Adopting Conference Calling and Collaboration Technologies to Advance the Alternative Fuels Movement

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Adopting Conference Calling and Collaboration Technologies to Advance the Alternative Fuels Movement

The alternative fuels movement has now reached a tipping point. The juxtaposition of oil prices skyrocketing over $115 a barrel and coal costs doubling has been critical in awakening a new sense of urgency about alternative fuel.

With US drivers paying close to $3.95 per gallon of petrol and California drivers paying roughly $4.25 per gallon, enthusiasm is growing for a national agenda to embrace use of alternative fuels. Whether these be hydro, liquified coal, or solar, US consumers are now realizing that our nation's energy independence and economy are inextricably linked to reducing our dependence on oil.

It would appear as if the political environment has never been better for the alternative fuels community. To truly seize this opportunity, the organizations that comprise the community would be well served to consider the import of technology in enhancing the cross community networking needed to secure lasting accomplishments.

Indeed, most alternative energy lobbying organizations can experience benefits from adopting new technologies that facilitate networking. Examples include Rondee.com's <*a href="http://www.rondee.com">free conference call<*/a> solution which enables robust teleconferencing as well as online conference calling and networking tools.

First Tip: Utilize web tools to network

The most successful alternative fuels advocacy organizations create networks of supporters who believe in their philosophy and goals. While the term networking frequently gets a less than ideal reputation, the clear reality is these networks can provide significant help. Today in San Jose, the expectation is that professional folks will have at least a rudimentary LinkedIn profile.

At the same time, other networking systems such as Facebook are starting to experience adoption by more professional users. Such services also offer a relatively easy method of increase your network.

Second Tip: Use a free conference calling offering

In the last several years, there has been growing degrees of coordination between geographically separate alternative fuels advocacy groups. One cause of this trend has been lower flight travel costs – a trend that may now be going the opposite direction with the leaping oil costs mentioned earlier.

Another factor is the flourishing of the types of <*a href="http://www.rondee.com">free conference calling services<*/a> mentioned above. All of these services, including those launched by Rondee operate on the same central principle. They provide users a PIN and a toll number to dial. If all teleconference users dial the same toll bridge number and enter the same PIN code, they are put into the conference call.

Tip #3: Investigate technologies to provide for desktop sharing

Some alternative fuels advocacy groups have distributed leadership teams, and it is impractical to have face-to-face meetings. Technology is addressing this problem by way of desktop sharing. Whether it's displaying a PowerPoint presentation displaying the group's development plan or a spreadsheet showing the tracking of volunteer participation desktop sharing can be extremely useful for many alternative energy groups.

Tip #4: Deploy an electronic news platform

It was not too long in the past that sending out an email newsletter was time consuming and difficult. That has now changed. On-line systems are making it possible to create templated and scalable newsletters. These services cut the work load by at roughly 90% and in so doing allow alternative fuel organizations to focus on content creation as opposed to delivery of messages.

Fifth Tip Leverage data driven decision-making practices

One of the most significant trends recently affecting nonprofit organizations in the alternative energy community has been the escalating reliance on evidence driven decision-making. Practitioners can apply the same practices with simple to use Excel or Lotus spread-sheeting applications to ascertain what works and what does not work. Increasingly, the hurdle for quality decision-making is rising and reliance on conjecture is being systematically replaced by empirical data to support decisions.

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Scott Baily has helped in enhancing the teleconferencing field by having played a role in pioneering the Rondee <*a href="http://www.rondee.com">free conference call<*/a> service.

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