Module No 9 ICT Literacy for Rural Micro-

enterprises

MICRO Enhancing Competitiveness of Micro-enterprises in Rural Areas

Prepared by the Consortium for the project ldquoIrish Rural Link ndash National University of Ireland

Maynooth- CDI ndash EEO GROUP SA- IHF asbl ndash IDP - Internet Web Solutions SLrdquo

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

How many slides 23 slides in total

How long to read and listen 25 minutes (not including exploring

the links provided within slides)

What is the benefit See aim and expected learning in

following slides

2

Overview

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

In this unit we will look at some ICT software

specific to rural business as enabling tools

empowering rural development and other

microenterprise interests

3

Unit Aim

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

At the end of this module you will be able to

1 Have access to an extensive list of software

2 Know the advantage of each software to your business

Note each Product is hyperlinked

ie Click on it (underline red) and it takes you directly to the site if you are

online

4

Expected Learning Outcomes

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Accounting Software for Rural Businesses

bull Sum-It A complete range of integrated software to handle virtually

all farm and other rural business needs

bull Farmplan meets the needs of farm and rural business - specifically

tailored for the agriculture sector Includes accounting packages to

help manage business finances payroll software sales ordersinvoices

and property rentals

bull Xero Connects your accounts with your accountant bookkeeper

bank and farming consultant It provides online ldquocloud basedrdquo

accounting livestock reporting and budgeting Free trial available

5

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

How many slides 23 slides in total

How long to read and listen 25 minutes (not including exploring

the links provided within slides)

What is the benefit See aim and expected learning in

following slides

2

Overview

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

In this unit we will look at some ICT software

specific to rural business as enabling tools

empowering rural development and other

microenterprise interests

3

Unit Aim

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

At the end of this module you will be able to

1 Have access to an extensive list of software

2 Know the advantage of each software to your business

Note each Product is hyperlinked

ie Click on it (underline red) and it takes you directly to the site if you are

online

4

Expected Learning Outcomes

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Accounting Software for Rural Businesses

bull Sum-It A complete range of integrated software to handle virtually

all farm and other rural business needs

bull Farmplan meets the needs of farm and rural business - specifically

tailored for the agriculture sector Includes accounting packages to

help manage business finances payroll software sales ordersinvoices

and property rentals

bull Xero Connects your accounts with your accountant bookkeeper

bank and farming consultant It provides online ldquocloud basedrdquo

accounting livestock reporting and budgeting Free trial available

5

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

In this unit we will look at some ICT software

specific to rural business as enabling tools

empowering rural development and other

microenterprise interests

3

Unit Aim

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

At the end of this module you will be able to

1 Have access to an extensive list of software

2 Know the advantage of each software to your business

Note each Product is hyperlinked

ie Click on it (underline red) and it takes you directly to the site if you are

online

4

Expected Learning Outcomes

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Accounting Software for Rural Businesses

bull Sum-It A complete range of integrated software to handle virtually

all farm and other rural business needs

bull Farmplan meets the needs of farm and rural business - specifically

tailored for the agriculture sector Includes accounting packages to

help manage business finances payroll software sales ordersinvoices

and property rentals

bull Xero Connects your accounts with your accountant bookkeeper

bank and farming consultant It provides online ldquocloud basedrdquo

accounting livestock reporting and budgeting Free trial available

5

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

At the end of this module you will be able to

1 Have access to an extensive list of software

2 Know the advantage of each software to your business

Note each Product is hyperlinked

ie Click on it (underline red) and it takes you directly to the site if you are

online

4

Expected Learning Outcomes

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Accounting Software for Rural Businesses

bull Sum-It A complete range of integrated software to handle virtually

all farm and other rural business needs

bull Farmplan meets the needs of farm and rural business - specifically

tailored for the agriculture sector Includes accounting packages to

help manage business finances payroll software sales ordersinvoices

and property rentals

bull Xero Connects your accounts with your accountant bookkeeper

bank and farming consultant It provides online ldquocloud basedrdquo

accounting livestock reporting and budgeting Free trial available

5

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Accounting Software for Rural Businesses

bull Sum-It A complete range of integrated software to handle virtually

all farm and other rural business needs

bull Farmplan meets the needs of farm and rural business - specifically

tailored for the agriculture sector Includes accounting packages to

help manage business finances payroll software sales ordersinvoices

and property rentals

bull Xero Connects your accounts with your accountant bookkeeper

bank and farming consultant It provides online ldquocloud basedrdquo

accounting livestock reporting and budgeting Free trial available

5

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Accounting Software for Micro-enterprises

bull Zoho Suite of software available including AccountsCRM

HR etc Free trial available

bull xTuple offers accounting (general ledger accounts

receivable and payable bank reconciliation and financial

reporting) as well as sales CRM inventory and distribution

and other business management functions

bull Wave Free Accounting Software6

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Rural business Management software

bull Agrivi farm This management software lets you plan

monitor and analyze all activities on your farms easily

Tillage planting spraying fertilization irrigation harvesting

and all other activities are managed with a few clicks

bull Excel spreadsheets Provides many templates for aspects of

rural business For example Teagasc in Ireland have

templates available at httpswwwteagascierural-economyfarm-

managementfinancial-analysis

7

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Rural business Transaction amp Planning software

bull AGPLAN Business Planning software designed to provide

customized assistance to different types of businesses Allows

you to share and interact with business advisors consultants

etc See httpsagplanumnedu

bull EasyFarm Uses a single-entry input approach to record

transactions in real-time You can purchase items like seed

feed or chemicals record and put them on inventory in

one entry See httpwwweasyfarmcomshop

8

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Small business software

Here is a list of small business software at

httpswwwinccomsujan-patelthe-top-small-

business-software-programs-for-2015html9

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

bull Helprace Customer Service Software ndash Helprace tightly integrates

multiple tools together for great customer service Tickets Email

Management Customer Community Feedback Docs amp Knowledge

Base Free trial available

bull SugarCRM has a free unsupported version of a comprehensive CRM

product that includes sales force automation marketing campaigns

and customer support

10

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Project Management software

bull Asana Free Project Management Software

bull Evernote Free Note Taking Organizing and Archiving App

bull Appointlet Online Appointment Scheduling with free trial

available

bull Doodle Doodle is an Internet calendar tool for time

management and coordinating meetings11

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Project Management software

bull Google keep is a note-taking service developed by Google

Allows you to synchronise across devices

bull Skype is an instant messaging app that provides online text

message and video chat services UberConference Free

Conference Calls and Hellofaxcom free to send faxes to

receive faxes you need a paid account

bull Mindmappingcom provides information on creating mind

maps software and the theory behind mind mapping

12

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Travel Planning software

bull Google flights is an online flight booking search service

which facilitates the purchase of airline tickets through third

party suppliers (See httpwwwrefinery29comhow-to-use-google-flights)

bull Bookingcom is a travel fare aggregator website and

travel metasearch engine for lodging reservations flights

car rental

13

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Resource Management software

Human Resources management

bull Zenefits Employee Management software with free demo

available

Enterprise Resources Planning

bull Odoo A full suite of applications including sales

management accounting finance recruitment purchase

management and manufacturing resource management

14

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Document Management software

bull Apache Open Office amp NeoOffice OpenOffice (PC) and

NeoOffice (MAC) are leading open-source office

software suite for word processing spreadsheets

presentations graphics databases and more See httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=sloEMUt7n5Q

bull Google Docs Free Document Management and File

Storage

15

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Best Free Business

Software Tools

4 minute video on a

range of small

business Best Free

Business Software

Tools

httpswwwyoutub

ecomwatchv=3fS

TqJxHM-U16

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Marketing Online software

bull HootSuite Free Social Media Management

bull Canva Free Graphic Design Images

bull GIMP Free Image Editing

bull Trustpilot Free Tool for Getting Online Reviews

bull Google Trends Free Search Engine Analysis

bull SEOProfiler Free SEO Software

bull Google Analytics Free Website Analytics and See Getting

Started Google Analytics

httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=WC3ONXJn9FQ

bull Survey Monkey Free Survey Tool 17

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Marketing Online software

bull JotForm Free Online Forms

bull Freelogoservicescom High-quality free logos free or buy

bull WordPress Free Content Management System

bull Wixcom A cloud-based web platform

bull Weebly Good for creating a basic website

bull MailChimp A marketing automation platform

and email marketing service18

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

E-Commerce software

bull OpenCart Turnkey shopping cart for small and

medium-sized retailers

bull PrestaShop Easy-to-use platform offering product

displays translations marketing localization and

taxes and product export to eBay Start Your

Free Online Store

19

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Email Management software

bull Mozilla Thunderbird and Outlookcom

Free email news RSS feed and chat client available

for various platforms

bull Gmail Free advertising-supported email service

developed by Google

20

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

General Management software

bull Vistaprint Low cost Business Card printingstationery

bull HYFY Free Screen Recorder Software

bull Hunter Free Email Address Finder ndash

bull Square Free Credit Card Reader For Your Smartphone

bull CoverWallet Free Platform For Finding Best Insurance21

Signposting ICT software

MICRO has been funded with support from the European Commission This document and its contents reflect the views only of theauthors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

Cloud Storage Management software

bull Dropbox and GoogleDrive File hosting service that

offers cloud storage file synchronization personal cloud

and client software

bull WeTransfer Cloud-based computer file transfer service

22

Signposting ICT software

Thank you for your attention

End of Module

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