Technical Tools to Improve the Efficiency of RIs Staff

The RITrain Plus Community of Practice is organising an online meeting for Research Infrastructures staff. The meeting can be attended via Zoom. No registration is required.

Details here: Next CoP online meeting: Technical Tools to improve the efficiency of RIs staff - Driving Excellence for Research Infrastructures and Core Facilities

Date & Time: Friday 15 November 2024

Time: 12:00 – 13:30 CET

Session Overview:

In the rapidly evolving world of research, efficiency is no longer optional—it’s essential. Several RIs staff face the challenge to carry out multiple tasks in coordination with other colleagues who are normally based in other countries, in case of distributed RIs. This meeting will gather these concerns and special needs of RIs staff. After the introduction, a highly practical session will introduce attendants to a suite of digital tools designed to enhance the daily workflow of RIs professionals. It won’t just cover software; It will delve into powerful functionalities that can transform the way RI staff work, helping them to manage tasks, organize their research, and collaborate effortlessly with teams worldwide.

We hope you can join us for this informative and engaging meeting on November 15th, 2024, from 12:00 to 13:30 CET. We look forward to your insights and contributions.

Speakers:

  • Joaquin Lopez Lerida (LifeWatch ERIC)
  • Moderator: Cristina Huertas (LifeWatch ERIC)

I managed to attend this session and here are the tools that other RIs find useful to manage their daily tasks:

  • Note-taking tools
    • OneNote (good for personal use but more challenging to use in collaborative settings)
    • Notion
    • Obsidian
    • Joplin
  • Project and Task Management tools
    • ClickUp
    • Trello
    • Asana
    • Wrike
    • Zenkit
  • Presentation Tools
    • PowToon
    • Sparkol
    • genially (super PPT tool)
    • Prezi
    • Canva
    • Flipsnack (to make interactive PDFs)
  • Photo and Videos
    • YouTube
    • Wondershare Filmora (easy tool to make videos)
    • Waymark
    • Pexels (stock photos, royalty free)
    • Mixkit (to make a photo-video composition)
    • DaVinci Resolve
    • Amazon Photos
    • Fiverr (to outsource video presentations / low prices)
  • Document Storage and Management Tools (other than GDrive and Dropbox)
    • M-Files
    • Alfresco
    • Nextcloud
  • Domain and Internet Naming Tools
    • Iwantmyname
    • NameChk
    • Dot-o-mator (to produce a name for a project)
    • Email checker (what emails or names are already in use)
    • Hunter
  • Reference and Bibliography Management Tools
    • Zotero
    • Paperpile
    • Mendeley
    • BibDesk
  • Prototyping
    • Balsamiq (to buy mockups)
    • Figma (very good collaboration tool on mockups)
    • Marvel
    • MockFlow (easy wireframing tool to visualise UI ideas)
    • Shapeways (3D printing service)
    • Wix (easy website builder; but not able to export)
  • Task Automation Tools
  • Data Analysis and Visualisation
    • Orange
    • Kumu
    • RawGraphs
  • Huge Data Sources
    • World Bank Publications
    • APMinder
    • UNData
    • Kaggle
    • FlowingData
    • Google Data Search
    • Data Hub
    • Open Data Institute
    • HDX Humanitarian Exchange
    • Data Europa.EU
  • Tools to know about
    • Datawrapper (enrich stories with charts, maps, tables)
    • ProtonMail (secure email to protect privacy)
    • LimeSurvey (to create complex survey)
    • Down for everyone or just me
    • Amazon mechanical turk (to outsource small tasks and get them done very quickly, e.g. classify fotographs)
    • Internet Archive
    • BuiltWith (to find out what websites are built with)
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