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MEMBER OUTREACH STRATEGY QUESTION

Submitted by NancyReinhart on February 9, 2009 - 9:55am.

As a part of KFTC's member outreach / communications strategy this year, we want to offer phone call gatherings, on a host of different topics, that are member-chosen and member-directed. Along with the call, we would like to be able to offer a visual presentation with some of the information--for example, a powerpoint. A leader member or staff member would present some information to start the conversation and folks would be simultaneously seeing the powerpoint, then after, we would have open conversation and Q and A. We feel like it is a good way to reach out to folks across the state so that they can learn more while being in the comfort of their own homes / towns.

However, the only means we have to do this now is literally to walk people through a powerpoint posted online. Literally, to say "flip to the next slide" every time they need to move forward. If folks don't have access to a computer with powerpoint, they can go to the office or at a gathering point specified by the organizer. We tried it and overall, it went well, but we would like to improve.

Is there any technology readily available (and inexpensive) to post the powerpoint online and allow the moderate to flip the slides forward without having to ask each person to do that?

Are there any other organizations out there doing something similar that might have advice for me?

Thanks in advance! Peace, Nancy

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Online tools for online trainings or meetings

Submitted by Alice on February 9, 2009 - 10:36am.

Nancy,

Here are a few tools we've used:

Adobe ConnectNow - http://www.acrobat.com
The web tool is free for up to 3 people (or computers) and allows you to share your desktops between participants. For audio, you'll just have to phone eachother or have a separate conference line.

ReadyTalk - http://www.readytalk.com
This tool is fairly inexpensive where many folks can join a meeting online, where there's a conference coordinator (can be more than one). A powerpoint can be uploaded or the coordinator's desktop can be viewed so participants can watch along. For audio, Readytalk also has a corresponding phone conference line (there's a cost per participant). You can also record the audio and the visuals so folks can playback the meeting at a later date. There's a cost if you host the recordings on ReadyTalk, but you can also download the monster zip file.

DimDim - http://www.dimdim.com
Cool tool that currently host web conferences for up to 20 people for free. you can share presentations, voice, and video over the internet. You can also record the meeting so folks can listen to it later

There's plenty more out there.

Thanks

Submitted by NancyReinhart on February 12, 2009 - 7:09am.

Thanks for the information. Does anyone know of other organizations who are organizing with this tool to understand lessons learned?