2. Managing Your Chapter with Technology Presented by Jill Feinberg & Laurence Rosoff Mid-Atlantic CHS

3. Benefits of Technology Using today’s technology will: Increase your productivity Ease Chapter administration Improve CHS communications

4. Today’s Agenda PayPal Evite Technology Protocols Member Database Chapter Websites Best Practice Sharing

5. What is PayPal? An eBay company PayPal lets any business or consumer with an email address to securely, conveniently, and cost-effectively send and receive payments online. Ideally suited for groups currently under served by traditional payment mechanisms

6. Opening a Chapter PayPal Account Easy and quick –Requirements: Chapter E-mail Address & Chapter Bank Account –Choose PayPal Business Account –Complete the simple 2-page registration form

7. Using PayPal Market PayPal –Flyer –Add button to website –Evite Members must open own PayPal personal account –Credit card –Bank Account information VISA, MC, AMEX, Discover, or a bank account

8. Using PayPal Member sends money to Chapter email address Member must use comments section for: –Name –Contact number –Event they are attending PayPal emails confirmations to both the sender and receiver. Chapter can either keep a balance in their PayPal account or transfer it to the Chapter bank account.

9. Foreign Currency PayPal currently supports payments in U.S. Dollars, Pounds Sterling, Euros, Canadian Dollars, and Yen. PayPal can convert currencies for cross border transactions.

10. PayPal Costs

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12. What is Evite? Owned by Ticketmaster An online invitation system –Send invitations –Track responses –Provide a map –Send reminders –Collect payment (through PayPal) Over 2 million users each month

13. Establishing an Evite Account Requirements: –Chapter Email Address

14. Creating Your Evite Event 5 Steps to Creating an Evite Event –Event details Name Location Message to guests Date and time Guest list

15. Creating Your Evite Event Design options –Choose a design or build your own –Add an image or photo –Add music or sound effects Poll guests –Ask questions and get a response

16. Creating Your Evite Event What to bring –Check list of items –Payment through PayPal Guest list and privacy –Guest list options –Delayed sending –Reminders for events

17. Creating Your Evite Event My address book –Imports contacts from:  Outlookand Outlook Express  Palm Desktop  Eudora  Yahoo Mail  Excite Mail  Lycos/Mail City

18. Mock Evite

19. Other Features Synching your calendar –Evite will synch with the following applications  Microsoft Outlook  Palm Pilot Sharing pictures –Evite can create photo albums that can be shared with any or all contacts

20. Technology Protocols Email marketing –Hard copy v. electronic –Naming protocol –Suppressing names (bcc) Targeted marketing –Chapter listserv –“Friends of the family” listserv –Other, based on preference

21. Member Database through SHA Email database for your region –Encourage members to update their profiles on line –Chapter or national dues present a perfect opportunity http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/alumni/update

22. Chapter Websites www.cornell-norway.org / www.cornellelite.com www.chscroatia.org www.hospitalitysummit.org

23. Best Practice Cornell Entrepreneurship Network www.cen.cornell.edu Register Pay on line Make nametags Track the rsvp’s

24. Questions and Best Practice Sharing