Ground Control to Major Tom | Free and Low-Cost Virtual Communication Tools to Enhance Your Training and Increase Productivity
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Learn some of today’s hottest FREE online communication tools. A list of the 27 hottest online communication tools were recently presented at TalTech's "TechExpo 2013 - The Road Ahead" by Reciprocate's Karen Emanuelson and the Association of Florida Colleges' Adrienne Bryant. All tools are either free or low-cost. Looking for a way to communicate between your PC, tablet and phone? Try Dropbox or Evernote.Want to show someone how to do something on the PC? Try Join.me or Screenr. Need to coordinate schedules? Try Doodle. Want a project management tool? Try Trello or Live Minutes. Need to share documents, PDFs, and videos? Try Postwire or Google Drive. These low-cost, no-cost options will help you increase productivity, keep you under budget, and give you techniques make you more productive. Use this quick list of hyperlinked virtual communications tools to learn solutions to internal and external communications issues and strategies.
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Ground Control to Major Tom | Free and Low-Cost Virtual Communication Tools to Enhance Your Training and Increase Productivity
- 1. Ground Control to Major Tom Free and Low-Cost Virtual Communication Tools to Enhance Your Training and Increase Productivity Presented by Adrienne Bryant & Karen Emanuelson
- 2. PRESENTERS Adrienne Bryant Member Information & Database Manager, Association of Florida Colleges Committed to moving the Tallahassee community forward through emerging technologies, both social and traditional Karen Emanuelson President, Reciprocate LLC Committed to combining marketing vision, technology decisions and overarching business knowledge to create the best ROI Virtual Communications Tools
- 4. THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS “C” You are heading up a committee of 5 trainers from across the state. Each person has agreed to complete a section of the presentation. To encourage collaboration you: A. Schedule weekly phone calls B. Ask each committee member to send a weekly recap email of their section status to each committee member C. Require everyone on the committee to use the same virtual collaboration tool D. Start looking for a new job, ‘cuz this isn’t going to end well Virtual Communications Tools
- 5. COLLABORATE • Cloud Storage – DropBox – SkyDrive • Free Conferencing – Live Minutes • Task Management – Producteev – Asana Virtual Communications Tools
- 10. THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS “C” You are tasked with training 25 members who work across the country on the latest software update. To encourage effective training you: A. Book flights to all members’ locations and plan one-on-one sessions B. Tell everyone they need to come to your location and if they can’t afford it, then they are just out of luck C. Decide to take your training into the 21st century and use a webinar format D. Start looking for a new job, ‘cuz this isn’t going to end well Virtual Communications Tools
- 11. PRESENT • Internet Conferences – GoToMeeting – GoToWebinar • Cisco - WebEx • Presentation Tools – Prezi – Present.me Virtual Communications Tools
- 25. SHOW & TELL Virtual Communications Tools
- 26. THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS “C” Your organization just switched to a new, online time management system that requires each employee to log-in and update their personal information. The system is a little confusing and you spend your days fielding phone calls from confused employees. Do you: A. Book flights to all branch and plant locations and plan one-on-one sessions B. Let them figure it out, it’s not THAT difficult C. Create short screen-shot explanation videos that you post to your internal website and can email to confused employees D. Start looking for a new job, ‘cuz this isn’t going to end well Virtual Communications Tools
- 27. SHOW & TELL • Screenr • Jing • Screencast-O-Matic • Camtasia Studio Virtual Communications Tools
- 31. THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS “C” It is your job to make sure that all employees are not violating your organization’s social media policies. This includes suggestions for their Facebook privacy settings. Do you: A. Ask all employees to be your friend on Facebook and connect to you on LinkedIn, so you can monitor their online activities. B. Ask all employees for their Facebook and LinkedIn log-in credentials and make the changes yourself C. Provide small-group live instruction using a conference call and screen-sharing to allow for a highly interactive session D. Start looking for a new job, ‘cuz this isn’t going to end well Virtual Communications Tools
- 32. CONNECT • Skype • Google Plus (G+) Hangout • Join.me • StartMeeting • Google Voice • FreeConferenceCalling Virtual Communications Tools
- 37. THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS “C” You are tasked with setting up a mandatory meeting for organization executives in the middle of busy season. Because they have already committed to client meetings, they are unable to change their schedules to accommodate you. Do you: A. Send out an email asking everyone if Friday, May 17 at 10 a.m. is a good time. B. Ask meeting attendees to email you a list of times they are available in the next few weeks. C. Use a scheduling tool that offers flexibility while restricting options D. Start looking for a new job, ‘cuz this isn’t going to end well Virtual Communications Tools
- 38. ORGANIZE • Meeting schedulers – Doodle – Microsoft Outlook • Project Management – Trello – Google Docs/Drive Virtual Communications Tools
- 44. STORE & SHARE Virtual Communications Tools
- 45. THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS “C” You created a presentation that could be valuable to new employees or people in the industry. After the conference, do you: A. Breathe a sigh of relief and hope you never have to do it again B. Send the presentation out as an email attachment to all conference attendees C. Upload the presentation to an online site, create a keyword- optimized description, and include the link in the next newsletter D. Start looking for a new job, ‘cuz this isn’t going to end well Virtual Communications Tools
- 46. STORE & SHARE • SlideShare • Postwire • Evernote Virtual Communications Tools
- 52. THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS “C” Now that you’ve heard about all these really cool virtual communications tools. Do you: A. Breathe a sigh of relief and hope you never have to do anything that would require any of these tools B. Hurry out of the room ‘cuz it’s break time C. Make sure the presenters have your business card so we can send you a link to the presentation and pick up a handout on your way out the door D. Start looking for a new job, ‘cuz, well, this technology stuff just isn’t for you Virtual Communications Tools
- 53. BE A HERO We hope we shared some ideas with you that will let you Virtual Communications Tools Adrienne Bryant www.linkedin.com/in/abryant715 adriennebryant715@gmail.com @adriennebryant Karen Emanuelson www.linkedin.com/in/karenemanuelson kemanuelson@ReciprocateLLC.com @KarenEman