2012 staff-immediate tech infusion
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The document discusses strategies for improving organizational and communication success in a school setting, emphasizing the importance of effective communication and stakeholder engagement. It presents various tools and methods for gathering ideas, facilitating communication, and managing time effectively, such as Google Groups, Poll Everywhere, and Evernote. The session aims to provide educators with practical skills to enhance their communication efforts and community relations.
2012 staff-immediate tech infusion
- 1. Organizing the Chaos: Tools for Organiza3onal and Communica3on Success! Overcoming Schoolwide Communica3on and Idea-‐Sharing Challenges Christopher Wells Instructor 1
- 2. • Gmail: summerleadership12 / ju2012ne • Tumblr: summerleadership12 / ju2012ne • Polleverywhere.com: summerleadership12 / ju2012ne • Slideshare: summerleadership12 / ju2012ne • Evernote: summerleadership12@gmail.com / ju2012ne 2
- 3. Welcome • Housekeeping • InteracFvity • QuesFons and Answers • Follow-‐up 3
- 4. Who IS this guy? • GCPS • Industry • Teacher • PhD (pending): Leadership & OrganizaFonal Change • MS: InstrucFonal Technology & Computer Science • BS: Biology & Science EducaFon
- 5. Our Objec3ves Today • Polling your staff members • Collec3ng ideas in a flash • Make your life easier and • Save 3me when communica3ng to your community of interest • Bring your laptop for maximum effec3veness in this session! 5
- 6. The danger in communicaFon is the illusion that it has been accomplished. George Bernard Shaw
- 7. Corollary It may be accomplished without your knowledge.
- 8. Now would be a ANOTHER good 3me to discuss… 8
- 9. Communica3on and Ethics of Leadership Integrity and Visibility • Who should know what you are doing? • What should be private? • What should be public? 9
- 10. Ethics The image cannot be displayed. Your computer may not have enough memory to open the image, or the image may have been corrupted. Restart your computer, and then open the file again. If the red x still appears, you may have to delete the image and then insert it again. • Requirements • Explicit vs. Tacit • YOU are the group
- 11. Communica3on 101 11
- 12. Communica3on 101 The way it is The way it should be • Sender • Feedback • Receiver / Audience • Receiver / Audience • Medium • Message • Message • Medium • Feedback • Sender 12
- 13. Defining Stakeholders 1. People affected by your work 2. People who have power over your work 3. People who consider your work as “effecFve” or “ineffecFve” 13
- 14. Stakeholder analysis Interests Mo3va3ons Concerns Communica3on 1 2 4 3 From Mindtools.com 14
- 15. Feedback 15
- 16. Demonstra3on • Simple: Google Groups (groups.google.com) • Intermediate: Tumblr (tumblr.com) 16
- 17. Ac3vity • Create a Google Groups email group(groups.google.com). In the descripFon: – What kind of messages? – What audience? ©2012, BrightScribe, Inc. All rights Reserved. 17
- 18. Communica3ng by Excep3on ©2012, BrightScribe, Inc. All rights Reserved. 18
- 19. Leadership and School Culture Feedback, Innova3on, and Recogni3on • EssenFal Feedback: When is technology a good choice? • InnovaFon: Ways to promote brainstorming • RecogniFon: Private or public, this is a key requirement 19
- 20. Community Rela3ons • How do you reach your community? • What do they need from you? • How do you know if you are successful? ©2012, BrightScribe, Inc. All rights Reserved. 20
- 21. Feedback • Technology-‐enabled • Face-‐to-‐face 21
- 22. Demonstra3on Poll Everywhere (polleverywhere.com) 22
- 23. Ac3vity • Using Poll Everywhere, create a poll and try the funcFonality out 23
- 24. Communica3ons and Community Rela3ons A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words PresentaFons 101: It’s not about the words Focus on meaning 24
- 25. So Many Staff Members, So Many Messages • Email EFqueie: Have you trained your staff? • Wrong news is faster than correct news: Are you sending the right messages? 25
- 26. Demonstra3on • Free email eFqueie Fps: hip://goo.gl/wT76E 26
- 27. Ac3vity • In groups of 2-‐3 parFcipants, briefly discuss a situaFon where miscommunicaFon has occurred at your school or office • Are these related to Feedback, Receiver / Audience, Message, Medium, or Sender? 27
- 28. Save Yourself! • Save Fme finding presentaFons • Save Fme giving direcFon 28
- 29. Demonstra3on • Slideshare (slideshare.com) • Snagit (techsmith.com/snagit.html) 29
- 30. Ac3vity • Log into Slideshare.com • Username: summerleadership12 / ju2012ne • With a partner, find one presentaFon on Slideshare that you can adapt to your own school needs for communicaFon. • “Favorite” the presentaFon 30
- 31. Organiza3onal Leadership and Time Management Paper, Paper Everywhere: Handling the Details of Administra3on • Brain Extensions: What do you use to communicate with yourself? • Paper, paper everywhere… 31
- 33. Ac3vity • Open the session Evernote account: summerleadership12@gmail.com / ju2012ne • In groups of 2-‐3 parFcipants, discuss ways that this tool could be used to manage the details of your workflow. • Post your ideas in a new note 33
- 34. Our Objec3ves Today • Polling your staff members • Collec3ng ideas in a flash • Make your life easier • Save 3me when communica3ng to your community of interest • Bring your laptop for maximum effec3veness in this session! 34