coaching in the cloud

COACHING IN THE CLOUDTierney Smith

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EXERCISE 1: 5 THINGS

Do you work independently, or as part of an organization?

How many people are at your organization?

Do you have any IT infrastructure? (i.e. servers)

What software do you use as part of your work? What online/cloud services?

GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER

It’s good for…

Sharing

Collaboration

Easy access to information from anywhere

WHY CLOUD?

WHAT IS THE CLOUD?

Data is not stored on your computer…

you access it through the Internet

Microsoft Word

Google Docs

FOR EXAMPLE…

Gmail

Facebook

Microsoft Office 365

Salesforce

Twitter

Dropbox

Prezi

SHARING… IN THE CLOUD

IN THE CLOUD

View and edit 1 copy of each document

Access anywhere you have internet

EXAMPLE 1: PRACTICE SCHEDULE

OTHER BENEFITS OF THE CLOUD

NO ADMIN

MORE CLOUD TOOLS

Email – Google Apps

Document Collaboration – Google Docs

File Sharing – Dropbox

Mass Emails – MailChimp

Project Management – Basecamp

Basic Websites – Weebly

Event Registration – Eventbrite

Survey/voting tools – Doodle, PollDaddy, Survey Monkey

Online Meetings – Skype

PRIVATE VIDEO SHARING (FREE OPTIONS)

YouTube – set the video to “unlisted” and share a link, or “private” and share with up to 50 YouTube users

Vimeo – similar to YouTube, with friendlier privacy options

Kincast – no video length limit, very iPhone friendly

Givit – looks promising, in beta

Shutterfly - up to 10 videos (more w paid version)

THINGS TO BE AWARE OF

MORE EXAMPLES

REFLECTION & DISCUSSION

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Tierney Smith, Community Manager tierney@techsoupcanada.ca @tierneys

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