Presentation made to National Rural Health Association (NRHA) at annual conference on May 7, 2009. Follow them on Twitter @ruralhealth or search hashtag #nrha!

1. Collaborating (Online)
Cheaper
Faster
Better

2. Goals of Associations
 Find and Recruit Members
 Stay Abreast of Issues
 Coordinate and Collaborate with Partners
 Provide Information and Resources to Members
 Communicate Effectively
 Members, Partners, Policy Makers, Press
 Manage Organization Efficiently

3. Goals of Associations
 Find and Recruit Members
 Stay Abreast of Issues
 Coordinate and Collaborate with Partners
 Shared Docs, Cloud Storage, Video Conferencing, Project
Management, Meeting Scheduling, Shared Calendars
 Provide Information and Resources to Members
 Communicate Effectively
 Manage Organization Efficiently

4. Goals of Associations
 Find and Recruit Members
 Stay Abreast of Issues
 Coordinate and Collaborate with Partners
 Provide Information and Resources to Members
 Website, Blog
 Communicate Effectively
 Manage Organization Efficiently

5. Goals of Associations
 Find and Recruit Members
 Stay Abreast of Issues
 Coordinate and Collaborate with Partners
 Provide Information and Resources to Members
 Communicate Effectively (Members, Partners, Policy
Makers, Press)
 Outreach: email newsletter services, blogs, videos, social media
 Listening: online surveys, social media
 Manage Organization Efficiently

6. Goals of Associations
 Find and Recruit Members
 Stay Abreast of Issues
 Coordinate and Collaborate with Partners
 Provide Information and Resources to
Members
 Communicate Effectively
 Manage Organization Efficiently
 Wikis, Tracking Outcomes (Quarterly & Annual reports)

7. Website Creation
 Google Sites (https://sites.google.com/)
 WordPress (http://wordpress.org/)
 Joomla (http://www.joomla.org/)
 Drupal (http://drupal.org/)

8. Collaborate on Documents
 Google Documents (https://docs.google.com)
 Zoho (https://www.zoho.com/docs/)
 MS Office Live (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/)
 WriteBoards (http://writeboard.com/)

9. Cloud Storage
 Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com)
 Box (http://box.com/)
 Amazon Cloud Drive (https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/learnmore)
 SugarSync (https://www.sugarsync.com/)

10. Video Conferencing
 Google+ video hangouts (https://plus.google.com/)
 MeetingBurner (http://www.meetingburner.com/)
 Skype (http://www.skype.com/)

11. Project Management
 BaseCamp (http://basecamphq.com/)
 (Atlassian) Jira (http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/overview)
 FreedCamp (http://freedcamp.com/)
 Podio (https://podio.com/)

12. Scheduling Meetings
 Meeting Wizard (http://www.meetingwizard.com/)
 Doodle (http://www.doodle.com/)

13. Shared Calendars
 Google Calendar (https://www.google.com/calendar/)
 Zoho (https://www.zoho.com/docs/)

14. Wikis
 (Atlassian) Confluence
 (http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/overview)
 Google Sites (https://sites.google.com/)