Tuesday, May 6, 2008

How to Rotate Skype Tips


Thank you all for being hosts & room moderators. All the Room Hosts are now developing how to Rotate Skype Tips using this collaboration tool, Google Doc spreadsheet for Skype Tips (which we will abbreviate GDss).

Easy Fast Low Commitment Host Tasks

Rotating my existing Skype Tips is really a very easy task of copying & pasting in the Skype Tips Room and marking off a few items in the GDss to communicate to the rest of us that ... this Tip is done and when. It takes but a few moment to complete a Skype Tip.

Heres How in 2 or 3 Easy Steps:

1. Once you have been sent an invitation by Hyla to join, (just PM her your email addy and ask for an invite to the GDss) .....

2. You will be able to collect these items from the spreadsheet to copy and paste as a Skype tip in the Room like this.

Example:

Skype Tip ID # : 402
Skype Tip Title: How to Close a Skype Chat Room Without Leaving
Skype Tip Link or url: http://incomeassurance.com/blog/?p=402

or just...


Skype Tip # : 402
How to Close a Skype Chat Room Without Leaving
http://incomeassurance.com/blog/?p=402

3. Finally, there are a few columns to check off date, time and your initials when you post a Skype Tip in the Skype Tip Skype Room.

Thats it. Pretty easy.

Why Are We Doing This?

If someone asks a question about Skype, hosts need to know where to find the answer to help them quickly and easily. We want the room to be interesting and active. Plus we want to offer valuable Skype information in the room. It is first of all a Skype Tips room where people get to learn how to use & network with Skype and in Skype rooms. They can learn to edit posts, better manage their time and attention with Skype settings, how to come and go and find a room when needed and how to network to build relationships (ie, learn "nettiquette) and so much more. Members will need info to know what to ask about, ie, they will not even know what they do not know yet about Skype. This room and the rotating Skype Tips can help them.

I'll Make New Skype Tips as needed.

If you can not find a tip to answer a question, then just report it in the ModSkype room which you can enter here and let them know we will get the answer for them asap. If needed I will make more Skype tips, Videos, screen shots, etc. Just keep me posted if there is an unfulfilled need I have not covered yet.

Who, When & How Often?

We have a few people who have committed to doing this daily, and some who will do it when they can. This should work. I'm thinking no more then 3 times a "day" should the same Tip be posted. We will see how this works. And if the room is quiet, no posts, and you still see the last time a Tip was posted, just wait before you post the same tip again. Or if it is a new day, post a new Tip choosing either the next one on the GDss or one of your favorites.

Suggestions:

Please add the date with your time zone (AEST is Eastern Australia, CET is Central European Time, etc ) and use the designations for time zone here http://www.agreeadate.com/time_zone_planner.aspx This also can be used to know how long ago it was posted by some one else by comparing it to your time... or just scroll the room.

Find a Partner

It would be helpful to partner up with some one else preferably in your time zone but not necessarily, could be that they are online same time ... to share the task of posting a Tip at certain times during the day. I'll leave this up to you. Diana & Charly are helping each other nicely in Australia.

What Kind of Commitment?

The beauty of this is, most of you do not need to commit to regular days or times at all. We can all simply check the GDss to see if there is a need , see if its time to post next tip , when ever we can. You can even enter the Skype Tips Room from this link. And enter the GDss from this link.

Other Things to Post in the Skype Tips Room

Some hosts have volunteered to post activity reminders in the room as well. We now have these activities each week:

1. Monday - Women's Motivation Mindset & Marketing-meets in my Focus Group HC room per this Calender Schedule.
2. Friday - Introduce Your Self Day (both on my blog and in the Skype Room with links) - all day.
3. Tuesday - Pick-a-Priority (aka How to Prioratize, final name pending) - a goal setting and accountability support group meets in my Focus Group HC room at 7:30pm EST.

I'll do a separate post about these soon. And there will be more Tip Types in the future:

Thank you all for helping our Skype room members gain valuable knowledge and support with Skype and their projects. And remember to ask me to help you with anything I can - even promote for you. Anything! Active hosts deserve all I can do for you! Considerate a JV partnership or just good friends helping each other. Just ask.
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