1. HabiTech Talk
2011 Habitat for Humanity
Youth Leadership Conference
Mike Resman, President
Habitat for Humanity at the University of Minnesota

2. Agenda
• About me & our chapter
• Why is this important?
• Choosing the right technology
• Using Google Apps with your group
• Guess That App!
• Interactive demo
• Questions

3. About Me

4. About Me

5. Our Chapter
www.uofmhabitat.org
facebook.com/uofmhabitat

6. 28,154
website pageviews annually

7. 1,922
mailing list subscribers

8. 794
volunteer hours this year

9. 541
facebook fans

10. 182
paid members

11. 115
average meeting attendance

12. 16
executive board officers

13. 7
collegiate challenge trips

14. 4
committees

15. 1
team

17. Why is this important ?

18. 4,000 houses
per hour

19. Facebook users per year
(in millions)
800
600
400
200
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

20. Let's solve an exponential problem
with an exponential solution.

21. Who cares?

22. Choosing Technology
Who will use it? What's the cost?
Does it make life easier?

23. Choosing Technology
Who will use it?
What's the cost? Is it fun?!
Does it make life easier?

24. Who will use it?

25. Does it make life easier?

26. Low-tech is not bad!

27. Technology can get expensive
• Go free first
• Try before you buy
• Ask others

28. Using Google Apps
• Have your own Habitat email
accounts
• Work on documents & spreadsheets
• Share schedules
• Create event signup forms
• Free for non-profit orgs*
* less than 3,000 employees

29. Staying connected with your team
• Why?
• Less (and more productive) meetings!
• Stay on the same page
• Help when and where you need it
• When?
• Update once a week
• Sometime over the weekend (by Sunday night)

30. KITs (Keep In Touch)
• Why?
• Less (and more productive) meetings!
• Stay on the same page
• Help when and where you need it
• When?
• Update once a week
• Sometime over the weekend (by Sunday night)

31. What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
"Saturday, I dressed up as a zombie
• Next actions
and went to Oktoberfest. Who knew
zombies could polka."
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts

32. What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
• Next actions
"Put November builds on website."
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts

33. What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
• Next actions
"Broomball tournament"
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts

34. What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
• Next actions
"Committee brainstorming session."
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts

35. What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
• Next actions
"Mystery Bus tour ideas"
• Current projects
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts

36. What's in a KIT?
• Minute update
"I am part-Greek (not Fraternity
Greek but like Gyro Greek)"
• Next actions
• Current projects
"The Chinese word for movie is a
combination of 'electric' and 'shadow'"
• Agenda for next 1:1
• Agenda for next board meeting
• Brainstorming / ideas / fun facts

37. Guess That App!

38. Wordle
wordle.net

39. Toodledo
• Todo app
• Customize how
you use it
• Email tasks
toodledo.com

40. Evernote
• Take notes
anywhere
• Keep everything
in sync
• Easily search and
organize
evernote.com

41. Doodle
Find a time to meet
doodle.com

42. Square
• Accept credit cards
• Free card reader
• App for iPhone, Android, iPad
• Connects to checking
account
• 2.75% fee
squareup.com

43. Mailchimp
• Email newsletters
• Customized templates
• Automatic
unsubscribes!
• Free for up to 2,000
subscribers
mailchimp.com

44. Dropbox
• Files saved to computers,
mobile, and web
• Synced automatically
• Share folders with others
• 2 GB free space
dropbox.com

45. GroupMe
• Group messaging
• Conference calls
• Good for:
• Day of events
• Mass messages
• Watch out for:
• People without unlimited
texts
• "Reply-all" effect
groupme.com

46. Prezi
• New way to share
ideas
• Make presentations on
an open canvas
• Very fun to make but...
• Very time consuming!
prezi.com

47. Thank You!
For more info:
www.uofmhabitat.org/HabiTechTalk
Keep in touch:
mike.resman@uofmhabitat.org
linkedin.com/in/mjresman
@mjresman

48. "If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more,
you are a leader."
- John Quincy Adams