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Want to set up a joint agenda in your WebMo (wiki) for a joint workshop or regular team meetings? Here you can find instructions on how to do it! First, type the preferred title, e.g. “Joint Agenda” or “Weekly Team Meeting” in the search bar and hit enter. Under the search results, the title will appear as a red link. Click on this title and you will then be directed to an empty page. Now you can structure your agenda page by adding headlines for every point that you would like to talk about in your meetings. …

We know there are many people out there working remotely either by being home-based, or as freelancers, or are digital nomads who travel around the globe carrying a laptop with them and work at the same time. Whatever the case, they all have one thing in common: No real fixed office environment.

Does this sound like you? Then you probably know how technology can help you achieve this. In my case, I would like to share my experience and the technology that allows me to work remotely.

A bit of background:

I am a full-time employee who works for energypedia…

Imagine the following dialogue between a project manager and his supervisor:

Supervisor: “Please create a short overview of the impacts and the degree of goal achievement of your project. By tomorrow morning would be great.”

Project manager: “No Problem. I’ll just open my monitoring tool, have a look into the Management Cockpit and … done!”

Now, you might ask yourself: What is a “monitoring tool” and what is a “Management Cockpit”? And above all: How can I get one?

I’m glad the guide at hand will provide you with answers to those questions. It…

Energypedia consult’s WebMo platforms are made for collaboration. They allow any number of people in different locations to jointly work on projects and to share information. Platforms are not limited to the staff of one organization: It is very well possible to invite all concerned stakeholders regardless of their organizational affiliation.

But what if a team wishes to exchange confidential information on their WebMo platform that are not meant for the eyes of other stakeholders like donors or implementing partners? Does that mean they cannot give them access at all…