Harnessing the Power of Lean Tools | Online
About this class
Learn how to harness free tools from any internet enabled device to be more productive, collaborate with colleagues remotely, share, sync and store all of your data relating to your ‘digital ecosystem’.
Relevant for anyone starting a small business, startups, bloggers, artisans or someone entering a new gig where collaborating with these tools is a necessity.
Students will leave this class with a secure password management system in place to create, store, retrieve and share passwords online confidently.
Students will build their own accounts securely using their own computers and an internet connection and run through the differences, benefits, shortcomings and reasons for using which tool when and how.
Students will be shown how to create a hierarchy for a future proof way of managing data, spreadsheets, word docs, PDFs, images and files of all kinds.
No gimmicks, no design skills, no coding necessary.
Takeaways
Students will learn:
- KeyPass: Creating an encrypted secure password database
- Log into Google Apps: Gmail, Drive, Google+ (create, use, sync)
- Log into DropBox: Dropbox App, download on Laptop and Mobile: create, access, upload, download, sync
- Log into Evernote: Download desktop and mobile apps, login and the Four S approach: Store, Sync, Share, Search
- Using them altogether makes sense! (How, when, where, why)
Prereqs & Preparation
Their own laptop and smartphone is essential.
Basic computer skills. Preferably already has a personal Gmail address and knows the password to log in.
Some proficiency with Word Processing software such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
