Communications on a Shoestring

Conference

27 June, 2012, London

#shoestringcomms

Health check your technology and systems

Ian Goodman – Information Systems Team Leader

>Group Introduction

Name

Organisation

Who is responsible for technology in your organisation?

What do you want to get out of todays session?

>Online Communication is more than twitter and facebook!!

>Key Questions:

How do I decide what tools I need?

How do I decide what tools are right for me?

What online communications tools do you use?

Do you think you are getting the most out of them?

>Bulk Mail Tools

More than just spam!!

Manage mailing lists

Monitor who and what people are reading

Target based on contentpeople like

Branded mailings

>Websites

Does your website meet your organisations communicationneeds?

• Still key tool for orgs

• Consider different audiences

• Combine online presence(s)

>Databases

Does your organisation have acentralised database?

If yes, do you use this for your communications

Does your database meet organisations needs?

Are you considering a new database?

What are the options?

>Survey Tools – find out what your stakeholders think…

Easy to quickly build online surveys

Many tools offer free versions

Depending on complexity of survey may require built in analysis

There are more options than just Survey Monkey!!

>What tools are out there?

>Lasa Knowledgebase Cloud Toolkit• http://www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/onlinetools

>Task specific toolkits to follow…

>What resources are out there?

>Free lasa website tools:www.ictknowledgebase.org.ukwww.suppliersdirectory.org.uk

>Free lasa publications:Computanews - quarterly computer magazine ICT Bulletin - monthly technology newsletterSign-up - www.lasa.org.uk/lasa/mailing-lists/

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