I wrote a post recently on accountability here at another blog I have for my Sunday School Class.  What I mentioned was that every task must be matched up with some sort of accountability for it to be effective.  I really do believe that, but it is very often hard to find a good system that will work for all the unique tasks of ministry.  

But Yammer seems to really fit the bill.

Keep You and Your Team Accountable

If you are going to be productive you and your staff are going to have to keep plugging away at whatever is before you, but how do you stay on the same page and stay on task?  Yammer is a small application that just has one task - to keep everyone accountable as to what they are doing all day.  

It asks one question - “What are you working on?” and displays the answers as a running list.  You can watch as things are accomplished throughout your network and even see real time hindrances to productivity.

This is a real time shot of our group to give you an idea.

It also makes you evaluate yourself before you publicize what you are about to spend time on.

Help, Don’t Hinder Your Productivity

Some things that are supposed to help productivity take so much time to maintain that they actually hinder it, but this is only one sentence for every task. So simple.

You can update your status on the website, their desktop application, by text message, email, or a free application on your iPhone or Blackberry.  (I have coupled it with Fluid on my Mac and have it in my menubar.)

Go to yammer.com and watch their 2 minute video about how it works and hopefully it will help you and your team get more done.

It is FREE.