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SharedPlan Connect, March 17, 2005
“No one is listening until you make a mistake.”
– Unknown
Hello all,
Well,
February was a very exciting month for us with the release of
SharedPlan Professional Edition. We received a terrific response,
and we even got our first sales in South America and Africa! Just
Antarctica to go …
Thanks to the many of
you who pointed out my incorrect download link in the last
newsletter. Hopefully, you actually found your way to the correct
site, http://www.sharedplan.com/trial.html. Judging by our download traffic, many of you successfully found it in spite
of me.
Back From Asia
I just
returned from a 10-day business trip through Taiwan, China, and
Japan. This was my first trip to Asia, and it was a wonderful,
educational, and sometimes eye-opening experience. I am amazed by
the work ethic of the Taiwanese, who commonly work 12 to 14 hours a
day. I also enjoyed the good nature and happy spirit of the
Chinese people in Shenzhen, China.
Because I had so many
locations to visit in a short time span, I didn’t get to see too much
of any single place. I did spend a weekend in Shanghai, though,
where shopping is a contact sport. I tried to buy some toys for
my kids, but found that most of the toys in the stores were the same
brands that are sold in the US, although they’re probably manufactured
in China. I did manage to find a couple of items, and I was then
thrust into the aggressive Shanghai bartering process. I know
some people really enjoy bartering, but unfortunately I am not one of
those people.
Finally, I finished the
trip in the clean, orderly world of Tokyo and Yokohama, where I
experienced first-hand the effectiveness of the ‘train-stuffers,’ those
uniformed people who push the last passengers into tremendously
overcrowded trains. The crush on the Monday morning rush-hour
train was amazing; after a while I realized that I could let go of my
briefcase and it would not fall to the floor because of the
pressure. Any concept one might have of one’s own personal space
must be discarded. This must be especially difficult for the
always-proper Japanese, who seem to endure by standing silently, with
their eyes closed, as if dreaming of far off tropical islands.
New SharedPlan Knowledge Base
Here's a great new tool! Our customer service
manager, Lourdes, has established a knowledge base to serve as the
first step in a customer service query. Check it out at http://www.sharedplan.com/support.html.
As time goes on, the knowledge base will expand with each new answered
question, making it an ever more valuable resource for our customers.
A Useful Tip
If you use SharedPlan
and you want to share your plans with others that haven’t purchased the
software, like clients or partner firms, have them download a trial
version of the Professional Edition. The trial version can be
used as a free reader program, not only for SharedPlan files but
because it can import Microsoft Project files, it serves as a reader
for those, as well. As mentioned above, the trial version is
available here.
Remember the Coupon for SharedPlan Professional Edition
In the last edition, I mentioned our limited-time discount
for our newsletter readers on SharedPlan Professional Edition. There are only a few days left on this offer
(it expires March 31 st), so act now for your $20 discount. To purchase Pro, visit www.sharedplan.com/buy.html, and
just enter coupon code SPPROINTRO on the purchase page to receive the discount.
I recently ran across this PM site recently: http://www.newgrange.org/.
It seems like a fresh way to provide a forum for discussing PM issues,
and I especially like the origin of the unusual name, NewGrange, which
you’ll learn about on the site.
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