Posted by Steve Kickert on November 09, 2011
Please note: The main phone number for OnePlace has changed.
It is now 952-215-0825.
Thank you for all your support. We appreciate your business.
Posted by Steve Kickert on April 21, 2011
OnePlace is currently experiencing an issue with our hosting provider. We are working with our hosting provider and hope to have it resolved soon.
Please follow us on www.twitter.com/oneplace for updates.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Posted by Steve Kickert on March 24, 2010
You may have noticed a new theme within OnePlace – Successful People, Successful Business.
Why? Because we believe that if we empower the people in your business to be successful, your business success will follow.
This is not just a philosophy – it’s our mission, and we want this to be front and center in our brand. We’re refreshing our logo and updating oneplacehome.com to better reflect our commitment to empower you and your team to achieve more than you imagined possible.
I want to personally thank you for using OnePlace to organize and centralize your business. We are excited to introduce new features and functionality in 2010 that will deliver phenomenal business success!
Posted by Steve Kickert on March 10, 2010
One of the first things taught in management courses is the idea of delegating for success. This does not mean passing along all your work so you don’t have to do anything - this means splitting out the work among the appropriate members of the team to enhance the outcome of the project.
Team collaboration is bringing a lot of companies into the next tier of success. This is indicating that those managers know how to organize their team to be most efficient, and team members are working hard together to be the most effective.
Posted by Steve Kickert on March 03, 2010
It’s no surprise that the more communication occurring between a business team, the more connected they feel, the more productive they are and the more successful the business is. And with an increase in communication training for managers and supervisors, the trend and success of increased communication will be continuing into the future of business.
What business teams are also coming to realize is that strong team collaboration is what connects everyone to increase that communication. Identifying ways to bring a business team together on a project is an important step in the direction of increased business success.
So what about communication and collaboration increases business success?
Posted by Steve Kickert on February 24, 2010
When it comes to running a business, there are some great managers, and also some not-so-great managers. We’ve all had experiences with both, and after a while, we can pick out what traits we like in our managers.
One trait that is becoming more and more important for managers and supervisors are strong communication skills. Gone are the days of the manager barking out orders and hiding away in his office. Now managers are encouraged to meet face-to-face with their team on a very frequent basis and use communication to empower them to increase their success.
So how can you improve your management communication? Here are a few tips to improve your communication skills:
Posted by Steve Kickert on February 17, 2010
No one wants to work with a Negative Nancy or a Debbie Downer every day. It’s true that when one team member is in a bad mood, they can bring others down around them.
At OnePlace, we like to increase employee productivity with our online small business organization solution. But we also work to make sure everyone on our team is positive most - if not all - of the time. Here are some other ways to keep employees happy in the workplace
Posted by Steve Kickert on February 10, 2010
A business owner is not the type of person to make snap decisions without merit for their company and employees. If they are, they probably won’t be in business for long!
As you know, it’s important to take the time necessary to evaluate all possible outcomes of the business decision you make. And none of these decisions is more important than choosing a solution for organizing and storing your business information.
When storing important files and documents, you need to make sure you have a safe, secure place to put them. That locked file cabinet in your office works just fine - but takes up a lot of space. And it had better be fire and flood proof, in case the unthinkable happens and your office faces some sort of disaster. And what about your filing system - is it organized well, or are you just haphazardly placing documents in folders and forgetting where they are?
Posted by Steve Kickert on February 03, 2010
At OnePlace, we are strong believers in making the individual successful - not just professionally, but in their personal life as well. We understand the lines between work and home life are blurred more than ever, and want to manage that blurred line to keep organized and benefit all facets of life.
We have built our small business organization solution to focus on the individual first. Because of this focus, we help the individuals in any business setting improve their organizational styles and communication techniques. The skills our solution aids in developing are incredibly important workforce skills that increase the productivity and the success of that individual. And you definitely want successful people in your business.
Why? Without good, successful employees, your business doesn’t stand a chance.
Posted by Steve Kickert on January 29, 2010
When a position opens up at your company, you go through many applications and rounds of interviews to make sure you are choosing the right addition to your team. You need to ensure they are capable of the job at hand, as well as making sure they fit in with the culture of your company. This can be a long process, but once you choose the right person, everything should work smoothly.
Then, on their first day, you give them the basic office tools - desk, computer, email, phone and chair. But what else? How do you know they can keep organized at their job? How do they know how to communicate and collaborate with other team members?
Posted by Steve Kickert on December 23, 2009
OnePlace is growing and we cannot keep up with all the work. So, we are looking for a rock star Marketing Assistant to join the team.
Posted by Steve Kickert on December 16, 2009
The maintenance window will start at 9:30 PM CST and go until 11:30 PM CST.
Stay tuned for the details.
Posted by Steve Kickert on November 19, 2009
As you may already know, OnePlace had a short outage yesterday. The outage lasted for about 15 minutes.
The good news was that the issue was not related to the OnePlace software. It turns out that an automated configuration took place on an upstream hardware device and that configuration did not go as planned. We are still investigating what actually broke but it did knock OnePlace and several other websites off the air for a short period of time. Our hosting provider, Engine Yard, is reviewing the root cause of the issue and will make whatever changes are necessary to ensure that this issue does not occur again.
Please accept our apologizes for any inconvenience this has caused you or your team.
The OnePlace Team
Posted by Steve Kickert on November 18, 2009
OnePlace is currently offline. Our hosting provider is having an issue with a router. We are in contact with them and they are working on the issue.
We apologize for the inconvenience. We will keep you posted here and in the forum and/or the
Posted by Steve Kickert on October 27, 2009
We upgraded OnePlace again tonight. One of the benefits of web software is that we can improve the software as often as necessary with little to no impact to our customers. We took advantage of this benefit again tonight.
This release was almost entirely bug fixes. If you would like to see exactly what was fixed please see the release notes here.
Posted by Steve Kickert on October 25, 2009
After three solid months of work, the NEW and MUCH improved version of OnePlace shipped today.
I would like to thank all our customers for helping us make OnePlace a success and for giving us your valuable feedback. Hopefully, you will see some of your great ideas implemented in this new version.
Click here to check out the new OnePlace.
Click here to see the complete release notes
Regards,
The OnePlace Team
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Posted by Steve Kickert on October 24, 2009
A maintenance window has been scheduled for the OnePlace on Sunday, October 25th from 8:00 AM CDT until 12:00 PM CDT.
During the maintenance, we will be upgrading OnePlace and making some adjustments to the host environment.
Posted by Steve Kickert on September 29, 2009
We are getting close. We have been working on a major upgrade for OnePlace for over two months now, and we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. We are hoping it is not a train. :-)
Back in July, we met with many of you to get your feedback on how OnePlace was working for your team, and to hear what you would like to change about OnePlace. Thanks again for taking the time to do that. We listened carefully, and have made some big changes and a mountain of little ones to OnePlace as a result. We can hardly wait to let you move into your new OnePlace. We are excited to use it ourselves.
Here is an abbreviated list of the changes that are coming:
Posted by Steve Kickert on June 15, 2009
I just read an article that was published on the Sandhill.com blog that I thought was so close to our view of SaaS that I thought I would share it with you.
Posted by Steve Kickert on May 18, 2009
We upgraded OnePlace tonight (5/18/09) at 9:30pm CDT. This upgrade contains two enhancements requested recently by users:
If you are a member of a team account, you can now view and change your current status from any page within OnePlace. Your status is now displayed in the upper left hand corner of the page, right below the OnePlace logo. Please note that the "Sign Out" link has moved into the navigation menu in the upper right hand corner of the page.
We added the "Due Next Week" filter to all views that display tasks, including the Calendar, My Schedule tab of the Home page, and Tasks tab within a workplace. This filter was previously only available on the Deadlines tab of the Home page.
Please keep the great suggestions coming!
The OnePlace Team
Posted by Steve Kickert on May 05, 2009
Hello,
We upgraded OnePlace on 5/05/09. We discovered an issue with the 'Project Save As' feature that crept in with a previous upgrade that we wanted to correct. We also added a couple of smaller enhancements requested recently by users.
For complete details of the upgrade, please go to http://help.oneplacehome.com/recentchanges#latestupgrade
Regards, The OnePlace Team
Posted by Steve Kickert on March 26, 2009
We have some exciting news! We have started adding instructional videos to the Help section. This has been long overdue and requested by just about everyone that we have talked to. There are two types of videos: 1) Overviews that walk through PowerPoint presentations to provide overall context of OnePlace design in terms of how to navigate, structure, and communicate within OnePlace; and 2) Feature-specific demonstrations of OnePlace usage.
You can watch them here:
You can see from the Video page in Help that we have plans for many more videos. We are busy creating them right now. So please check back often for new videos. We will send updates as we publish them.
The OnePlace Team
Posted by Steve Kickert on March 11, 2009
I have to admit, I am an Apple fanboy. I am not ashamed of it. I think they have earned it, IMHO. When my love starts to diminish a bit they come out with something that is so cool that I have to tell everyone I know about.
Posted by Steve Kickert on March 08, 2009
Hello,
We upgraded OnePlace on 3/8/09 at 9:00pm CDT.
This upgrade is comprised of just about 100% customer-requested features and enhancements. The highlights include:
Project Enhancements - We added a start date, project manager and priority for projects.
Daily Update Email - You can now configure OnePlace to send you an email with your scheduled tasks for the day, and also the Projects and Tasks that have a deadline in the next seven days.
Configurable System Notifications - You can now configure which system notifications you will receive. An example of a system notification is the inbasket note/email you receive when someone assigns you to a task.
Inbasket Enhancements - We spent quite a bit of time improving the inbasket. OnePlace now allows you to see what inbasket notes you have sent to others. We also added additional actions that you can perform on the inbasket, such as marking all the inbasket notes as read, or emptying your inbasket with a single click.
The list goes on and on, so please check out the rest of the enhancements and bug fixes in the Recent Changes section of the Online Help.
Don't forget to check out the OnePlace forum. It is a great place to interact with other OnePlace users. Feel free to ask questions or just share a tip or idea for OnePlace. It is a resource for you.
Please keep the suggestions coming!
Thanks, The OnePlace Team
Posted by Steve Kickert on February 15, 2009
Hello,
We upgraded OnePlace on 2/15/09 at 9:00pm CST.
We are excited to announce the OnePlace Dashboard. This is a desktop client that allows you to use Team Pulse without having to open up your browser. It has a very useful notification feature that informs you of a new Pulses via a popup notification window. You may have already seen the advertisement for it in Team Central. You can read more about it in the online Help.
One other change that we want to make you aware of is how we updated Time Tracking for Tasks. When you are tracking time for a task and set the status to In Progress, OnePlace will automatically start a timer. Then when you complete the task you will be prompted to apply the elapsed time to the task. There's no need to manually keep track of time for tasks. You can read more about it in the online Help.
Check out the rest of the enhancements and bug fixes in the Recent changes section of the online Help.
Posted by Steve Kickert on February 01, 2009
We rolled an upgrade to OnePlace into production today (2/1/09). This upgrade contains numerous enhancements to existing features as well as some bug fixes. For full details on what's new in this upgrade, please visit our online Help.
The OnePlace Team
Posted by Steve Kickert on January 06, 2009
Do you need a shot in the arm? (Pick me up)
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Posted by Steve Kickert on December 16, 2008
I heard the quote below while just about killing myself in spinning class yesterday. I thought it was really great and wanted to share it. Enjoy!
Do not deny yourself the opportunity to do your best.
by Doug (my spinning coach)
Posted by Steve Kickert on October 02, 2008
I have been invited to be on a panel at this years Defrag Conference. The title of the panel is "Re-imagining the metaphors behind collaborative tools". I am looking forward to it.
Posted by Steve Kickert on September 11, 2008
An exchange between two OnePlace users via IM. The names have been changed to protect the guilty.
I thought you would get a kick out of reading it.
[15:03] Peter Gibbons: Am I really going to "enjoy using OnePlace in all facets of my life"? that sounds promising and scary at the same time
[15:06] Joanna: Yes, yes you will.
[15:06] Joanna: And you'll drink the Kool-Aid.
[15:06] Peter Gibbons: Not enjoying it so far... just created my account and it's telling me I already have 3 projects due in the next week and 2 overdue...great, more work!!!
[15:06] Joanna: It's BlackBerry friendly.
[15:06] Peter Gibbons: nice
[15:07] Joanna: suggestion: modify the deadlines at will... see if Bill even notices.
[15:07] Peter Gibbons: will try that
Posted by Steve Kickert on September 06, 2008
Scheduling your work is something that seems so obvious to me now that I am surprised that every productivity application does not do this. The concept is so simple that it is often overlooked. This feature is crucial in helping me manage the chaos in my entire life.
Most people already use a calendar to schedule all their appointments. Some even go so far as to schedule blocks of time for getting their own work done. However, I have yet to meet anyone (other than other OnePlace users of course) who actually plans "when" they are going to do each task on their list. There are countless side effects of not scheduling your work. Here are just a few:
Posted by Steve Kickert on August 28, 2008
One of the features that was on our MUST HAVE list since the very beginning of OnePlace was that it had to work in our personal life as well as at work.
Posted by Steve Kickert on August 26, 2008
There is a fine line between checking for new messages too little and too often. If you check for them too little you run the risk of missing out on an important discussion and note. If you were critical to the discussion then you run the risk of interrupting the communication flow of the team.
Check them too often and you will get nothing else done. This is nothing new to you if you already use email.
Posted by Steve Kickert on August 25, 2008
Greetings,
OnePlace was recently upgraded with some new features, enhancements to existing features, and bug fixes. Listed below are some of the highlights of this upgrade. For a complete listing of all changes in this upgrade, please visit the Recent Changes section of the OnePlace Help
Posted by Steve Kickert on August 13, 2008
Hello,
I am Steve Kickert the CEO of Riverock Technologies. I would like to personally welcome you to this blog.
The OnePlace team is super excited about OnePlace and are anxious to start sharing with you what we are up to. We are going to be posting to this blog in several categories. Some categories will be more lively than others due to their nature.
For example, we are planning on posts regarding OnePlace product news, best practices, Chaos Management, tips and tricks and Customer stories. I am sure there will be a few more but that gives you a flavor for what this blog is about.
The first post is going to be from our marketing firm Misukanis and Odden. They were doing a Project Management selection when we first met them and they decided to add OnePlace to their list of candidates. We are excited that they selected us. I will let them explain their reasons for choosing OnePlace.
Enjoy.