There must be hundreds of them by now. They’re like an invading force, eating away at the very time you’re trying to save! Experience shows: You just have to pick one and go with it. Otherwise, you’ll waste so much time shopping that you won’t have time to get any of your work done! :-) I’m talking about the plethora of online collaborative software. Our organization seems happy and settled nowadays with Podio, by Citrix. But there are dozens of others from which to choose. And, “Warning Will Robinson!” — Once you get all your collaboration, plans, tasks, and events locked into a particular system, you risk never being able to get it all back out again. You see, they kind of “woo you in,” gently, so to speak. For example, six months for free on Pelotonics sounds great. Learn about them at…
and see the six-months-for-free deal by entering your email at…
http://pelotonics.pelotonics.com/Account/Signup?hl=en&&packageId=52
Just remember: When the six months is over, be prepared to start paying the piper, or your events, strategic planning, and team-talk will be gone with the proverbial wind.
At the same time, Pelotonics normal cost is $9/month for 5 projects. They’re giving away six months on 2 projects for free. So that COULD be seen as a $30 value. That might be enough for some to jump at it, especially if you need an initiation into this genre of software. Other packages offer similar deals. Don’t forget the normal security measures. Don’t list anything you won’t want some server maintenance worker to see during a routine hard drive exam. Exceptions are programs like Podio, which reportedly use end-to-end encryption, thereby making it difficult (or impossible??) for the I.T. guys (at the company’s server farm) to read over your shoulder. Of course, you’ll have to pay a price for that kind of security. See Podio’s cost sheet at…
https://company.podio.com/pricing
But they do give you up to 5 seats for free, as long as you don’t need to control access rights. For that, you get group chat and a secure social network of your own, unlimited workspaces, basic task management, shared document storage (with an upper limit), free business apps (from the Market, or that you can write yourself) and a lot more. Remember, BaseCamp doesn’t do apps. :-) What’s more, you can always try for their non-profit grant. If you can qualify, I can promise — they’re an incredible group of staffers. Very personal. Learn more at…
http://blog.podio.com/2012/02/24/how-non-profits-use-podio-to-collaborate-and-make-a-difference/
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