Health Promotion Information Specialist, Health Nexus Santé CHNET-Works! Fireside Chat  December 4, 2008 Info Tech and Health Promotion Robyn Kalda Health Promotion Information Specialist, Health Nexus Santé

Blood, Sweat and Tears This online world is ruled by the "Goddess of Small Annoyances." She is powerful, passionate, colorful, forward moving, but full of little things that trip you up. The one sock missing... She is forcing us into a new life. After millenia of hardwired communications patterns, we have been challenged to quickly develop NEW ones. To translate our offline learnings into this new space. Flickr art and text by Choconancy

Flickr photo by cambodia4kidsorg Online Tools: Not Always The Answer Flickr photo by cambodia4kidsorg

Today's Session Tools that can help you work more effectively   Tools that can help you work more effectively reach more broadly function more easily   Cartoon from Lab-Initio

Flickr photo from cambodia4kidsorg Where to Start? Flickr photo from cambodia4kidsorg

Legal considerations   USA Government access Canada PIPEDA

Tools Meeting scheduling Document sharing Photo and video sharing   Meeting scheduling Document sharing Photo and video sharing Social networks   Flickr photo by Lachlan Hardy

Meeting Scheduling Figure out and confirm a meeting time without endless back-and-forth email  See who is available for which dates and times in an easy-to-read table.  See updated information each time you click the link in the ONE email it sends you

Meeting Scheduling

Meeting Scheduling MeetingWizard: http://www.meetingwizard.com Doodle: http://www.doodle.com/main.html When Is Good: http://whenisgood.net/ Flickr photo by Leo Reynolds

Document Sharing Put your documents online in a secure, private space Share them with people you choose.  Choose whether to let these other people edit your document or simply view it.    Flickr photo by Ryancr

Flickr photo by Manzabar Document Sharing Flickr photo by Manzabar

Document Sharing Google Docs: http://docs.google.com/    Common Craft's Explanations in Plain English video about Google Docs

Photo and Video Sharing Put your digital photos and videos online Organize them Share them with others.  Mark other users as contacts,  Comment on others' photos and videos (and your own). Search for and find photos and videos on any topic you choose.

Flickr photo by JosephGilbert.org Photo and Video Sharing Flickr photo by JosephGilbert.org

Photo and Video Sharing Photo Sharing Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/ Picasa: http://picasaweb.google.com/ Photobucket: http://photobucket.com/ Video Sharing YouTube - most common Google Video - just requires a Google account. Ustream - live broadcasting from webcams. Jing Project - captures screen clips, video, audio and allows sharing via a URL. Qik.com - stream live video from mobile phones. 

Social Networks The primary focus is on the individual.   Typically, social network sites let you: create a profile mark other users as friends, contacts, colleagues, etc. see your contacts' contacts send messages  join groups

Social Networks Flickr photo by carf

Social Networks Advantages: Outpost (points homeward) Presence (digital capital)   Common concerns: Privacy Frivolousness Time <your concern here> Flickr photo by Xiaming

Social Networks Facebook MySpace - more popular with youth than with adults LinkedIn - professional/corporate focus Meetup - creates groups that meet offline Ning - interest-based social networks Wetpaint - a wiki with a social networking focus    Common Craft's Explanations in Plain English video on social networking

Experiment! Flickr photo by Choconancy

Find Out More Common Craft's "Explanations in Plain English" short videos:http://commoncraft.com/ Health Nexus online learning website: http://wiki.healthnexussante.ca/index.php?title=Tools_list Flickr photo by Will Lion

Questions, comments? Robyn Kalda Health Promotion Information Specialist Health Nexus Santé   r.kalda@healthnexus.ca 416-408-2249 x2226  Toll-free 1-800-397-9567 x2226