Social Toolsin the Cloud

Paul Webster @watfordgap

Pete Read @iictpete

Agenda

• Organising meetings and events

• Training and support

• Communications

• Management

The key objective of this session is to share those useful products we stumble across in our daily lives supporting the many diverse and

interesting needs of the sector

Abraham Maslow once said….

If the only tool you have is a hammer

Then every problem becomes a nail

• Facebook – now 23 million accounts in UK

• Steady growth in access to social networks by Smartphone – replace desktop by 2015

• Social web = 23% of time spent on the internet

• Conversational web – Read, Comment, Share – build collaborative works

Social Tools – web background

• Less than 25% of groups using cloud web tools / social networks (Red Foundation 2010)

• Lack of Skills, Confidence, Knowledge, Access

• But 47% of organisations interested to learn benefits of web based networking (NAVCA 2010)

Voluntary Sector ready?

Organising meetings and events

• EventBrite– Manage events easily, sell tickets, feedback

etc.

• Doodle– Herding cats? This may be the answer

• Others?– What other tools do you use

Training and support• Jing

– Screencasts and screenshots

• Ipadio– Record and broadcast voice

• Gotomeeting– Deliver on line learning

• Others?– What other tools do you use

Communication

• Skype, ooVoo– VOIP – share screen – audio conference

• Ipadio– Audio broadcast

• DimDim, GotoMeeting– Online meeting tools

• Over to you

Sharing

• Twitter / Facebook

• Dropbox– File sharing and storage

• Scribd, Issuu, Slideshare, docs.com– Publishing and sharing documents

• Google docs/ calendar etc.

• What tools do you use?

Management

• Huddle, Tom’s planner– Project management software

• FreeMind– Mindmapping tool

• Other goodies

Social Toolsin the Cloud

Paul Webster @watfordgap

Pete Read @iictpete

Thank You