As our funding models change, our organisations must become more productive and efficient to ensure we can keep serving our clients. In this presentation, we'll introduce you to some amazing apps and tools that can help boost your office productivity.

1. 8 Tools to Improve Office Productivity
Ross Beard
Marketing Manager
1300 562 886
ross.beard@rgtech.com.au
Presented by:

2. Agenda
Project Management
• Trello, Asana
Communication & Collaboration
• HipChat, Dropbox
Other
• Canva, Evernote, Grammarly, Sprout Social

4. Trello

5. • Trello organises your work with cards, across all devices.
• Infinitely flexible. Incredibly easy to use.
• Throw away the notepad and move to the cloud.
• Easily edit/move/delete your todo list.
• Share your todo list – management?
Trello

6. Asana

7. • Teamwork without email. Asana puts conversations & tasks
together, so you can get more done with less effort.
• Saves time digging through internal email.
• Keep projects organised – everyone on one page, all the
information easily accessible.
• Project planning and accountability means no duplicate
work and no ‘waiting around’.
Asana

8. HipChat

9. • HipChat is hosted group chat and video chat built for teams.
Access across devices.
• Supercharge real-time collaboration with persistent chat
rooms, file sharing, and screen sharing.
• Reduce number of internal emails.
• Quickly get answers to your questions so you can keep
working without being help up.
HipChat

10. Dropbox

11. • Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos,
docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily.
• Never email yourself a file again!
• Easier for you and your team to work on the same
document or file.
• No longer will you have five different variations flying
around via email. Keep it saved as one document in Dropbox
and that’s all you need.
Dropbox

12. Canva

13. • Canva makes design simple for everyone.
• Create designs for Web or print: blog graphics,
presentations, social media updates and flyers.
• Saves you time! Design graphics in five minutes. Easy access
to stock photos, icons, text and layouts
• No waiting around for your graphic designer
Canva

14. Evernote

15. • Helps you remember and act upon ideas, projects and
experiences across all the computers, phones and tablets
you use.
• One central source for all your notes and ideas.
• Share notes with colleagues to collaborate.
• Bookmark websites so you don’t have to spend 10 minutes
googling.
Evernote

16. Grammarly

17. • Grammar check, instant proofreading, and plagiarism
detection. Improve your writing with Grammarly.
• Automatically proofreads your work and acts as your
personal grammar coach so you can learn from and improve
upon the mistakes
• Saves you time – particularly if you struggle with grammar.
• Use Chrome app and work directly inside your web browser
– comments, blog posts, social media updates.
Grammarly

18. Sprout Social

19. • Social media management tool created to help
organisations grow their social media presence.
• Effectively communicate with all your stakeholders via social
media channels.
• Systemize and automate your social media.
• Engage with your followers in a fraction of the time you
would spend using the platforms directly.
Sprout Social

20. Increase Office Productivity
• Boosting office productivity begins with eliminating
inefficiencies from your own workday.
• Although our workloads are increasing, we can leverage new
tools and technology to improve our productivity levels and
get more stuff done.
• Are there any tasks that you do on a regular basis that you
could leverage technology to systemise and streamline?

21. About R & G
Technologies
• Award winning ICT consulting
firm with offices in Brisbane,
Sydney and Melbourne.
• Servicing NFP’s nationwide,
(5 – 400)
• Trusted IT partner; a single
source supplier for all your
Data, Cloud and IT Support
needs.
R & G Technologies – Head Office, Brisbane
Technology Park, Eight Mile Plains, QLD.

22. 1300 562 886
rgtechnologies.com.au
ross.beard@rgtech.com.au
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23. Office Productivity
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