Discussing Innovation at Silicon Valley Product Camp

Andrew Filev , Thursday, April 07, 2011 comment Comments (2)
Soon after giving a speech at the Web 2.0 Expo conference, I headed to another event – Silicon Valley Product Camp – for a day of interesting discussions on designing better products. It has become a good tradition for me to attend this get-together, and this year my company, Wrike, was one of the sponsors of the Product Camp.

Since at this “unconference” the participants themselves vote for the topics they want to hear, it was a pleasure for me to have my proposal chosen on the event day. As usual, the camps are much more interactive than a typical conference, so it was fun. The audience loved the topic and brought up great questions and ideas.
 
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Tips for Creating a “Comfort App” Shared at Web 2.0 Expo

Andrew Filev , Thursday, March 31, 2011 comment Comments (0)
Traditionally, spring is the busy season for various events, and my schedule is really tight these days. On Tuesday, I took part in the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, where I gave a speech on efficient ways of delivering innovative software to business users. I was especially inspired because the practical tips that I shared were based not only on industry anecdotes, but also on the story of my own company. Thank you to everyone who was there! 
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“Be Innovative, Yet Familiar” – the topic of my presentation at the upcoming Web 2.0 Expo SF

Andrew Filev , Monday, January 31, 2011 comment Comments (1)
My presentation proposal recently was accepted by the Web 2.0 Expo SF committee. I’ll be speaking about the adoption of Enterprise 2.0 applications and what product decisions can greatly improve it. The official title for the session is “Be Innovative, Yet Familiar: How to Create a Comfort App People Will Actually Use.”

What we are facing today is that people, who made Facebook and Twitter an integral part of their personal life, are still often reluctant to use Web 2.0 tools at work. My presentation will explain how vendors should approach Web 2.0 solutions, so that business users can quickly adopt them from day one. The point of focus there is recognizing the existing user behaviors and fitting into their current workflows.
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Project Management 2.0 at PMI Monterey Chapter

Andrew Filev , Sunday, April 25, 2010 comment Comments (3)
The spring turns out to be very busy this year. We have a lot going on in the development of our project management software, Wrike. In addition to that, I was invited to contribute to a couple of authoritative project management resources, such as Projects@Work and the ICPM, as well as to speak at a few events. I already wrote about my session at the SV PCamp. Another one was the PMI Monterey Chapter meeting, where I gave a talk on the use of various Web 2.0 technologies in project management.
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Web 2.0 for Product Management: Learning the Hard Way

Andrew Filev , Monday, April 19, 2010 comment Comments (2)
Last month, I gave a talk at Silicon Valley Product Camp 2010. This is the world's largest free and “unconference-style” event attracting product managers from various industries. This time, the one-day gathering was attended by more than 550 product managers. The real beauty of this event is that PCamp participants do not merely listen to lectures, but are encouraged to actively participate in the conversation, ask questions and share their tips and knowledge. In addition, visitors are invited to suggest their own topics for discussion.
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Vote for My Enterprise 2.0 Conference 2010 Proposal!

Andrew Filev , Thursday, January 14, 2010 comment Comments (3)
As you may know from my previous posts, I have submitted a session proposal to the Enterprise 2.0 Conference 2010. In my session, I’m going to develop ideas from the presentation “Email Is Dead… Long Live Email!

Recently, the conference organizers announced the opening of the Community Vote, which will play major part in the selection of the sessions that will be presented at the conference in Boston. I’m excited about the start of the voting, and I ask for your support. If you liked my “Email Is Dead… Long Live Email!” presentation, I encourage you to vote for my proposal entitled “Popular to Ubiquitous: How to Skyrocket Adoption.
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“Email is Dead…” To Be Continued at Enterprise 2.0 Conference 2010

Andrew Filev , Thursday, November 26, 2009 comment Comments (1)

I recently submitted a presentation to be featured at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference 2010 in Boston. My session will be called “Popular to Ubiquitous: How to Skyrocket Adoption.” In this future session, I plan to develop the ideas that I previously mentioned in my “Email is Dead… Long Live Email!” slide deck. By the way, my “Email is Dead” presentation was marked as “Hot on Facebook” and placed on slideshare.net home page, since the slide deck was talked about on Facebook more than any other document on SlideShare at some point. I really hope that the talk about skyrocketing adoption will generate even more interest.  

You can find the description of my session proposal at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference site and leave a comment there. I would really appreciate your support and feedback!

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Slide Deck and Paper from the UTD Project Management 2.0 Presentation

Andrew Filev , Wednesday, September 03, 2008 comment Comments (0)
I presented Project Management 2.0 at the UTD Project Management Symposium on August 18. The audience was terrific. I was pleased to find out that many project managers who attended my presentation had previous experience in using wikis and other Project Management 2.0 tools in their work. We had an interesting 30-minute Q&A.


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Andrew Filev

Andrew Filev is an experienced project manager and a successful entrepreneur. He has been managing software teams since 2001 with the help of new-generation collaboration and management applications. The Project Management 2.0 blog reflects his views on changes going on in contemporary project management, thanks to the influence of collaborative web-based technologies. More >>

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