I have been helping lots of people in their journey of technology within my community of non-users. So, what have I learned? Here’s the list of must use:

1. Must have a google account with an email account. ​
             Google email
             Google Calendars
                      New calendar group - the ability to share and can be embedded in a website
             Google Forms and Spreadsheets
                      Collect contact information on one sheet. Downloadable.

2. Website Development 
    Weebly - fantastic tool for the beginner. That's what this site is created in. If you pony up the money you can password protect it and have contact information password-protected. 

3. Newsletters
    Smore - The ability to send lots of information and post on website. Embeds and on the      back end you can see who has opened it and for how long
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4. Invitations
    Evite - Who’s coming to your event? Looks great on mobile devices.

It's great to be back in create mode. I was asked to present at the IETC in Iowa virtually. They were going to an old video I created two years ago. When I looked at the video (in horror) I realized I had to update and create NEW elements for the presentation.

If I was going to ask the attendees to create and I used an old material - that would NOT work. SO, I got back to creating a new song, new visuals, and put a movie together for the opening and closing. I used old footage, but created a slicker movie. 

We must always be in the mind of creating and updating, updating and creating. 

SO - what have you updated recently and what have you created?

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