October, 2008

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Your Customers Can Help You in Crisis

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Today, no company can be immune to the current economic situation. So it is the time for many businesses to analyze their business model and risk profile. Economics experts join their voices stating that the best thing you can do to withstand the crisis is to improve your customer service and be attentive to customer needs. Terry Leahy, the head of TESCO , a British-based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain, noted in one of his recent interviews that staying close to cu

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Collaborative Project Planning Helps Avoid Micromanagement

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Micromanagement can be a serious problem for a person who is in charge of a project or a whole business. It can hamper the development of a company and prevent managers from taking advantage of the creative initiatives of their teams. Engagement of collaborative planning can help with this problem and allow you to discover the full potential of the team.

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Customize Working Days

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The brilliance of Wrike is in its ability to help people manage a wide range of activities. Some Wrike users work 24/7 to get their projects delivered as soon as possible. Others work from 9 to 5 on business days only. So that every team can plan its projects in accordance with its work schedule, we have introduced customization of working days. If you want to change the Monday to Friday schedule for your account, then the administrator needs to sign in, go to “Account”->“A

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Simplified Way to Manage Folders

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Today, we are glad to tell you about the simplified the way to create, rename and delete folders in your Wrike workspace. All these actions can be made easily with the help of a right-click in the left pane of the workspace. Let me describe it in detail. 1) To create a folder , right-click on the folder in which you want to create a new folder and choose the “Add folder” option.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

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Economic Downturn is Time to Innovate

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Financial crisis is all over the news today. Some analysts are trying to predict the future of the national and global economy. Others are offering tips on how to survive in the situation of economic turmoil. Yet almost all the analysts agree that it is no time to panic; rather, you should rethink your strategies. The question arises: what strategies can help your business survive the economic downturn?

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ContactsSync Makes G1 Users’ Lives Easier

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The G1 phone is one of the most anticipated devices since the iPhone official release. One of the reasons for this is that it is the first phone empowered by Android , a complete, open mobile phone software stack. Android is the creation of Google, along with the Open Handset Alliance. Numerous experts have cited Android as a huge step forward toward openness in software, as this is the first stack open to third-party applications.

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Drag-and-Drop Folders to Quickly Move Them

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In the best Wrike traditions, we keep bringing the convenience of using your favorite desktop software to the Web. A couple of weeks ago, we introduced a right-click context menu for the folders tree. Now we are introducing drag-and-drop for folders. 1) To move a folder: Left-click on the folder, hold the mouse button and pull the folder to the place where you want to see it. 2) To include a subfolder in several folders: hold CTRL.

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International Date Format Support

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We have a lot of customers in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, and our own team is also quite diverse. Since we launched in States, we started with a U.S. date format for creating tasks via email , but we always got a lot of requests to make it international. As you know, we are always keen to implement your requests. Wrike now supports the international date format where the day goes first and the month goes second, like 31/12/2008.

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Give Your Friends a Free Two-Month Trial of Wrike’s Service

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If you like what you see in Wrike, we welcome you to help us spread the word. More colleagues in the system means more value for you. The growth also helps us fund product development to bring you new, innovative features faster. We highly appreciate when our users give us a reference, and we want to help you as much as possible with that. Now you can give your friends, vendors and customers a FREE two-month trial of Wrike’s service.

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Breaking Ground on Better Payment Processes: Strategies for Construction Pros

Speaker: Timothy Allsopp

Payment challenges often lead to delayed projects, financial bottlenecks, and strained relationships. With construction projects becoming more complex, outdated processes are no longer sustainable. By refining financial workflow, companies can improve cash flow, reduce error, and foster trust between stakeholders. Discover practical strategies for redesigning payment systems to overcome workflow challenges while creating a smoother, more reliable process for contractors and subcontractors alike.

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Meet me at Cloud Ave

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on the emerging trends in the development of business software, SaaS and collaboration. This “humble blogger,” as he calls himself, moderated the Project Management 2.0 panel at the Office 2.0 Conference this year. Now Zoli is working on a new blog – CloudAve.com. This blog is a joint effort of Zoli and Ben Kepes, the founding editor of Diversity. Ben is an expert in SaaS, social media and user-centric design.

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My Cutter IT Journal Articles

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,” was then republished in a larger Cutter Consortium report, titled “Next Practices in Modern Project Management: Supporting Communication, Collaboration and Collective Intelligence.”. Now I’m working on a series of smaller articles for Cutter E-mail Advisor. These are aimed to help readers explore the emerging project management 2.0 tend in detail and from different angles.

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Unveiling the Latest Project Management Trends at ProjectSmart.co.uk.

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In his articles, Andrew discussed trends like the role of collective intelligence in contemporary project management and the new emerging approach to managing projects, known as Project Management 2.0. The post Unveiling the Latest Project Management Trends at ProjectSmart.co.uk. appeared first on Blog Wrike.

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