Useful Tools for CME Planners (that you can actually afford)

This was presented at the Fall 2013 ISMS Planners conference in Lisle, IL.

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1. USEFUL TOOLS FOR CME PLANNERS
2. INGRID HUBBARD REIDY CONTACT INFO: IngridHubbardReidy @ ismie.com Tumblr: ToolsForCME.tumblr.com Twitter: ihubba1 I do not have any relevant relationships with any commercial entities that may have an impact on this presentation.
3. IDENTIFY SEVERAL LOW-COST, WEB-BASED TOOLS that can be used for the planning, marketing or delivery of CME activities DETERMINE IF EACH TOOL WOULD BE USEFUL for their specific CME program SUMMARIZE THE PROS AND CONS of each presented tool TODAY’S LEARNING OBJECTIVES
4. BEFORE WE BEGIN, PLEASE MAKE YOUR CELL PHONE SILENT, BUT ACCESSIBLE
5. ALDOUS HUXLEY Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.
6. However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. WINSTON CHURCHILL
7. TOOLS FOR LIVE ACTIVITIES
8. TOOLS FOR LIVE ACTIVITIES EVENTZILLA www.eventzilla.net WHAT: Online event registration COST: Free for free events, $1 per for paid events PROs: Very easy to use, flexible, can be embedded in your website, has features built in for emailing attendees, works with social media. CONs: Fee for paid registration, limited to paypal & authorize.net if you want to take credit cards USABILITY RATING: High
9. TOOLS FOR LIVE ACTIVITIES QR CODES www.QRstuff.com WHAT: Bar codes for your content COST: Free PROs: Good way to direct users to information they can’t google CONs: Requires users know what it is, have a qr reader app USABILITY RATING: Low (unless you have a tech-savvy audience)
10. TOOLS FOR LIVE ACTIVITIES POLL EVERYWHERE www.polleverywhere.com WHAT: Audience response via text message COST: Free for up to 40 responses per poll PROs: Cheap way to conduct audience response CONs: Users need to know how to text, it takes time for users to respond, fee for more than 40 users per poll USABILITY RATING: Medium (depends on audience)
11. WEB TOOLS FOR ACTIVITIES
12. TOOLS FOR LIVE ACTIVITIES SPEAKER DECK www.speakerdeck.com WHAT: YouTube for PowerPoint presentations COST: Free PROs: Easy to use, can link to/embed presentations (or just a single slide), can password protect presentations, share with social media, easy to find when googled CONs: User progress isn’t tracked USABILITY RATING: High
13. TOOLS FOR LIVE ACTIVITIES QUIZEGG www.quizegg.com WHAT: Online testing, with reporting COST: Free for 30 days, the $50 per year ($30 for new members) PROs: Easy to use, lots of test question options, can link to or quiz, can password protect presentations, can semi-customize look and feel CONs: Users have to set up a free account with QuizEgg to take the test USABILITY RATING: Medium
14. TOOLS FOR LIVE ACTIVITIES FORMSTACK www.formstack.com WHAT: Online form creator with a database, and email client COST: $14 a month, two months free if you pay annually, and 25% off for non-profits = $105 annually for non-profit PROs: Easy to use, flexible, can link to / embed forms, can password protect forms, share with social media CONs: Price USABILITY RATING: High
15. TOOLS FOR LIVE ACTIVITIES EASY POLLS www.easypolls.net WHAT: Online instant polls COST: Free, $1 per poll if you want to eliminate ads PROs: Easy to use, flexible, can link to / embed polls, can password protect polls, share with social media, instant feedback CONs: Limited to multiple choice/multiple response questions USABILITY RATING: High
16. TOOLS FOR LIVE ACTIVITIES LECTORA SNAP www.lectora.com/rapid-e-learning-snap-by-lectora WHAT: Turns PowerPoint into interactive e-learning COST: Free 30 day trial, $99 PROs: Easy to use, flexible, can include audio/video, branching assessments CONs: Cost, output is flash (so you can't view it on an iPAD, need an LMS for tracking (or you can pay for Lectora's online service) USABILITY RATING: High (unless viewing on an iPAD is important to you)
17. TOOLS FOR LIVE ACTIVITIES GOOGLE http://www.google.com/enterprise/apps/education/ WHAT: Documents, Drive, Forms, You Name It COST: Free PROs: Easy to use, flexible, a great place to keep documents, etc. CONs: Price USABILITY RATING: High
18. NOTES A FEW FINAL
19. ALBERT EINSTEIN Imagination is more important than knowledge.
20. Distrust and caution are the parents of security. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
21. One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. MARIE CURIE
22. QUESTIONS?
23. THANKS! FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT: IngridHubbardReidy @ ismie.com