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Tierney Smith's presentation on "Coaching in the Cloud" at the 2012 Ontario Coaches Conference. You can find more thoughts/follow up from the presentation on our website http://www.techsoupcanada.ca/community/blog/coaching_in_the_cloud
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COACHING IN THE CLOUDTierney Smith
TechSoup Canada
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EXERCISE 1: 5 THINGS
Do you work independently, or as part of an organization?
How many people are at your organization?
Do you have any IT infrastructure? (i.e. servers)
What software do you use as part of your work? What online/cloud services?
GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER
It’s good for…
Sharing
Collaboration
Easy access to information from anywhere
WHY CLOUD?
WHAT IS THE CLOUD?
Data is not stored on your computer…
you access it through the Internet
Microsoft Word
Google Docs
FOR EXAMPLE…
Gmail
Microsoft Office 365
Salesforce
Dropbox
Prezi
SHARING… IN THE CLOUD
IN THE CLOUD
View and edit 1 copy of each document
Access anywhere you have internet
EXAMPLE 1: PRACTICE SCHEDULE
OTHER BENEFITS OF THE CLOUD
NO ADMIN
MORE CLOUD TOOLS
Email – Google Apps
Document Collaboration – Google Docs
File Sharing – Dropbox
Mass Emails – MailChimp
Project Management – Basecamp
Basic Websites – Weebly
Event Registration – Eventbrite
Survey/voting tools – Doodle, PollDaddy, Survey Monkey
Online Meetings – Skype
PRIVATE VIDEO SHARING (FREE OPTIONS)
YouTube – set the video to “unlisted” and share a link, or “private” and share with up to 50 YouTube users
Vimeo – similar to YouTube, with friendlier privacy options
Kincast – no video length limit, very iPhone friendly
Givit – looks promising, in beta
Shutterfly - up to 10 videos (more w paid version)
THINGS TO BE AWARE OF
MORE EXAMPLES
REFLECTION & DISCUSSION
Further reading: http://bit.ly/tsc_cloud_further_reading
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Cloud tool reviews: platformation.ca
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Tierney Smith, Community Manager [email protected] @tierneys
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