This course is for those working as freelancers, small businesses, 3rd sector organisations, social enterprises or anyone who could benefit from an effective digital toolkit...
Aims
Social networks, online digital tools, mobile apps, cloud computing … is the never ending choice of digital technologies thrilling or just plain baffling? How can you decide what will work best for you and your organisation? How much time will engaging with these tools take? And what will it all cost?
This practical one day course will give plenty of opportunity for hands on learning enabling you to takeaway the building blocks of an effective and low cost digital toolkit for your organisation.
The course will focus on the set up and practical use of four online tools: Evernote for capturing information, Dropbox for document management, Highrise for keeping track of customers and leads and TweetDeck for managing your social media, but there will be ample time to look at other digital tools
What you will learn
In particular you will be able to
- Understanding and articulating your organisations’s digital toolkit requirements.
- Ability to review and evaluate a range of digital tools.
- Ability to choose appropriate digital tools for your organisation.
- Confidence in the set up and practical use of different digital tools.
- Knowledge of free or low cost recommended digital tools for 21st century working.
- Learn about tools like Evernote for capturing information, Posterous for blogging and Dropbox for document management.
The ‘Small Print’
The course will run from 10am to 4:45pm (light cold buffet 1pm to 1:45pm). Please be careful to arrive by 9.45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.
