Technology Tools
to Increase
Productivity
Alexandria, VA
July 2013
Learning Objectives
• Finding what you need on the ACA
website
• To share cost-effective technology
tools that will increase productivity.
• Tools to increase collaboration and
communication for committees.
• What are the ACA communities?
How are they used?
Finance & Business Development
Learning Objectives
Finance & Business Development
Divisions, Regions &
Branches
Finance & Business Development
Finance & Business Development
Finance & Business Development
Association Staff of One
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Keeping track of members and billing
Accounting
Creating logo and name
Meetings and Conference calls
Travel
Newsletters & Magazines
Finance & Business Development
Association Management
Software (AMS)
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Handout from DelCor
Lots of features
All price ranges
Beware of implementation and
maintenance fees
Finance & Business Development
Misc Productivity Tools
for Small Offices
• www.tripit.com trip and reservation
manager
• www.piktochart.com free and cheap
infographics
• www.issu.com online magazine creator
• www.Tagxedo.com art from words
• www.techsmith.com/jing picture and
video screenshots
• QR codes
• Adobe Reader XI –add comments & Sign
Finance & Business Development
Tagxedo.com
Word cloud of
counseling.org
Finance & Business Development
Outsourcing
• www.elance.com freelance
marketplace for small and large
projects; funds held in escrow until
you are happy with project
• www.fancyhands.com small tasks $5
or less; schedule meetings…
• www.fiverr.com online marketplace
for freelancers who do things for $5
Finance & Business Development
Elance.com
Finance & Business Development
Fivrr.com
Finance & Business Development
Meeting scheduling &
Conferencing
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www.doodle.com
www.scheduleonce.com
www.Meetingwizard.com
www.freeconferencecall.com
www.anymeeting.com free meeting. 6
way video conferencing, screen share,
meet with up to 200 people
• www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangou
ts Google + Hangouts
Finance & Business Development
Conference Tools
Finance & Business Development
Web Conferencing Systems
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Go To Meeting/Go To Webinar
Webex
Fuze
ReadyTalk
Join.me
CommPartners for webinars
Finance & Business Development
Crowdsourcing
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http://crowdspring.com
http://99designs.com
http://kickstarter.com
http://odesk.com
http://innocentive.com
http://mturk.com
Finance & Business Development
Accepting Payments
• Square register accept payments
2.75% processing fee
• PayPal Here
• GoPayment—works with
Quickbooks
• Replace credit cards
– Square Wallet—Starbucks
– LevelUP
Finance & Business Development
Sites to check out
• Sign up for newsletter on askbethz.com
– Subscribe to Nerd Words Friday newsletter
• Travel bargains travelsteals.webs.com
– Budget travel links and articles
• Techsoup.org reduced price software &
resources for not for profits
• Microsoft non profit pricing
http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatec
itizenship/en-us/nonprofits/whos-eligible/
ACA Connect
ACA Connect -
A Members Only community
launched June 3, 2013
A place to network based on:
• Membership
• Committee Participation
• Interest networks
• Meetings Registration
Since the Launch…
As of July 17,
• 2,712 users have agreed to the terms of use
• 521 connections have been made between
community members
• 1,511 individuals have contributed content
• 152 people have connected with more than
2 colleagues
• 710 profiles have been created
• 549 profiles have pictures included
Top Discussion Threads
• CACREP
• Looking for new ideas to get teen
boys talking
• Counseling and Autism
• What is the one thing you wish
someone had told you when you
were still a graduate counseling
student
• Cell phones for work and clients
Most fun Discussion Thread
• On a lighter note: the humor
of our profession. Includes
links to excerpts from:
• The Bob Newhart Show
• The Flying Circus Guys
• Head Case
• Big Bang Theory
ACA Connect Walk Through
• How to get there
• How to login
• How to retrieve your login and
password
ACA Connect Walk Through
ACA Connect Navigation
• Utility Navigation
• Contact Us
• Back to Counseling.org
• Back to My ACA
ACA Connect Walk Through
ACA Connect Navigation
• Welcome Box
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Profile
Communities
Logout
Complete your Profile
ACA Connect Walk Through
ACA Connect Navigation
• Main Navigation
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Home
My Profile
Communities
Directory
ACA Connect Member Blogs
Participation
Help/FAQs
ACA Connect Walk Through
ACA Connect Navigation
• Deep Footer
• Community Quicklinks
• ACA Quicklinks
ACA Connect Walk Through
Profile
• Displays information about you
• Picture can be uploaded
• Includes the following pieces of information:
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Bio
Social media feeds
Honors and awards
Professional Association
Education
Job History
ACA Connect Walk Through
Profile
• Review and manage list of
Contacts and Contact requests
• View list of, and manage
Communities
• View list of Networks you are
included in
ACA Connect Walk Through
Privacy Settings
• Get there by going to My Profile >
My Privacy Settings
• Manage the following settings:
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Allow community members to
contact me?
Set which pieces of your information
should be included in the member
directory and community rosters
ACA Connect Walk Through
My Subscriptions
• Get there by going to My Profile
> My Subscriptions
• Determine if you want your
notification mail delivered using
HTML or Text
• For each community you belong
to, set how you want or receive
your notifications
ACA Connect Walk Through
My Subscriptions
• Notification options
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Real Time
Daily Digest
Legacy
No emails
ACA Connect Walk Through
Directory
• The Directory is locked down to
members only
• Use the Directory to search for
other members
• Search on first name, last name,
company name, or email
ACA Connect Walk Through
Directory
• Use more detailed search criteria
to search on:
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Name
Location
Member group
Likeness
education
Discussion
• What can communities be used
for?
• How can an organization
successfully build a community?
• How can an organization
successfully maintain a
community?