1. HabiTech Talk
2011 Habitat for Humanity
Youth Leadership Conference
Mike Resman, President
Habitat for Humanity at the University of Minnesota
2. Agenda
• About me & our chapter
• Why is this important?
• Choosing the right technology
• Using Google Apps with your group
• Guess That App!
• Interactive demo
• Questions
27. Technology can get expensive
• Go free first
• Try before you buy
• Ask others
28. 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
29. Staying connected with your team
• 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)
30. 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)
31. What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
"Saturday, I dressed up as a zombie
• Next actions
and went to Oktoberfest. Who knew
zombies could polka."
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts
32. What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
• Next actions
"Put November builds on website."
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts
33. What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
• Next actions
"Broomball tournament"
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts
34. What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
• Next actions
"Committee brainstorming session."
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts
35. What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
• Next actions
"Mystery Bus tour ideas"
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts
36. What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
"I am part-Greek (not Fraternity
Greek but like Gyro Greek)"
• Next actions
• Current projects
"The Chinese word for movie is a
combination of 'electric' and 'shadow'"
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts
43. Mailchimp
• Email newsletters
• Customized templates
• Automatic
unsubscribes!
• Free for up to 2,000
subscribers
mailchimp.com
44. Dropbox
• Files saved to computers,
mobile, and web
• Synced automatically
• Share folders with others
• 2 GB free space
dropbox.com
45. GroupMe
• Group messaging
• Conference calls
• Good for:
• Day of events
• Mass messages
• Watch out for:
• People without unlimited
texts
• "Reply-all" effect
groupme.com
46. Prezi
• New way to share
ideas
• Make presentations on
an open canvas
• Very fun to make but...
• Very time consuming!
prezi.com
47. Thank You!
For more info:
www.uofmhabitat.org/HabiTechTalk
Keep in touch:
mike.resman@uofmhabitat.org
linkedin.com/in/mjresman
@mjresman
48. "If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more,
you are a leader."
- John Quincy Adams