How I learned to stop worrying and love the tech
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The document outlines various technology tools and platforms for event management and collaboration, focusing on solutions like Google Apps and Office 365 for document collaboration, Eventbrite and Guestlist for event registration, Mailchimp and Vertical Response for sending invites, and Google Drive and Skydrive for file sharing. Each tool is evaluated based on cost, features, and user interface, providing insights on their suitability for different organizational needs. It emphasizes the importance of assessing existing infrastructure and organizational culture in selecting the right technology solutions.
How I learned to stop worrying and love the tech
- 1. How I learned to stop worrying and love the tech TechSoup Canada Tierney Smith, Jane Zhang
- 3. Our Team
- 4. Our Goal: Plan a Net Tuesday Event Event description Event registration Send invites Share files
- 6. So many tools… how to decide? 1. Ask the expert 2. Ask the community 3. What do we need?
- 7. Event description Goal: Document collaboration Criteria: • Real time updates • Cross Platform compatibility • Versioning
- 8. Event description Google Apps Office 365 Cost Free for < 10 users $7/user/month (<25 Or $5/user/month users) $9.5/user/month (>25 users) Quick notes Simple Smooth integration Good integration with with MS Office 3rd party apps Can share easily Favourite Real time editing Offline Editing thing
- 9. But there’s more… Google Apps & Office 365 are both alternatives for replacing your core infrastructure • Email • Calendars • Documents • Sites • Chat • & more
- 10. Demo: Google Apps Favourite Thing: real time editing
- 11. Demo: Office 365 Favourite Thing: Offline editing
- 12. Event registration Goal: easy way for attendees to register online Critieria: • Free/paid events • Manage attendees • Print & export list of attendees
- 13. Event registration Eventbrite Guestlist Cost Free events: free Free events: free Charities: 2% + $0.99 Charities: free Other: 2.5% + $0.99 Other: 2% Quick notes Tons of features Simple Nice interface Nice interface Great integration w 3rd party apps Favourite Feature rich Simple thing
- 14. Demo: Eventbrite Favourite Thing: Feature rich
- 15. Demo: Guestlist Favourite Thing: simple
- 16. Share-Pairs (5 min) • Based on the first two challenges, what is one thing you can do differently next week? Or… • What is one challenge you experience in your work where technology could help you save time?
- 17. Send invites Goal: invite our audience to the event Criteria : • Segment audience • Make it easy to look nice
- 18. Send invites MailChimp Vertical Response Cost Free for < 2,000 Charities: free for < subscribers 10,000 emails/month, Charities & nonprofits?: 15% discount for more 15% discount Quick notes Nice interface Great segmentation Tons of features Tons of features Great integration with Some integration with 3rd party apps 3rd party apps Favourite Integration Segmentation thing
- 19. Demo: MailChimp Favourite Thing: integration
- 20. Demo: Vertical Response Favourite Thing: segmentation
- 21. Share files Goal: share presentation file with team; give attendees a link to presentation Criteria: • Lots of storage for low cost • Sync docs across many platforms • Controlled sharing of folders • Option to share publicly
- 22. Share files Google Drive SkyDrive Cost Free: 5GB Free: 7GB 100GB/$60 100GB/$50 Quick notes Brings your Google Remote file sharing Docs & files into 1 place Can share with non- SkyDrive users easily Favourite Google integration MS Office Integration thing
- 23. Demo: SkyDrive Favourite Thing: Microsoft integration
- 24. Demo: Google Drive Favourite Thing: Google integration
- 25. Bringing it all together At the end of the day, it’s about: • What do you need? • What tools are you already using? • What infrastructure do you already have? • What is the culture of your organization?
- 26. Questions?