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Golf Survey Reflection:

One of the great benefits of pursuing a degree in technology is being able to help out in other areas of my professional and personal life. For example, last year, another colleague and I organized an end-of-the-year golf outing. I used Survey Monkey to poll the entire staff at my school on whether they would be interested in a golf outing and whether there was enough interest to pursue the activity. The results showed that there was plenty of interest and the outing was such a success that several colleagues have been pestering me all year about the next golf outing! I plan on creating a similar poll at the end of the 2011 school year and organizing another golf scramble. By clicking on @http://www.stixy.com/guest/72439, you can view pictures of the 2010 outing. I wanted to share with my colleagues all the fun we had so I used an online bulletin board (stixy.com) to post pictures of the event. Those are just two web-tools I used to help organize an event with fellow teachers. This golf scramble promises to be an annual tradition!

Church Survey Reflection:

I also used Survey Monkey to help organize a survey at my church, First Presbyterian Church of Maumee, Ohio. The church board wanted to poll the congregation anonymously on their thoughts about make some changes to the service times and options. The Survey Monkey allowed the congregation to easily respond, and it allowed to board to collect an analyze data in a productive and effective way. I was glad to be able to help.

Book Club Reflection

In another area of my professional life, I was able to fill a need. I’m part of a Book Club at my school called "Book Fest," and this year, the Book Club leader was too busy to deal with scheduling meetings. She sent an email asking any member of Book Club if she would be willing to take over scheduling. During the course of my Masters degree, I stumbled upon [|www.whenisgood.com]. This is an easy, user-friendly scheduling tool. Since fall of 2010, I have been sending out monthly “whenisgood” links. When a person clicks on the link, she simply clicks on the times she is available for the given event. As the creator of the event, I receive everyone’s results. I’m able to see what days most or all are available. I can then schedule the Book Club meeting. It’s been very successful and the Book Club leader was very appreciative of being relieved of this burden. In the future, I will continue being in charge of scheduling Book Club meetings. Whenisgood really streamlines the process.