Howdy my good people. How’s the going? As promised in
this
post, I told you that there would be a follow up event. Well, it came to pass
this previous Friday! I am sorry it did not go down on the day I has said it
would this is due to some challenges we got while trying to secure a venue.
However, thanks to my hardworking colleague
+njihia jeremy we
managed to secure the Computer Lab in the Communication and Information
Technology Department in the school.
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| The poster |
I wasn't as nervous going into this second event as I was in
the first. So I suppose what they usually say about experience and practice is
really true hehe. This second event started at about 9:00am. It was mainly for
class representatives and club leaders although anyone who was interested in
attending was gladly welcomed. The agenda was taking the attendees through the
usage of Google apps that would make their roles in leadership positions a bit
easier.
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| Setting the banner at the C.I.T entrance |
Some of those included a deeper understanding of how Gmail
works. This was done by Jeremy. It is so amazing how people use it to just send
emails without realizing how many other things it can do. So they were taken
through adding labels, adding tabs to categorize their emails, sending SMSes
and personalizing their account. They were also shown some of the basics of
Google Plus which comes with having a Gmail account.
+Kennedy Murimi made the next
presentation and showed the attendees how to use Google Groups. He took them
through all the steps starting from how to create one, invite members and how
to use one. I personally think this app should be highly embraced by the reps
as it makes communication so much simpler. Just imagine sending one email and
it reaches a multitude of people. We have personally been saved by Google
groups as there is much information that one can receive from many different
people.
+margaret adhiambo then showed the attendees
how to use Google drive. Here they can save their folders and files preventing
them from being tragically lost. If you have ever fallen victim to having your
storage device malfunction, lost or corrupted then you definitely know the pain
of starting over! You should therefore consider saving some of your work in the
drive. Apart from that, she showed them how Google docs have made things very
interesting as it enables easy sharing of files between people.
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| Showing off the bands. Recognize your hand?? |
The attendees were also taken through other apps like Google
sites because some of them had a few inquiries about it. The whole time people
were demonstrating something, we had instructors {me,
+Maria Mumoki,
+DANIEL KIHIA and
+benjamin mwalimu} who went round the Lab helping out those who were stuck
or lost at some point.
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| That's yours truly. Oh so serious :) |
Then came the part where all the attendees seemed more
interested in than the whole event itself, competition and swag. LOL, one would
think we had ‘Google swag’ tattooed on our foreheads! They all got badges,
bands and tags. But because the shirts, bags and mugs were not enough for
everyone we asked random Google questions. Those who were witty and fast enough
to give the right answers were lucky to walk away with the cherished goodies.
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| Group picture at the end of the event |
The event came to an end at about 1:00pm. It was concluded
by serving some refreshments to all those who were in attendance.
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| Refreshments |
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| More refreshments |
We then
parted ways after the hilarious photo session where people displayed those weird
poses that had never seen the light of day before!
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| You gotta love this lady! LOL |
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| The country hash tag trended |
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| The events hash tag trended too!! |
The next event’s
preparations are already underway so watch out for part three of this sequel.
Until then, stay well.
Doing Cool things That matter
Have a lovely afternoon.
#happydays
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