The document discusses challenges faced by a student organization in managing tasks, events, and communication. It notes issues around keeping track of contacts, staying organized, planning events, and knowing what tasks have been assigned. The student group president acknowledges difficulties with miscommunications and not always knowing what has been completed. Potential solutions discussed include a task manager, budget tracker, calendar app for events, and messaging system to improve coordination.
5. Meeting Observations!
• Organizational issues with events!
• Finding people who are available for events is difficult!
• Keeping track of whoʼs doing what is complicated!
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7. Jenn, Special Events Chair!
• Problems keeping track of contacts!
• Rely on emails, text, and meeting to communicate!
• “If there was an app...that would be really nice. Then we
can communicate right away to each other, all of us at
once.”!
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9. Alex, Publicity Chair!
• Not always aware of changing information!
• Often relying on communication through Facebook & text
messages outside of meetings!
• “I would love a giant calendar...that has...all of our events
and when things need to get sent out, to get approved,
when things need to get printed, when contracts go
through...”!
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11. Chava, President!
• Trouble keeping track of whoʼs doing what!
• “The problem is that thereʼs so many miscommunications
and what actually has and has not gotten done that
sometimes everything will just get lost.”!
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12. Observations!
• Often unorganized!
• Communication between board members is difficult!
• Planning events is time consuming!
• Keeping track of whoʼs doing what is problematic!
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13. Draft Ideas!
Task Manager!
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Budget Tracker!
!
Events Calendar!
!
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19. Planning!
Problem! Solution!
• Ideas get lost & forgotten! • Digital idea notebook!
• Photo capability to add photos into
notebook!
• Difficult to keep track of • Editable calendar!
event dates & info! • Add events with voice commands!
• Add photos to events for reference!
• Google maps show location of
events!
• Keeping contacts/vendors • Contact manager!
organized!
• Communication! • In-app messaging system!
! • Voice-to-text messaging!
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20. Budgeting!
Problem! Solution!
• Brainstorming viable • Risk calculator!
fundraising solutions!
• Money management! • Cloud-synced money
tracker!
• Money allocation! • Cloud-synced spreadsheet
! of how much money is
allocated to what!
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21. Tasks!
Problem! Solution!
• Assigning tasks! • Task invites!
• Add tasks with voice
command!
• Task management! • Task checklist with alerts to
other members when task is
!
complete!
• Google maps show location
of tasks, alerts when near
task !
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22. Scheduling!
Problem! Solution!
• Scheduling meetings and • Editable calendar!
events!
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23. Additional Features!
Problem! Solution!
• Social Media! • Organization social media
! accounts all synced
(Youtube, Facebook,
Twitter, Tumblr. Etc.)!
• Ability to capture and
upload photos & videos
within the app!
• Update statuses!
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24. Evernote!
• Simple user interface!
• Easy to add notes/
notebooks!
• Organize by notebooks or
tags!
• Simple search functionality!
• Clean look!
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25. Groups!
• Easy to add/edit groups!
• Automatically organizes
contacts in same company!
• Interface is busy!
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26. Dropbox!
• Clean look!
• User-friendly!
• Simple to upload/access
files!
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27. Remember the Milk!
• Organized by day!
• Alerts when near location
of tasks!
• Set priorities!
• Confusing to add new
location!
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28. Weave!
• Add tasks to projects!
• Set deadlines for tasks!
• Set alerts!
• Tracks income and
expenses!
• Shows percentage
complete!
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29. HootSuite!
• Clean, inviting interface!
• Syncs all social media!
• Check to select where to
post to!
• Access to all feeds through
homepage!
• Easy to add accounts!
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30. TweetDeck!
• Combines all newsfeeds!
• Check off where to post to!
• Difficult to read!
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