At a recent DCM, the Caucus gave some direction as to which piece of technology they would to concentrate on

Club Dashboard

• direct to KI reporting

Website & Social Media

• WordPress - provided by KI

• Facebook and Instagram

Communications

• Email 

• WhatsApp

Online Storage and sharing

• Some clubs still use Portalbuzz, but are getting off it

• Google Docs & Google Drive, either at the Gmail level or a full Google Suite was adopted at the Feb 1 DCM

• TechSoupCanada has been used by Division 9 and Clubs to gain access to Google NonProfit Services 

Web Conferencing

Not Discussed but implied since

• Mainly Zoom

• Google Meet

• Webex

Kiwanis Reporting 

- Assumes the use of a Internet connection & a Browser, (for ex. Internet Explorer, Chrome, MS EDGE, Firefox)

Your can access the Club Reporting tools directly from anywhere on the web, or  by going through Portalbuzz

• Reporting.KiwanisONE.org

• PortalBuzz

Kiwanis International

• Kiwanis.org - Primary Kiwanis International site, all links below are accessible through this site

• Kiwanis Member Resources

• Reporting.KiwanisONE.org - Primary access to the Club Dashboard

• Club Finder - userful

• Kiwanis Magazine - great of stories and image

• Kiwanis Children Fund

• Photo Management System 

Kiwanis also has had a long term relationship with Portalbuzz, which it is now slowly getting out of. KI is moving to providing all of these services themselves

• PortalBuzz - can be used to access club information, and the primary club dashboard, plus other functions of portalbuzz club information system, an alternate to using service would careful use of Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive

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EC&C District

• Kiwanis Eastern Canada & the Caribbean Website - KiwanisECC.org

• Kiwanis ECC Online Portal 

Kiwanis Division 9

Some of these sites may limited access to members or specific users

• Division 9 website: KiwanisGTA.ca

• Division 9 Facebook

• Newsletter - Bulletins - Newsletter.KiwanisGTA.ca

• DCM - Divisional Council Meeting Site - DCM.KiwanisGTA.ca

• Marketing Site - Marketing.KiwanisGTA.ca

• CLE - Leadership Training site - CLE.KiwanisGTA.ca - Not up yet

Club Communications

• KI has a page on Kiwanis.org that discusses various communication tools, including a photo gallery tool (still figuring this  out?)

• https://www.kiwanis.org/clubs/member-resources/communications/communication-tools 

• Here it suggests tools for Club Email, Print Materials, PowerPoint presentations & Photos for clubs and districts

Club Email

Regular communication with your club members is vital to keeping them engaged and interested. There are several email providers who make it easy to upload the Kiwanis template, add your words and images and send to your club.

Recommended Email Providers (We presume they mean mass emailing, it at the KI or District level)

• MailChimp

• Constant Contact

Website 

• WordPress

• PortalBuzz

Typically

• Email is the general standard, that most Kiwanis can respond to

• Some clubs use other tools, as their communication tools, such as WhatsApp or MS Teams

Communication tools:

• Email

• Website postings

• Facebook & Facebook messenger

• WhatsApp

• Microsoft Team

• Others?

Managing Individual Member Email Addresses

This has been an ongoing problem, as members become more familiar with email and evolve to newer systems

• KI asks that each member register under one email address, this give every member access to updating their own Profile - at KiwanisOne.org

• This is changeable through the Club Dashboard as required,  but can take a while to take effect

• If Members change their email and DO NOT update it on Reporting.KiwanisONE.org, it is impossible to communicate with that member

This is happen around us and is changing as we write

The Common tools available to club

• Zoom

• Google Meet

Other Tools, used by various business & Organizations

• GoTo Meeting

• Webex

• Microsoft TEAM

Clubs are shifting to storing club materials online

• This facilitates common access and not losing materials over time

• Effective use of these system, requires planning and some trial and error

The most common of these are

• Google Drive

• Microsoft One Drive

• Dropbox

Most people use Microsoft office software somewhere in their business or home life

More and more people use, Google docs, etc, because are free and can be shared among other people

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins 

Social Plugins

See what your Facebook friends liked, shared, or commented on across the Web.

• Group Plugin

• Save Button

• Like, Share, Send, & Quote

• Embedded Posts & Video Player

• Page Plugin

• Comments

• See Also – Messenger Plugins

More Resources:

Social Plugins FAQs | Product Information | Child-Directed Sites | Sharing Checklist 

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Social Plugins - Side menu

• Comments

• Embedded Comments

• Embedded Posts

• Embedded Videos

• Group Plugin

• Like Button

• Page Plugin

• Quote Plugin

• Save Button

• Share Button

• oEmbed Endpoints

• Child-Directed Sites

• FAQs

• Deprecated

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Other related links

1. https://www.steegle.com/google-sites/how-to/insert-custom-code/facebook-page-plugin 

2. Google Search for "facebook plugin for wordpress"

3. Get a Facebook Access Token to display Events

Creating a Facebook Developer Account

If you already have a Facebook Developer account then skip to step 7

To renew an existing token follow the steps here

4. Facebook Integration

Table of Contents

Publicize to Facebook

Facebook Share Button

Facebook Page Widget

Facebook Pixel

Facebook Embeds

Commenting with Facebook Accounts

Troubleshooting