We held regional participation network events this month in Rhyl, Newport and Carmarthen. At the network events we explored several free online tools that can be used for engagement. A wide variety of organisations attended and shared a lot of interesting ideas.
Here is the list of websites and tools that we discussed:
Socrative – quiz tool
Read-Able – readability checker
Easel.ly – create info-graphics
Infogram – create info-graphics
Powtoon – create animated cartoons
Pixabay – free stock photos
Morguefile – more free stock photos
Phrase it! – add speech bubbles to images
Pixlr – free online image editor
Mailchimp – create newsletters for your mailing lists
Twtpoll – polls and surveys for Twitter
Tagboard – search for topics/hashtags on Twitter
https://twitter.com/search-home – Twitter search
Eventbrite – organise bookable events
Survey Monkey – design surveys and questionnaires
Magisto – movie clip editor
Doodle – organise meetings with others
KeePass – Encrypted password safe (open-source downloadable software)
http://www.gimp.org/ – GNU Image Manipulation Programme (open-source downloadable photo editor)
Skitch – Photos & drawings in Evernote (downloadable software)
Geospike – Travel diary using GPS
We will be holding regional network events again in May where local Community Voice projects across Wales will be sharing their work. If you would like to be involved please contact us for more information.
– Sarah
Photo credit: Pixabay