Part 1Using Web Tools in Prevention

Lakeshore Coordinating CouncilApril 24, 2013

Above & Beyond Banquet Center, Holland

Ken DailPrevention Network Michigan kend@preventionnetwork.org

twitter.com/kendail

“Everything should be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”

-Albert Einstein

Why do I need to use technology in my job?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMsNct4X_GU

Today we will try to answer these questions…

1. Do I want to collaborate with others in my job?

2. Why do I want to collaborate with them?

3. Who do I want to collaborate with?

4. What type of information will I be sharing with them?

5. How will I share information with collaborators?

6. How much time do I want to spend to save time on collaboration?

When in doubt…

www.google.com

or

www.youtube.com

Do I want to collaborate with others in my job?

•Does our agency serve individuals or the community?

•Will collaborating impact our need to maintain confidentiality with our clients or patients?

•Does our agency have all of the resources (time, money, facilities, staff, information) we need to accomplish our agency goals?

•Are there other agencies that have similar goals to us?

•Do I believe that other agencies have all the resources they need to accomplish similar goals?

•Can I do it all alone?

•Can others make our community a great place to live on their own?

Why do I want to collaborate with them?

•What are my agency’s goals?

•Do others have similar goals?

•Will reaching our goals also help them reach our goals?

•Will helping them reach their goals get us closer to our goals?

Who do I want to collaborate with?

•Law Enforcement

•Schools

•Local business

•State and national organizations

•Funding organizations

•Funding competitors

•Hospitals

•Other satellite offices of our agency

• …..

What type of information will I be sharing with them?

•Planning meetings and information

•Staff meetings

•Documents

•Funding opportunities and grant applications

•Substance abuse use data

•Agency service data (clients served, programs run, etc.)

•Program implementation materials

•Funding or grant reports

•Photos and videos

How will I share information with collaborators?

•Document sharing

•Presentation sharing

•Video sharing

•Phone conferencing

•Video conferencing

Document sharing

• Google Drive

• Dropbox

• Mega

Presentation sharing

• Slideshare

• Google Drive

• Dropbox

• Mega

Video sharing • Google Drive

• Dropbox

• Mega

• Youtube

• Vimeo

Phone Conferencing•Google calling through your computer

Phone Conferencing

• Google calling

• Toll free video calling

• Google.com search for “phone conferencing”

Video Conferencing

• Google video conferencing

• Skype

• Face Time

• Google.com search for “video conferencing”

Online Tool Considerations • Number of participants• File formats (creating and sharing vs. sharing

only)• Free vs. Cost• Size of storage space• Data security• Confidentiality• Agency firewalls and security settings • Time to establish networks

How much time do I want to spend to save time on collaboration?

TAKE A BREAK!