Practical use of Technology in the County Shane Jennings County Extension Agent 4-H & Youth Development Brazoria County November 6, 2012

Outline Outlook – Calendar – Lync County Website Social Media Outlets – Facebook – Twitter – Instagram YouTube Video Programs Blogging Surveys Cloud Storage Media Teams Equipment

Outlook Calendar – Multiple Calendars ( 4-H, Professional, Personal, etc) – Alerts appointments – Smart Phones Add outlook to your smart phone – First Call Portable Phone Devices instructions First Call Portable Phone Devices instructions Allows you to maintain appointments in the field Convenient Create invites to meetings (Office Conferences, etc)

Lync I utilize Lync daily Direct connect to other Extension Staff, Specialists, DEA, etc Allows for distant meeting opportunities – From you inbox> go to new items> click online meeting from toolbar> type message and invite attendees.

County Wordpress Sites Great way to disseminate information – Cut back on phone calls/ blasts Great advertising tool Important to keep organized for the general public Great information hub

Social Media Facebook Great way to reach youth, advertise events, publish event photos – Fan Page Go to personal FB page> click pages and create page – Brazoria County 4-H Brazoria County 4-H

Twitter A quick way to disperse info, updates, etc. Advertise through lists and facebook to get followers. Following on Twitter Can search by name or Twitter handle. Brazoria County 4-H Washington County 4-H

Twitter Lingo Tweet> Message under 140 characters # (hashtag)> keep tweets in subject for trending. #TX4HCONVO or #brazoriaco4h, #washco4h Trending- Twitter discussion on the same subject matter. (Texas 4-H Tweet Up)

Instagram Quick way to share and edit photos

YouTube Create a Channel from the homepage – This will allow you to upload videos. – Great way for orientation for certain events, 4-H Roundup, Star Awards, particular events to county. – Also a great way to provide project trainings, communicate with club managers or council officers.

– Produce the video at your desk with the Microsoft cameras, upload it to your channel and send the link to the audience –

Video Programs Animoto.com – Great and easy program to use to put program photos into a creative slideshow. – Allows for certain music and multiple backgrounds – Costs a registration fee. h.tamu.edu/eventsandcontests/district-9-4-h- conference/ h.tamu.edu/eventsandcontests/district-9-4-h- conference/

Video Programs Splice – Smart phone app that allows you to take photos and music from your phone and put them into a professional slideshow.

Blogging Good way to provide researched based info to clientele. – County Wordpress site has a blogger built into it. – Look into providing a way for clientele to subscribe to your blog Contact IT staff for direction Keep it Simple

Surveys Using web based surveys are a quick and easy way for clientele feedback. – 4-H Satisfaction survey, program evaluation. Surveymonkey.com – Build a profile – Create survey – Send link to clientele – Login to you profile to capture results.

Other Web Based Survey Sites Surveywriter.com Feedbackserver.com Checkbox.com

Cloud Storage Dropbox – Download Db your desktop machine and to your portable device ( Smart phone, laptop, tablet) – Save needed material into you DB on your desktop machine and it will appear in your DB on your portable device ( internet signal needed)

Other Cloud Space providers Rackspace.com Concentric.com Google cloud

Media Teams Teens are more current on technology – Advise on best way to connect to youth Great leadership opportunity Build program or event flyers Manage Social Media sites, Help build items for site

Equipment Personal preference – Laptop Docking station Convenient Working on a presentation, save to desktop and go present. Personal WiFi cards – MiFi Link up to 6 machines on the web – Reenrollment

Equipment Tablets – Handy for pictures, web searching, , giving presentations. Apps – Tons of apps out there to help with various contests or projects (ie Livestock Judging)

Other Prezi.com – Great slideshow program – Very innovative and interactive

Questions Shane Jennings County Extension Agent 4-H & Youth Development Brazoria County (979) ext. 117