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1. Organizing
the
Chaos:
Tools
for
Organiza3onal
and
Communica3on
Success!
Overcoming
Schoolwide
Communica3on
and
Idea-­‐Sharing
Challenges
Christopher
Wells
Instructor
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2. • Gmail:
summerleadership12
/
ju2012ne
• Tumblr:
summerleadership12
/
ju2012ne
• Polleverywhere.com:
summerleadership12
/
ju2012ne
• Slideshare:
summerleadership12
/
ju2012ne
• Evernote:
summerleadership12@gmail.com
/
ju2012ne
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3. Welcome
• Housekeeping
• InteracFvity
• QuesFons
and
Answers
• Follow-­‐up
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4. Who IS this guy?
• GCPS
• Industry
• Teacher
• PhD
(pending):
Leadership
&
OrganizaFonal
Change
• MS:
InstrucFonal
Technology
&
Computer
Science
• BS:
Biology
&
Science
EducaFon

5. Our
Objec3ves
Today
• Polling
your
staff
members
• Collec3ng
ideas
in
a
flash
• Make
your
life
easier
and
• Save
3me
when
communica3ng
to
your
community
of
interest
• Bring
your
laptop
for
maximum
effec3veness
in
this
session!
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6. The
danger
in
communicaFon
is
the
illusion
that
it
has
been
accomplished.
George
Bernard
Shaw

7. Corollary
It
may
be
accomplished
without
your
knowledge.

8. Now
would
be
a
ANOTHER
good
3me
to
discuss…
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9. Communica3on
and
Ethics
of
Leadership
Integrity
and
Visibility
• Who
should
know
what
you
are
doing?
• What
should
be
private?
• What
should
be
public?
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• Requirements
• Explicit
vs.
Tacit
• YOU
are
the
group

11. Communica3on
101
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12. Communica3on
101
The
way
it
is
The
way
it
should
be
• Sender
• Feedback
• Receiver
/
Audience
• Receiver
/
Audience
• Medium
• Message
• Message
• Medium
• Feedback
• Sender
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13. Defining
Stakeholders
1. People
affected
by
your
work
2. People
who
have
power
over
your
work
3. People
who
consider
your
work
as
“effecFve”
or
“ineffecFve”
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14. Stakeholder
analysis
Interests
Mo3va3ons
Concerns
Communica3on
1
2
4
3
From
Mindtools.com
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15. Feedback
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16. Demonstra3on
• Simple:
Google
Groups
(groups.google.com)
• Intermediate:
Tumblr
(tumblr.com)
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17. Ac3vity
• Create
a
Google
Groups
email
group(groups.google.com).
In
the
descripFon:
– What
kind
of
messages?
– What
audience?
©2012,
BrightScribe,
Inc.
All
rights
Reserved.
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18. Communica3ng
by
Excep3on
©2012,
BrightScribe,
Inc.
All
rights
Reserved.
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19. Leadership
and
School
Culture
Feedback,
Innova3on,
and
Recogni3on
• EssenFal
Feedback:
When
is
technology
a
good
choice?
• InnovaFon:
Ways
to
promote
brainstorming
• RecogniFon:
Private
or
public,
this
is
a
key
requirement
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20. Community
Rela3ons
• How
do
you
reach
your
community?
• What
do
they
need
from
you?
• How
do
you
know
if
you
are
successful?
©2012,
BrightScribe,
Inc.
All
rights
Reserved.
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21. Feedback
• Technology-­‐enabled
• Face-­‐to-­‐face
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22. Demonstra3on
Poll
Everywhere
(polleverywhere.com)
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23. Ac3vity
• Using
Poll
Everywhere,
create
a
poll
and
try
the
funcFonality
out
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24. Communica3ons
and
Community
Rela3ons
A
Picture
is
Worth
a
Thousand
Words
PresentaFons
101:
It’s
not
about
the
words
Focus
on
meaning
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25. So
Many
Staff
Members,
So
Many
Messages
• Email
EFqueie:
Have
you
trained
your
staff?
• Wrong
news
is
faster
than
correct
news:
Are
you
sending
the
right
messages?
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26. Demonstra3on
• Free
email
eFqueie
Fps:
hip://goo.gl/wT76E
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27. Ac3vity
• In
groups
of
2-­‐3
parFcipants,
briefly
discuss
a
situaFon
where
miscommunicaFon
has
occurred
at
your
school
or
office
• Are
these
related
to
Feedback,
Receiver
/
Audience,
Message,
Medium,
or
Sender?
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28. Save
Yourself!
• Save
Fme
finding
presentaFons
• Save
Fme
giving
direcFon
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29. Demonstra3on
• Slideshare
(slideshare.com)
• Snagit
(techsmith.com/snagit.html)
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30. Ac3vity
• Log
into
Slideshare.com
• Username:
summerleadership12
/
ju2012ne
• With
a
partner,
find
one
presentaFon
on
Slideshare
that
you
can
adapt
to
your
own
school
needs
for
communicaFon.
• “Favorite”
the
presentaFon
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31. Organiza3onal
Leadership
and
Time
Management
Paper,
Paper
Everywhere:
Handling
the
Details
of
Administra3on
• Brain
Extensions:
What
do
you
use
to
communicate
with
yourself?
• Paper,
paper
everywhere…
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32. Demonstra3on
Evernote
(evernote.com)
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33. Ac3vity
• Open
the
session
Evernote
account:
summerleadership12@gmail.com
/
ju2012ne
• In
groups
of
2-­‐3
parFcipants,
discuss
ways
that
this
tool
could
be
used
to
manage
the
details
of
your
workflow.
• Post
your
ideas
in
a
new
note
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34. Our
Objec3ves
Today
• Polling
your
staff
members
• Collec3ng
ideas
in
a
flash
• Make
your
life
easier
• Save
3me
when
communica3ng
to
your
community
of
interest
• Bring
your
laptop
for
maximum
effec3veness
in
this
session!
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35. Ques3ons?
Christopher Wells
info@schooltechpolicies.com