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HabiTech Talk2011 Habitat for Humanity
Youth Leadership Conference
Mike Resman, President Habitat for Humanity at the University of Minnesota
• About me & our chapter
• Why is this important?
• Choosing the right technology
• Using Google Apps with your group
• Guess That App!
• Interactive demo
• Questions
Agenda
About Me
About Me
Our Chapter
www.uofmhabitat.org
facebook.com/uofmhabitat
28,154website pageviews annually
1,922mailing list subscribers
794volunteer hours this year
541facebook fans
182paid members
115average meeting attendance
16executive board officers
7collegiate challenge trips
4committees
1team
Why is this important ?
4,000 houses per hour
0
200
400
600
800
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Facebook users per year (in millions)
Let's solve an exponential problem with an exponential solution.
Who cares?
Choosing Technology
Who will use it? What's the cost?
Does it make life easier?
Choosing Technology
Who will use it?
What's the cost?
Does it make life easier?
Is it fun?!
Who will use it?
Does it make life easier?
Low-tech is not bad!
Technology can get expensive
• Go free first
• Try before you buy
• Ask others
Using Google Apps
• Have your own Habitat email accounts
• Work on documents & spreadsheets
• Share schedules
• Create event signup forms
• Free for non-profit orgs*
* less than 3,000 employees
• Why?
• Less (and more productive) meetings!
• Stay on the same page
• Help when and where you need it
• When?
• Update once a week
• Sometime over the weekend (by Sunday night)
Staying connected with your team
KITs (Keep In Touch)
• Why?
• Less (and more productive) meetings!
• Stay on the same page
• Help when and where you need it
• When?
• Update once a week
• Sometime over the weekend (by Sunday night)
What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
• Next actions
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts
"Saturday, I dressed up as a zombie and went to Oktoberfest. Who knew
zombies could polka."
What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
• Next actions
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts
"Put November builds on website."
What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
• Next actions
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts
"Broomball tournament"
What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
• Next actions
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts
"Committee brainstorming session."
What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
• Next actions
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts
"Mystery Bus tour ideas"
What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
• Next actions
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts
"I am part-Greek (not Fraternity Greek but like Gyro Greek)"
"The Chinese word for movie is a combination of 'electric' and 'shadow'"
Guess That App!
Wordle
wordle.net
• Todo app
• Customize how you use it
• Email tasks
Toodledo
toodledo.com
• Take notes anywhere
• Keep everything in sync
• Easily search and organize
Evernote
evernote.com
Find a time to meet
Doodle
doodle.com
• Accept credit cards
• Free card reader
• App for iPhone, Android, iPad
• Connects to checking account
• 2.75% fee
Square
squareup.com
Mailchimp• Email newsletters
• Customized templates
• Automatic unsubscribes!
• Free for up to 2,000 subscribers
mailchimp.com
Dropbox
• Files saved to computers, mobile, and web
• Synced automatically
• Share folders with others
• 2 GB free space
dropbox.com
• Group messaging
• Conference calls
• Good for:
• Day of events
• Mass messages
• Watch out for:
• People without unlimited texts
• "Reply-all" effect
GroupMe
groupme.com
Prezi• New way to share
ideas
• Make presentations on an open canvas
• Very fun to make but...
• Very time consuming!
prezi.com
Thank You!For more info: www.uofmhabitat.org/HabiTechTalk Keep in touch:
linkedin.com/in/mjresman
@mjresman
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
- John Quincy Adams