Productivity Club » use sharepoint http://www.productivityclub.com Learn Something New...Be More Productive Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:30:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Learn Something New...Be More Productive Productivity Club no Learn Something New...Be More Productive Productivity Club » use sharepoint http://www.productivityclub.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.productivityclub.com Top 20 Ways To Use SharePoint Effectively http://www.productivityclub.com/top-20-ways-to-use-sharepoint-effectively/ http://www.productivityclub.com/top-20-ways-to-use-sharepoint-effectively/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:09:30 +0000 AndreaKalli http://www.productivityclub.com/2008/03/10/top-20-ways-to-use-sharepoint-effectively/

I’ve found that people have a general idea of what SharePoint is, but many have no idea how to apply it to their own business.
I’d like to share with you the top 20 ways that SharePoint can solve your common business needs. And I want to emphasize that these 20 are only a few of the many ways to utilize the SharePoint Services. Once you start using it, you will begin to realize the many other valuable benefits that can easily be accomplished by the everyday user.

As an additional bonus, the accompanying audio podcast includes a description of what SharePoint Services is, the key components of it, how you can get it, and how much it costs.

Shall we get started? Let’s see if you can find a few productivity solutions here that you've been trying to find for your own organization.

With SharePoint you can:

1. Store all your emails on a secure and centralized Website for easy archive.

2. Keep a central task location for assigning tasks to team members. These tasks will automatically show up in your team's Outlook 2007 To-Do List. Those tasks will also link to your projects so you can easily find out what tasks are still open for each project.

3. Organize large events and store the related documents, assigned tasks, and generally post anything and everything related to the events. It will also integrate with Outlook for added efficiency.

4. Collaborate with team members on all documents and stay on top of who did what. Earlier versions can easily be restored in case someone has made too many mistakes. Projects can also be linked to related documents.

5. Assign tasks to your team members, and automatically notify them that they have a new task. Alerts are sent when there have been updates to the tasks.

6. Quickly manage all projects for your team or organization so there's no need to explore buying an expensive project management solution.

7. Use the efficient check-in / check-out management feature to sort your documents.

8. Implement a help ticket resolution for your organization or  team without breaking the bank.

9. Start a private company blog to communicate and share ideas with your team that's viewable only by those you give access to.

10. Gain more control over your company's documents with the content approval function.

11. Offer training materials to your teams, clients, and/or partners in a password-protected Website that can be accessed anywhere in the world.

12. Offer a secure and private place to share documents and other information with clients and/or partners.

13. Access and work with your data using your Internet-enabled mobile phone for added convenience while traveling or out of the office at client meetings.

14. Create better team communication and brainstorming sessions where everyone can participate when their schedules permit.

15. Centralize where company and team project announcements are posted. Everyone will receive a notification via email or mobile phone automatically, anywhere in the world.

16. Work offline on the files, project tasks, tasks, discussions, contacts, calendars, blogs, etc. and then sync the updated information later on.

17. Create "central" documents (and syncronize), so all team members, clients, and/or partners are able to work on the same document and make changes. Updates are accessible with a click of a button. Everyone can then sync back to the "central" document and have all edits merged into that single document.

18. Easily add custom fields to any area and capture the information that's most important to your company, all without the help of a web designer or IT person.

19. Pull up and update Microsoft Access 2007 database from a local desktop and sync information to a central location that can be accessed from any where at any time.

20. Create a project dashboard where on one page you can view and filter on common project elements, such as: project details, project documents, project tasks, project issues, project calendar, project milestones, project lessons learned, project risks, project change orders, and more.

On top of it all, you won't spend a fortune to meet these communication, collaboration, and organizational needs.

Don't even get me started about the integration features between SharePoint Services 3.0 and Office 2007 - particularly Outlook 2007 - IT'S INCREDIBLE!  A few of the ideas above do require Office 2007.

Keep in mind that a little training goes a long way in increasing productivity in the products you use in your business. I highly recommend taking the time to learn this efficient and effective tool and watch your productivity, along with your profits, soar!

All of my SharePoint Services video tutorials (over 10 hours) are available for free when you join the Productivity Club as a Club Member...which is also free. Register to Join

ADDITIONAL GOODIES:
As promised, here's a link to my website where I have a long list of SharePoint Hosting companies

Happy SharePointing!

Listen to the podcast below:

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