BLOG IT!How free web tools changed our programs

AEE Northeast Regional Conference 2008Hans Mundahl, New Hampton School

MAKE YOUR DISABILITY . . . .

Communication problems

Internal competition for time & engagement

No technical skills

No technical infrastructure

No money

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Solve problems

Engage constituents

No html

No special software

Free

JUNIOR URBAN ADVENTURE

Yearly theme: Legacy

Half day skills instruction, two days in Boston

Group focused around an Essential Question

Participants grouped by Driving Question

Research from primary sources

Blogging as reflection & presentation tool

Parents, alumni become ‘participants’

Blog Title

Sidebar Links

Post

Comments

Labels

Embedded Media

WILL SCIENCE SAVE US?

Natural remedies

Antibiotic resistance

Renewable energy

Overpopulation

Climate change

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Branding

Donations

NONPROFIT PROGRAM

SHOULD WE ENGAGE?

Characteristics of effective networks

Strong social ties

Common story

Clarity of purpose

SWOT

Identify goals & metrics

*thousands of ‘participants’

*from dozens of nations

SUCCESS STORIES

Donations to our annual fund

Trail Magic

Interest in our curriculum in Germany, India & New York

(staffing, less paper, networking)

OTHER COOL STUFF

Outward Bound World Resources Project

Wikispaces

Facebook groups

Google Docs

Skype

Wilderness expedition blogs

THANK YOU

Tom GlaisyerNetcentric Campaigns

Noelle ThurlowOutward Bound International

Association for Experiential Education

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