System and method for managing projects

1. A method for managing at least one project, comprising:

storing project templates in at least one project database, wherein the at least one project database contains a sponsored personal project template and a sponsored work project template categorized by type of project, wherein the sponsored personal project template is a sponsored project template sponsored by a third party entity and the sponsored work project template is a sponsored project template sponsored by the third party entity;

accepting a personal project template and a work project template chosen by at least one user from the at least one project database;

allowing the at least one user to search, browse and download the personal project template and the work project template;

accepting at least one start date and/or at least one end date for each project template;

automatically generating sponsor-related information related to each sponsored personal project template and the sponsored work project template, wherein the sponsor-related information is based upon information related to at least one project currently being done by the at least one user; and

aggregating the information related to all accepted project templates and allowing at least one user to access the information related to all accepted project templates from at least one user interface;

wherein the information related to the accepted project templates comprises: at least one calendar event, at least one task, and at least one meeting.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one project template is a non-sponsored project template.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein advertising is generated based upon information related to at least one project that is currently being utilized by at least one user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one timeline illustrates timeline information related to the project templates.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the timeline information comprises: tasks, decision points, milestones, calendar events, or meetings, or any combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the project templates are bought utilizing a marketplace hosting sponsored templates and/or non-sponsored templates.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

organizing at least one meeting related to the project templates.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the project templates comprise: helpful hints, knowledge, access to experts, predefined tasks, predefined calendar events, predefined files, or dynamic links to third party services and resources, or any combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

connecting at least one user to at least one product and/or at least one service related to the project templates using at least one e-commerce widget that allows the at least one user to purchase the at least one product and/or the at least one service.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the e-commerce widget allows vendors to bid to provide products and/or services, and wherein winners of bids complete a sale using the e-commerce widget.

11. A system for managing at least one project, comprising:

at least one processor device configured for:

storing project templates in at least one project database, wherein the at least one project database contains a sponsored personal project template and a sponsored work project template categorized by type of project, wherein the sponsored personal project template is a sponsored project template sponsored by a third party entity and the sponsored work project template is a sponsored proj ect template sponsored by the third party entity;

accepting a personal proj ect template and a work project template chosen by at least one user from the at least one project database;

allowing the at least one user to search, browse and download the personal project template and the work project template;

accepting at least one start date and/or at least one end date for each project template;

automatically generating sponsor-related information related to each sponsored personal project template and the sponsored work project template, wherein the sponsor-related information is based upon information related to at least one project currently being done by the at least one user; and

aggregating the information related to all accepted project templates and allowing at least one user to access the information related to all accepted project templates from one user interface;

wherein the information related to the accepted project templates comprises: at least one calendar event, at least one task, and at least one meeting.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein at least one project template is a non-sponsored project template.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein advertising is generated based upon information related to at least one project that is currently being utilized by at least one user.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein at least one timeline illustrates timeline information related to the project templates.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the timeline information comprises: tasks, decision points, milestones, calendar events, or meetings, or any combination thereof.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the project templates are bought utilizing a marketplace hosting sponsored and/or non-sponsored templates.

17. The system of claim 11 , the at least one processor device configured for:

organizing at least one meeting related to the project templates.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the project templates comprise: helpful hints, knowledge, access to experts, predefined tasks, predefined calendar events, predefined files, or dynamic links to third party services and resources, or any combination thereof.

19. The system of claim 11 , the at least one processor device configured for:

connecting at least one user to at least one product and/or at least one service related to the project templates using an e-commerce widget that allows the at least one user to purchase the at least one product and/or the at least one service.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the e-commerce widget allows vendors to bid to provide products and/or services, and wherein winners of bids complete a sale using the e-commerce widget.