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Operating in the Cloud
1. Operating in the Cloud
WCVA Conference
LLandudno 28 NOV 13
Josh Hoole
PAVS C2.0 Project Manager
@Communities2_0
@jho3446
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3. What we’ll look at
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Why use technology?
The Cloud, eh?
Top Tech Tools
Questions
4. Your Organisation - Reality
• What’s your organisations’ attitude to technology?
• What is your leadership role?
• Who will drive any changes?
• Who will implement any changes?
• What support will you need?
5. The Two Aims of Technology
1. Do things better
2. Do better things
9. Top Tech Tools – Saving
Video Conferencing
• Skype & ooVoo
• Free online video
conferencing
10. Top Tech Tools – Saving
Video Conferencing
• Great for:
• teleconferencing
• video conferencing face to face
• Telecare
• next best thing to
being there!
11. Top Tech Tools – Saving
Video Conferencing Scenario
• 2 hour
meeting in
Swansea
Cost
Skype
Free
£35p.a. grp vid conf
Time
Instant
Oovoo
Free
Instant
Travel
£54
45p per mile + staff
hourly rate
3 hrsTravel
time
13. Top Tech Tools – Saving
Sharing Stuff / Remote Access
• Great for:
• sharing documents
• storage
• online backup
• remote working
14. Top Tech Tools – Saving
Sharing Stuff / Remote Access
• Small office
server set
up
2GB cost
100GB cost
DropBox
Free
£65 p.a.
Small Business
Server
£5,000 + set up
and on costs
£5,000 + set up
and on costs
15. Top Tech Tools - Saving
Office Set Up
• Google Drive –
share, store and
collaborate on
documents online
• Shared calendars
16. Top Tech Tools - Saving
Office Set Up
• Microsoft Office 365
- move your office
online within MS
environment
17. Top Tech Tools - Saving
Office Set Up
• Great for:
• low-cost online office
capabilities
• collaborative documents
• work from anywhere
• share calendars &
contacts
18. Top Tech Tools - Saving
Office Set Up
• Small office
starter set
up
Google Drive
Annual Cost for
5 Users
Business
Exchange
Server
Office 365
£198 (£39ea)
£80
(free for reg charities &
"home" users)
for home
(discount for reg
charities)
£2,000 + set up
£2,000 + set up
and on costs + £50 and on costs +
for MS Office
£50 for MS Office
19. Top Tech Tools – Earning
Communicate with members / clients / donors
• Twitter – short,
targeted & regular
messages to followers
• Facebook –
multimedia
information direct to
supporters
20. Top Tech Tools – Earning
Communicate with members / clients / donors
• Great for:
• quick, up to date
information
• polls & surveys
• conversations
• sharing content
• no need for newsletter
21. Top Tech Tools – Earning
Communicate with members / clients / donors
• Promoting
your new
campaign /
event
Cost for 10
users
Twitter &
Facebook
Printing
Flyers
Cost for
10,000 users
Cost for
updates
Free
Free
Free
£1 + Design
£300+
time, printing Design time, £1 - £300
printing lead
lead time,
+ other
time, postage,
postage,
costs
envelopes
envelopes