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Basecamp – part of the story:

Basecamp – part of the story:. developing a virtual office Deborah Radford & Christine Herzog Auckland Workers’ Educational Association www.awea.org.nz. AWEA established in 1914 relocated in 2004 constrained office space several, part-time staff, located throughout Auckland

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Basecamp – part of the story:

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  1. Basecamp –part of the story: • developing a virtual office • Deborah Radford & Christine Herzog • Auckland Workers’ Educational Association • www.awea.org.nz

  2. AWEA established in 1914 • relocated in 2004 • constrained office space • several, part-time staff, located throughout Auckland • many projects; some joint ventures • colleague in Australia included us in his Basecamp project Context

  3. “Projects don’t fail from a lack of charts, graphs, stats, or reports; they fail from a lack of communication.”

  4. can work together from different locations • increases participation, transparency, efficiency • staff can access core material from anywhere • reduces email traffic • safe repository / back-up • can support other groups • BUT • need to be motivated to use it • need to allow time to enter information Why useful to us

  5. Dashboard To Do’sMilestonesSearch Projects: Functions Overview Writeboards Messages Chat To-Do ListsFiles MilestonesSearch

  6. Dashboard

  7. To-Do Lists

  8. Milestones

  9. Projects

  10. Taking Tours

  11. Project - Overview

  12. Project - Messages

  13. Project - To Do Lists

  14. Project - Milestones

  15. Project - Writeboards

  16. Writeboard Example

  17. Writeboard Comments

  18. Project - Files

  19. Upload Process

  20. Other Features Help & FAQs: http://www.basecamphq.com/help/

  21. Administration: People

  22. Versions of Basecamp

  23. Relevant sites • Basecamp • http://www.basecamphq.com/ • Zoho Projects • http://projects.zoho.com/jsp/home.jsp • Goplan • http://goplan.info/ • Drupal • http://drupal.org/about • examples: • http://www.treatyeducators.org.nz • http://www.ttw.treatyeducators.org.nz

  24. Recommendations • map your needs • consider your options – talk to others • if Basecamp will address significant need: • start with just Personal (3 projects) • think about structure, etc before starting • plan how to support new users

  25. Thank you

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