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It is a great honor for this blog to host Harrison Owen as a part of the featured interviews section. Harrison has worked on virtually every continent with organizations ranging from small villages to large corporations and NGOs. His major concern has been to assist organizations as they… Read more
While the quest for My Event continues I thought I’d share with you a super useful template for managing events.The template is based on Openproj What is Openproj? As for its website “OpenProj is a free, open-source desktop alternative to Microsoft Project. OpenProj has been downloaded over… Read more
Sounds good right? Well we are working to make it happen. Sourceforge has approved the project and we know have a space, a forum and several other tools to start working. I invite you to have your say at the official My Event page I already got positive feedback and I feel very motivated… Read more
I get tons of email asking me for a suggestion for a complete event management open-source software. I must say I am a bit embarrassed with the subject because there is no complete solution for planning. There are a lot of good project management, paper submission, accounting, CRM, office suites… Read more
I realize coming up with a Gantt chart could be a bit of an hassle if you are starting from zero. I previously posted on how to make a Gantt chart, nonetheless I found also few videos on Youtube on how to create one in the easy to use Excel (pretty similar for those using… Read more
What is open-source anyway? Well, have a look here . Now that we’ve defined the movement let’s try to make it more relevant. The OS methodology has been applied over the years in different contexts, software being the most successful. But those more up to date would definitely know about the… Read more
In some previous conversation we had, I’ve been talking about Microsoft Office and Event Planning Software. Open Source has shaken the proprietary software stage with free and better products. Here follows a list on how your event could be more “open” and definitely cheaper. The Open Source… Read more
Open Source is a choice that I’ve made in my life. I love what is open and collaborative. I love it so much that I made a preso on Open Source and Open Source Marketing in my E-business Marketing MBA Course. The Collaborative approach should be adopted in project and event management. Users,… Read more
