Annexure VII – IT Services by our Club
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This year RC UOC FMF
was in the forefront in the use of Information Technology and Social Media. The
FMF Blog was launched during the year and went on to become the most successful
blog in the District within the first few months since launch. The Blog itself
is very comprehensive and includes various tools and widgets which provides
useful options to the members and visitors, such tools are-
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FMF Calendar – the blog homepage
includes a calendar which provides a list of each and every upcoming events of
the club. This includes General/Board Meeting dates along with the time, venue
and other details. Also includes schedules with details of internal and
external club events as well as District events. Further this calendar can be
extracted to the mobile phone calendar and thus any updates to the FMF Calendar
will immediately be synced to the calendar on our mobile.
FMF Calendar – the blog homepage
includes a calendar which provides a list of each and every upcoming events of
the club. This includes General/Board Meeting dates along with the time, venue
and other details. Also includes schedules with details of internal and
external club events as well as District events. Further this calendar can be
extracted to the mobile phone calendar and thus any updates to the FMF Calendar
will immediately be synced to the calendar on our mobile.
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Official FB page – a preview of our official Facebook page is
displayed on the blog where the visitors will be able to Like our page and view
the recent posts.
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Live Tweets – the blog features a live tweet widget which
reflects the recent tweets made via our official twitter handle.
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Instagram posts – the blog features the latest posts made on our
Instagram page and such images are previewed on the homepage of the blog.
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Project Banners – the blog is used effectively to promote upcoming
events of our club. Posters of upcoming projects are put up on the blog as
banners and views can learn more of each project by clicking on the banner,
which will direct to the FB page of the project.
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Authors’ SM profile – the blog articles not only mentions the
contributors of the article but also provides a Social Media profile of each
author where the viewer can connect with them by a simple click on their
respective social media button, such as, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+,
LinkedIn and Youtube.
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Famous Rotarians – A campaign on famous Rotarians was circulated on all forms of social media in the form of a weekly update
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When the power goes out campaign – An IT campaign launched in March, 2016
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Creating an Facebook event page for
every event
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Online Database registration for new members
The Blog, PR and IT
avenues of the club were formed as a team to provide the overall IT services of
the club. Thus each blog post was immediately shared on each of our official
Social Media pages, namely, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+ and Youtube. Efforts
were also made to tag important individuals as well as organizations, based on
the relevance to them of each post. Thereby our club has maintained very active
presence on all social media platforms and is one of the few clubs in the
District to do so.
The club has
effectively used online tools continuously to obtain various forms of
information. Each new club member is required to fill an online form and such
information is retrieved and stored in a meaningful and comprehensive manner.
Further forms were also built based on the requirements of each project. To
encourage the active participation of the members in our various projects each
member was provided an online form and was asked to indicate their preference
to be involved in the organizing committee of different projects. Thus through
this we were able to provide the autonomy for each member as to which project
they would be involved in.
The IT team of the club
also worked in developing Email Signatures for each club Director such that
they would carry the club information as well as their contact details. All
Directors were guided on applying the email signatures to their mail services
and had used them effectively in communication.
The IT team was also continuously involved in
making videos (which can be viewed on our Youtube page), posters and developing
of websites and applications for the use of members and outsiders. Further the
PR team has never missed out on posting Birthday wishes on our official pages
to wish each member on their birthday. Further club achievements and important
news were immediately posted in order to keep the members up to date.
The IT team worked on
creating an email based group including all are members to ensure the club
Secretary and other Directors were able to quickly cascade important emails to
all members such that they are kept informed on upcoming projects of other
clubs.
The club has also been
operating a free SMS based information service for the past 2 years. This
enabled the posting of important information and details for the members to be
made aware of when they are not online. This also was a significant benefit to
the members who do not have access to instant online connections such as smart
phones.
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