Technology and the google

Challenges to economic development?

Most economic developers face similar challenges, besides not having adequate funding, this presentation will focus on some of the challenges that can be solved through technology!

• Communication • Research • Collaboration / Information management• Stake holder Input

communication

• The key to an effective communication campaign is to be consistent with your efforts, a weekly or monthly news letter with update reports can go a long way in building community support and even funder credibility!

•The two FREE, MOST effective and EASY to use set up and manage are Facebook and mailchimp

Facebook - page

• https://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php

Facebook - page

• Once you create your facebook page, invite your friends to join the page so they can follow your progress. • Commit to updating the page often enough and turn it into a routine. • Don’t expect to have every person interested on the page overnight, the followers grow over time. • One of the greatest added benefits of using FB as a communication tool, is that it also serves as a log of your efforts!

MailChimp – email campaigns

• Yes, not everyone is on facebook~•https://www.mailchimp.com

Research – Advance google search

What is Advance google searh?

Research – Google Image search

What is Google Alerts?

• Google is always searching the web for content. • Google Alerts are emails that are sent to subscribers when google finds new results that match keyword they have been entered• Google looks through newspapers, articles, websites, blogs, etc.

Research – Google Alerts

What is Google Alerts?

• Google is always searching the web for content. • Google Alerts are emails that are sent to subscribers when google finds new results that match keyword they have been entered• Google looks through newspapers, articles, websites, blogs, etc.

Research – Google Alerts

What is Google Alerts?

• Google is always searching the web for content. • Google Alerts are emails that are sent to subscribers when google finds new results that match keyword they have been entered• Google looks through newspapers, articles, websites, blogs, etc.

Research – Google Alerts

What is Google Alerts?

• Google is always searching the web for content. • Google Alerts are emails that are sent to subscribers when google finds new results that match keyword they have been entered• Google looks through newspapers, articles, websites, blogs, etc.

Research – Google Alerts

Why would you use google alert?

• You can find out what’s been said about your community or anyone and anything, including your favourite INAC program. • You can monitor developing stories thaltan vs fortune minerals• You can find out what’s being said about you!

Research – Google Alerts

http://www.google.com/alerts

Collaboration

Collaboration

• Google accounts have google hangouts and google phone built in

Collaboration

•Google docs – The free ?cloud based? office package.Advantages: •allows many to contribute on a document online and collaborate together in real time

Collaboration

Collaboration – Google Drive

•Google drive – is drop box on steroids!• Free 5 GB storage as opposed to 2GB with dropbox• Drive shines with cloud file sharing and storage, since it has 100% cloud based viewership

Input – Google Forms

What is Google Form?

• Simple quick easy way to make a survey or any type of form.

Thank you!