Communication Tools

Communication ToolsTo Make Your Chapter more Successful

OverviewWhat is effective communication?Why is it necessary?What are some tools that promote effective communication?

Conclusion

How Effective Communication Can HelpFBLA

Meetings

remind members of date/time

keep meetings efficient

Projects

allows for collaboration

reminds members of delegated tasks

Competitions

ease of preparation

Motivating, informing members

keeping people interested and active

acknowledge accomplishments of chapter and members

Tools to help you Effectively Communicate

Create, Share and Manage files anywhere!

no more flash drives, emailing attachments!

saves updates automatically to the cloud

Collaborate!

officers create agendas for meetings

committee members add comments, ideas, etc

advisors proofread and modify

Google Drive Demo

Place FBLA meetings, fundraisers, conferences, etc. on Google Calendar and share with members!

●can set up reminder notifications for each event

●updates/changes are immediate

Google Calendar

Getting Started...

1.Become “follow worthy,” have pre-planned topics to tweet about each week (goal: 5 tweets/week) Examples: tweet from committee mtgs, charity events, community service projects, “week ahead”, rt NYS/National FBLA tweets

2.Designate a “tweeter” for your chapter

3.Learn Twitter-ese

4.Draft your first 20-30 tweets in a text editor, is less than 140 characters, concise, and powerful

5.Create your account and Stay Active!!

Twitter Follow us @district_5_FBLA

Instagram

Promote your club

Follow us @district_5_FBLA

FacebookA fast way to send out messages and pictures to groups of people.

SkypeA video-chatting platform for a group of people.

Supports up to 10 people video chatting or 25 people for voice only.

Push out important info to members!

meeting date reminders

last minute updates

immediate OR set future date/time

text @FBLAD5 to #81010

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