In this Basecamp Office Hours session (recorded live on February 8, 2023), Kimberly, Ashley and Chase share how the team at 37signals uses Basecamp to manage their day-to-day work. During this one-hour session, the team shows how the company uses Basecamp can be set up for company Human Resource functions, recruiting, and onboarding new employees. The Basecamp team also answer customer questions live during the webinar.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Welcome

01:04 - Overview of three different types of projects

02:50 - Overview how we use the Basecamp tools

03:34 - What we're not covering in today's session

04:00 - Housekeeping

05:30 - Customer Success & Support team – Ashley & Chase

06:56 - 37signals HQ Project

10:00 - Automatic Check-ins (What did you do this weekend?)

11:07 - Automatic Check-ins (What have you been working on?)

15:53 - How to encourage automatic check-in participation

18:07 - What Works project

18:32 - Kickoffs & Heartbeats

23:30 - Lineup

24:30 - Cycle project

25:38 - To-dos and Hill Charts

29:00 - Move the Needle

32:14 - Doors

33:20 - To-dos vs. Card Table

38:00 - Project Templates and onboarding employees

40:10 - Assigning to-dos

41:56 - To-do list templates

43:18 - What Works project naming

44:20 - How the Head of Product uses the Basecamp tools

46:51 - How the two-person teams review others code

48:30 - Mission Control

51:03 - Automatic Check-in best practices

53:20 - Wrap Up

Helpful Links:
🔗 Video tutorials: https://basecamp.com/learn
🔗 REWORK podcast: https://37signals.com/podcast/
🔗 Using Card Table video tutorial: https://basecamp.com/learn/beyond-the-basics/card-table
🔗 Templates: https://3.basecamp-help.com/article/66-templates
🔗 Hill Charts: https://3.basecamp-help.com/article/412-hill-charts

For follow up questions, reach out to guides@basecamp.com