Running your business from anywhere - August 13

Running your business from anywhere

Allison Miller, Vanguard Visions Consulting

Modbury & Salisbury

Session Overview

• Pros/Cons of running your business from anywhere

• Your business on the go toolkit• Communication Tools• Admin/Finance Tools• Personnel Support• Key Considerations

Why run your business from anywhere?

Pros:• Anytime / anywhere productivity• Improved customer service• Supports Sea / Tree Change

Cons:• Work-life balance• Multi-deviced• Need internet connection• Work in the Cloud

Why run your business from anywhere?

Image: ‘In the middle of nowhere!’ by Jennifrog - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennifrog/71637396/

Why is now a good time?

Image: “NBN Connection” by Vanguard Visions Consulting - www.flickr.com/photos/77018488@N03/9083339138

National Broadband Network = NBN

• High speed internet - Faster than we can imagine

• from 100 megabits per second to a peak speed of one gigabit per second*

• Access for everyone• 93% fibre to the

premise• 7% Fixed

Wireless/Satellite• Changing the landscape -

• Not just with digital fibre but with digital opportunities

* NBN Co Ltd, 2010, Corporate Plan 2011-2013

Internet is already a game changer

Source: Deloitte Access Economics Pty Ltd (2013) –http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_AU/au/services/financial-advisory/deloitte-access-economics/05660fd56ab1e310VgnVCM1000003256f70aRCRD.htm

Top five industries to fly in 2013 in Australia

Source: Ibis World (2013) –http://www.ibisworld.com.au/about/media/pressrelease/release.aspx?id=304

Your business on-the-go Toolkit

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Your Business on the go Toolkit

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Getting your Business on the Go Toolkit to talk to one another

Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing

Cloud Computing aka “the Cloud”

Pros:• Anytime, anywhere, any device• Quickly ‘scale up’• External backup-storage/services• Reduced license costs• Collaboration• Synchronisation

Cons:• Where is the data?

Security/Privacy/Confidentiality• Need internet connection• Vendor lock-in

Using the Cloud

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Types of Cloud Services

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Some Examples of Public Cloud Services

Some Examples of Private Cloud Services

Your business on-the-go support

services

Communication Tools

Some Examples of Online Email Services

Some Examples of Virtual Meeting Services

Some Examples of Social Media Services

An examples of an internal Social Media Service

Admin/Finance Tools

Some Examples of Online Calendar Services

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Some Examples of Admin Support Services

Some Examples of Online Accounting Services

Some Examples of Online Sharing/Collaboration Programs

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Some Examples of Online Payment Gateways

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Some Examples of Online To-Do-Lists

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Personnel Support

Some Examples of Online Project Management Services

Some Examples of Online CRM Services

Key Considerations of operating a virtual

business from anywhere

Costs Benefits/ROI

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Security

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Interoperability

Image: Adelaide Mini-Maker Faire - http://www.flickr.com/photos/77018488@N03/8633107222/

Changes

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The web is a portal to your business

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What will you investigate further?

Workshop evaluation

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Allison Miller0400 732 270

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