applications
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Collaboration…Why?
• Speed- project management, time to response, “sphere of influence, knowledge”
• Efficiency- on projects (e.g., allies, clients, board members, investors, consultants, suppliers)
• Differentiation- subject matter experts, depth and breadth of understanding, executing better than the competition
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Collaboration- What?
• Web Conferencing
• Project Management Solutions
• Contact Management Systems
• Productivity Software
• Miscellaneous
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Who Citrix.com
GoToMeeting.com
Pricing Low $39/mo
High $250/mo
What Connect PC’s, have others drive yours, vice-versa, collaborate
Others WebEx, NetMeeting
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…or how about…
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Who www.basecamphq.com
Pricing Low $0/mo
High $149/mo
What Creates a project room with calendar, file storage and sharing, milestones, etc.
Others MS Project
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Who www.edu-comp.com
Pricing Depends- Custom functional spec document, number of remote users, etc. Can be $20,000
What Fully integrated with web, sites and building db, marketing campaigns
Others WALT, ACT!, MS CRM, SalesForce
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Contact Management
Opportunity
Account Detail
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Who www.mindjet.com
Pricing Basic- $229
Pro- $329
What Visual graphing of projects, marketing campaigns, site development, prospect mapping
Others Visual-mind, Matchware, Mindapp
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Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
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Questions (for the Geek)?
Mark J James, CEcDPrincipalED Solutions, Inc.3730 Perennial lanePowell, OH 43065614.792.9102mark.james@solutionsED.comwww.SolutionsED.comwww.DevelopmentResults.com
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Dean Whittaker or Joel Burgess
44 E. 8th Street, Suite 420
Holland, MI 49423
616-396-4500
www.whittakerassociates.com
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