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This document discusses how organizations in rural communities like Trinidad, Colorado can benefit from using objectives and technology-driven incentives. It suggests that social media, mobile apps, and tools like Foursquare, QR codes, and SkyDrive can help increase revenue, economic development, and engagement. The document advocates assessing existing work processes, identifying objectives, and developing a strategic social media plan to monitor conversations and issues. It also discusses how virtual teams using tools like SkyDrive can increase productivity despite geographical dispersion. Overall, the summary advocates that Trinidad could increase opportunities through greater use of students, social media, technology, and entrepreneurship programs.
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- 2. Objectives How can organizations in a rural community benefit and increase moral using objectives and technology driven incentives? How can technology help to increase revenue that is potential through reaching out to surrounding counties, businesses or global observation? Can global opportunities enhance understanding and development from past decisions, practices and ideas for Trinidad, CO? Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 2
- 3. Fels Institute of Government • “90% of cities use social media for an activity other than communications” • Economic Development • Political Engagement / Policy Feedback • Emergency Management • Service Operations / Response (Fels Research, 2011) Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 3
- 4. FourSquare • Collaborate with networking contacts QR Codes • Instantly sends information Mobile Apps • Report issues for Drainage, Illegal Dumping, Building Codes Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 4
- 5. Critically assess social media tools from existing work processes. Identify objectives Determine a strategy Listen to existing conversations Carefully assess resources Reach out to peer cities and conduct research Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 5
- 6. • Demographics • Trending topics • Keywords • Specific conversations • Other organizational achievements Proactively monitor social media sites to involve issues, discussions and/or related information for a real time basis Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 6
- 7. Take a five step strategy: Identify the lead person Diversify the scope or monitoring tool Create a checklist of keywords Utilize various technologies available Be comfortable with trial and error Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 7
- 8. Workplace paradigm shift of traditional teams to virtual teams Advances of technology Globalization to communicate ideas Evolution from industry to information society Access to geographical distributed resources Need for more flexibility / versatile organizational structure Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 8
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- 10. What is a Virtual Team – Group of individuals geographically dispersed but primarily collaborating via computer-mediated technologies for accomplishing specific goals. Effective leadership and management dynamics within organizations that may stem from virtual team characteristics. Organizations must begin to understand pivotal role of leadership style and motivational achievements Job satisfaction Productivity Creativity within employees who operate in virtual teams Team development and performance Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 10
- 11. • Examples for SkyDrive • Provides 25 GB of password-protected online file storage • Can store, access and share files with co-workers and anywhere. • Obtain Windows Live ID for free online storage • Review edits of remote coworkers • Team to collaborate edits • Track changes using Office products • Edits and comments can be color coded by reviewer and tagged with date and time of change / reviewer’s initials • Reject and/or accept proposed changes • Increase productivity without waiting for meeting times SkyDrive Hootsuite Google Reader Facebook Insights Tweetdeck Addict-o-matic Mon.itor.us SeeSemic Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 11
- 12. Group dynamics Cross cultural skills Work habits Technology competency and availability Interaction and communication change / structure Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 12
- 13. Improvement of the workplace through Virtual team Collaboration Grant access to expertise beyond geographical limitations Cost effective Build trust on different platform Network with increased professionals Determine new leadership styles to speak to more Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 13
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- 15. What is happening to the community and why are businesses not desiring to move to the area? • Personal opinion • Gas prices • Difficulties in acceptance from business perspectives • Technological challenges • Acceptance to change • Knowledge to develop and initiate the change effectively for all collaboration. Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 15
- 16. Increase in technology with “Around Trinidad” magazine and website promotional initiatives Round table meeting solutions of group facilitations Increase in new ideas from positions changing Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 16
- 17. Recognize phase to seek effective help quickly Recognize where dependency is fluent Increase possibilities from situations and investments to return to stable state Turn to other organizations that are increasing revenue to recognize positives Increase potential solutions through opportunities to seek alternative direction. Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 17
- 18. Recognizing cultural issues surrounding problems Cycles for change Forces for change Recognize early stages of problems to intervene effectively Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 18
- 19. What is stagnant or needs improvements Motivation to improve these areas from a team willing to take on challenges and complete tasks. Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 19
- 20. Increase use of College, Home School & High School students through programs and interactions Economic Development emerging sub-committees for solutions Increase use of Social Media tools and technology Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 20
- 21. Virtual teams collaborating together to enhance and educate using technology Increase school system security School programs Connectivity Question how technology advances or hinders Recreational possibilities Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 21
- 22. Alternate power options Electric plant for hybrid cars Work with others for grants or out of the box opportunities using bartering techniques Taxes – City and County • Interactive tax payments • Mapping and scope of land / property • Comparison such as MLS Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 22
- 23. Deliver new understanding of social media tools to enhance communication, collaboration and incentives to bring the community to current possibilities. How can virtual teams differ or increase revenue from traditional teams? Do traditional teams offer less insight? How can HR utilize virtual teams to find prospective employees to offer departments a better fit to objectives Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 23
- 24. Entrepreneurial Spirit •Involve school systems •Enhance technology and interests from challenges or holding grade effective programs to win specific prize or scholarships Analyze strategies using critical case studies around the school systems Transform evidence into categories to discover a theme of experiences How to utilize brain- pathways quiz given to participants to recognize variables of individuals that use and define creative cognitive process for learning to increase where support may best increase creativity. Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 24
- 25. How can programs help get people off assistance and increase creative ingenuity to assist with community growth? Work with programs to utilize and encourage participation in and around the community such as those on governmental assistance. Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 25
- 26. Applications: Move beyond communications Increase goal strategies Access Resources Think Mobile technology Monitor Daily activity Diversify scope Consideration of online tools Experiment and refine Leadership Use of Volunteers from Colleges, Schools and Program activity to increase knowledge Howard -Technology for Trinidad using Emerging Media 26
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