Wrike Product Blog

Digging into the Value of Collaboration 2.0 with SDForum

Daria — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

What impact does online collaboration make on our everyday lives? We’ll be among those searching for the answer to this question during the upcoming Collaboration 2.0 Conference organized by the SDForum in Santa Clara, Calif. Wrike will be presented at the event, which will be held on October 30 and will gather the industry experts, as well as companies interested in innovating their collaboration practices. Our project management software will be showcased as one of the cutting-edge solutions that streamline collaboration in a corporate environment.

SDForum, the organization behind the conference, is well-known for its successful efforts to foster innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership within Silicon Valley with the help of educational and networking events. The Collaboration 2.0 Conference is one of those events, aiming at exploring the opportunities offered by the innovative Web-based technologies.

“Online collaboration has augmented current knowledge patterns in corporate environments, improved mindshare, boosted transparency and added a sense of community among coworkers,” state the organizers of the conference. This is just the beginning of the upcoming discussion of this topic, and we’re looking forward to taking part in it.

If you’re interested in finding out more about the business benefits offered by the innovative collaboration technologies, or if you want to share your own opinion on how Collaboration 2.0 influences the business environment, then we hope to see you among the conference participants on October 30.

Latest Twitter News about Wrike

Daria — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Here are a few selected tweets from us, our friends, followers and even people outside of our network to give you a sense of the Twitter community's buzz about Wrike.

wrike Netbook giveaway went to Jürgen Oschadleus - here at PMI NA Congress all the way from Australia. Congrats! #pminac http://twitpic.com/leb2s

varjuluceno Check out Wrike - helps bad project managers become good ones http://www.wrike.com/

bradruben @andrewsthoughts Can users of @Wrike win the Netbook! And can we do it remotely! We love your product! at #pminac

andrewsthoughts RT @wrike Come to our booth for the netbook giveaway today! 2pm, booth #933. #pminac http://twitpic.com/ldgsk

nderyogi Project Management Software, Wrike.com, Is Now in Spanish! http://bit.ly/bg8fl

AliceCWilson Wrike Interface in Spanish: RT @Online Project Management: Wrike Product Blog: Announcements.http://retwt.me/QlOg

jimboot @macangel We have merlin but it is overkill for what we need. Wrike has been sugstd by biz coach

smallbizasst small business cool tool of the week: http://www.wrike.com/

CollabCloud Project Management Software-as-a-Service Wrike.com Launches Spanish Version - Newswire Today (press release) http://bit.ly/3D1Rri

karencurrier @carywood the project management peeps I follow tweet about Wrike for managing projects.

philrj @greywolfnz Agreed. I also just discovered Wrike, which may be the solution for my email-focused team. The integration is quite impressive.

KayWais Going to the PMI North American Congress? I am. Win a netbook from Wrike http://bit.ly/18Kvqp

corneliusficht How easy is your PM software? As easy as using email? Try Wrike & let email be the tool of choice http://bit.ly/c3Tb4

Do you have any thoughts about Wrike you want to share? Go ahead and do it now!

And the Free Netbook from Wrike Goes to…

Daria — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Jürgen Oschadleus, MBA, PMP, an international speaker, trainer and consultant on project leadership and communications! He became the winner of the free netbook drawing that was previously announced in our blog. The final phase of the giveaway took place yesterday at the PMI Congress North America 2009. We were thrilled about the vibrant attention of the audience to our drawing. Over 300 people registered for the giveaway, but only one of them turned out to be the lucky winner.

Jürgen came all the way from Australia to give a speech on the role of communications and leadership in project management. We bet he didn’t expect to get a free netbook as a pleasant side benefit. The winner of the drawing held by Wrike is a passionate project management innovator and an advocate of a new management approach focused on conversational leadership. He travels a lot, bringing his knowledge, experience and insight to global audiences. No doubt that Wrike’s prize will be a useful addition to his traveler’s tech kit.

We’d also like to thank all the participants for taking part in our giveaway. We hope to see you all next year at the PMI Global Congress 2010!

Wrike’s Interface in Spanish Is Released. Other Languages Are Coming Soon!

Valerie — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

If you were you waiting for the release of Wrike’s interface in Spanish, you will be pleased with the latest updates. Since today, it becomes more convenient for you, as well as your Spanish-speaking team members, clients and partners to collaborate on projects with the help of Wrike.

To make your experience as pleasant as possible, we made our best to carefully translate Wrike’s workspace, notifications, alerts and help pages. We believe that the possibility to work in the Spanish interface will make your work with Wrike even more enjoyable. Also, it will let you invite more Spanish speaking peers to collaborate with you on Wrike.

“It is very exciting to launch the first localized version of Wrike,” said Nic Bryson, VP of Customer Relations. “With plans for more languages in the future, such as German, French, Portuguese, and Italian, we started with Spanish, the one most called-for by our users. We value our Spanish-speaking customers who have been using Wrike in English to date. We believe that they, as well new Spanish-speaking users, will be pleased with the convenience of using Wrike in their native language.”

How can I see Wrike in Spanish? Visit www.wrike.es or, have Spanish as a high priority language in your Web browser:

If you are happy with the release as we are, a tweet or a short blog post about it will become a great “thank you” for our efforts to deliver the Spanish version to you:) Thank you for continuous support and using Wrike’s English version!

Want to see Wrike in your language? Let us know in the comments to this post. Your vote counts!

New Shortcut for Creating Tasks for Mac Users

Valerie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

As you know, Wrike has a keyboard-friendly navigation that makes it easy for you to create and update tasks.

Today, we added a new shortcut for creating tasks inline: “C”. You simply click the right pane with the task list (1), hit “C” on your keyboard, and a new task is created (2). Then, you enter the task title (required), due date and the responsible person (optional) and hit “Enter.”

Why is this shortcut so special? It works well for Mac users!

As before, you can create tasks by hitting “insert” on your PCs.

Do You Have Absolute Project Transparency?

Daria — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Every project manager, be it a newbie or an experienced pro, knows that keeping tight control over project operations is essential for successful project completion. However, every manager who has run a project in e-mails, disconnected files and spreadsheets knows how hard it can be to control your operations when they are not transparent. The complexity of a task is doubled or even tripled, if you are trying to manage a distributed team, like Luther Cale from HealthStream.

“We are distributed with a core hub of marketers in Nashville, Tenn., but also have team members in upstate New York, Colorado, Memphis and Baltimore" said Luther. "Being located across five states means lots of collaboration and management challenges. The main challenges were transparency and communication both within the team and outside the team. We were getting tons of work done (somehow!), but the left hand didn't always know what the right hand was doing.”

The situation changed with adoption of Wrike. When it’s clear to a manager what every team member is busy with and what exactly is going on with every project, and when project operations become more transparent, projects become more controllable and project management more adaptable.

Read the whole story of HeathStream to find out why they chose Wrike after having tested about 15 other options.

Get a FREE Netbook from Wrike at PMI Global Congress!

Daria — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

You want to know more about Web 2.0 in project management and like freebies? Then don’t miss your chance to get a FREE Netbook from Wrike at the PMI Global Congress!

We’ve already mentioned that Wrike will be one of the PMI Global Congress participants this October. This grand project management event will be a perfect chance for us to meet people who are passionate about innovations in project management. PMI Global Congress attendees who are interested in accelerating their project team’s productivity with Web 2.0 technologies will receive a free Project Management 2.0 Guide by our founder and the author of the Project Management 2.0 blog, Andrew Filev.

As a pleasant side benefit, those who will come to Wrike’s booth (#933) will be able to enter an instant drawing to get a FREE NETBOOK from Wrike! All the rules of the giveaway will be announced during PMI Global Congress.

How Do Social Media Marketing Gurus Become Super-Productive?

Daria — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Worried that marketing through social media is taking up too much of your time? It’s a reasonable concern. Living in the world of social media means you spend hours on sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Digg and others. It’s very easy to lose sense of time while browsing blogs and newsfeeds.

Well then, how do social media gurus manage to be productive and get things done right on time? They have their own productivity tools and techniques that help them stay efficient in this vibrant environment. The good news is that social media professionals don’t mind sharing their tips. For example, one of them, a popular social media marketing expert and coach, Laura Roeder, told us what helps her stay on top of multiple projects and effectively collaborate with her team members.

“Getting things done fast is perhaps the most important skill you can have to make your business move forward,” says Laura. “Wrike's flexibility allows us to be super-productive, and it helps our own business grow rapidly.” Read the full story and find out how Laura’s social media marketing team benefits from Wrike’s unique features.

What Twitter Users Think about Wrike

Daria — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

We want to keep you updated on what people are saying about Wrike in one of the most vibrant communities on the Web. Check out what Twitter users think about your favorite project management software:

ClayCollins @lkr thanks for the tip. I'll have to check out wrike!

JillMeyer Follow Friday: @wrike - Excellent project management tool. We use it to our satisfaction!

pm4girls @DaveG253 will be talking about social media branding and Wrike at #pminac. #pmi #pmot

commsabilities RT @wrike: free white paper about using Web 2.0 in project management: http://bit.ly/2RU0u

IAC_Heather Okay - done inputting stuff into @wrike, now time for sleep - I think. Tomorrow is a semi-long day of #dailygoals.

BrandDynamics Number 2: Wrike http://bit.ly/71WUn. A great product when you need to keep your existing comm channels open with email #projectmanagement

pmopinions How easy is your PM software? As easy as using email? Try Wrike & let email be the tool of choice http://bit.ly/c3Tb4

rareplay > Allows you to share plans and work on them together: http://www.wrike.com/
dwoolfe Wrike – Manage Your Projects in Real Time Through Email http://bit.ly/s8gZr

claudiochea email based project management tool..interesting...http://www.wrike.com/

RonaldYau checking out @wrike http://www.wrike.com Looks promising

yasaswiP A different way than Daptiv to manage projects, http://www.wrike.com/tour_new.jsp Would be useful for email happy shops.

calin_patcas Wrike is a really amazing PM tool. I strongly recommend it to everyone interested.

pmopinions Product Review for Wrike - "My first month using Wrike" - http://bit.ly/1786mx

corneliusficht @DaveG253 I have used Wrike (http://bit.ly/V8qZE) to manage my worldwide team of consultants. I'm quite happy with it. Will write a review.

To get information on our recent updates and special offers, project management and Enterprise 2.0 topics, technology news follow @wrike on Twitter now!

Learn about Project Management 2.0 at the PMI Global Congress

Daria — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

The biggest event in the project management world is coming soon, and we’re excited to announce that Wrike will be presented there. PMI Global Congress, North America, organized by the world’s most influential project management organization (the Project Management Institute), will be held October 10–13, 2009.

The Congress promises to be electrifying and fruitful. It will feature over 150 educational sessions, offer useful project management recourses and, most importantly, provide unique networking opportunities for project management professionals.

To match the educational spirit of the event, Wrike will share its knowledge of innovations in the project management space with the Congress attendees. Wrike's CEO, Andrew Filev, a well-known Project Management 2.0 expert, will provide his insight into the next generation project management practices and give away FREE Project Management 2.0 Guides.

So if you want to find out how you can make you project management practices more effective with Web 2.0, join us for a cup of coffee and a thought-provoking conversation at the booth #933.