Five Quick (and free) Technology Tools

Chapter officers and volunteers are always looking for new ways to make their jobs easier. Here are Five Quick (and free) Technology Tools to help you in your officer or advisor role this coming year. Do you have a favorite tool or app that you use? Share it with us by leaving a comment below or emailing webmaster@dzshq.com. 
Tungle Me
A scheduling tool, somewhat like Doodle but with more options, allows you to share your calendar in real time, so if you add new date to your calendar it updates, and adjusts for timezone. 

Remember The Milk
This to-do list manager helps you record tasks from your phone, e-mail, iPad, and more. It helps you prioritize, allocate time, and remember important details.

Better Buzzer
Have you ever slept through your alarm clock? Or missed an important reminder? Set a reminder with better buzzer and they will call you and won't stop calling you until you pick up.

Join.me
Join.me is a screen sharing site, but you can set up a meeting on the fly for up to 250 participants. If you upgrade to pro you have a few more of the bells and whistles that other pay sites offer. The pro version does offer a 14 day free trial.

Dropbox
Dropbox is a free service that lets people bring their documents, photos and videos everywhere and share them easily. We all use multiple computers and devices, so why not access your files from them all? Install Dropbox on all your machines and never worry about forgetting a USB or other device again.

Member Gratefulness Responses

Did you know the national day of Thanksgiving was set by President Abraham Lincoln in a Proclamation dated October 3, 1863? In the middle of the Civil War he asked all citizens to come together. A part of that Proclamation states:

“…I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise…”

This year, Delta Zetas have shared that they are grateful for the following blessings in Delta Zeta:

Happy Thanksgiving from Delta Zeta!

President Lincoln's entire Proclamation can be read here: http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/thanks.htm 

Grateful for Delta Zeta

Ten years. A decade. Longer than two presidential terms. I was initiated into Delta Zeta ten years ago. When I think about the past ten years, it’s funny how much my life and my understanding of Delta Zeta has changed. When I was first initiated, although I had heard that membership was for a lifetime, I don’t think I truly understood what that meant. I thought of Delta Zeta as an extracurricular activity, a social outlet, a place to meet friends, a place to get involved and try out leadership positions. And it was all of that. But now it is so much more and for that I am grateful.

I am grateful for the friendships I have developed for they are more than friendships. I am grateful for the leadership opportunities and the skills that I have been able to develop through my various officer positions; skills that I use each day at work. I appreciate the women who have encouraged me in both personal and professional pursuits, but especially for the women who have challenged me and taught me to listen to differing perspectives.  I am grateful for the opportunity to give back, through both volunteer positions and involvement with the Delta Zeta Foundation. I am thankful for all the dinners, football games, spontaneous movie nights and conversations over late night snacks that I have shared with my sisters. I am grateful every day for the network of outstanding women of which I am a part. I am grateful for Delta Zeta.

As our sisters in the United States prepare in the coming week for Thanksgiving, please share with us what you are thankful for in Delta Zeta. A sister? An advisor? A favorite memory? An opportunity? Please share with us via Facebook, Twitter or email at webmaster@dzshq.com. If you have a photo to accompany your thought, please share as well.

Delta Zeta Risk Management Reports

Delta Zeta collegiate chapters have two very important reports due November 10th. The chapter risk management chairman shall present and report, via Chapter Inc. under the Program and Event tab>Actions>Notify Campus Program or Event, the following risk management programs by selecting it in the form’s drop-down menu. For assistance with Chapter Inc., please contact the support team at ChapterInc@dzshq.com.



Emergency (Crisis) Management Plan Education
Delta Zeta has an established procedure for how our chapters will handle emergency situations when they arise. That procedure is the Delta Zeta Emergency (Crisis) Management Plan, which is found in your Risk Management Manual. As Risk Management Chairman for your chapter, it is your responsibility to make sure that all members of your chapter understand that there is a specific procedure to follow when an emergency or tragedy arises and to educate them on what that procedure is. Each fall, you should copy the Crisis Management Plan from your Risk Management Manual, fill in all of the correct names and telephone numbers, make copies for everyone in the chapter and go over the plan with the entire chapter during a chapter meeting.

Personal Website Policy Program
Delta Zeta's Personal Website Policy was implemented in 2007. This policy, in the National Policy Statements, must be read to your chapter by November 10. Your Personal Website Policy program requires a presentation to the chapter (by a non-Delta Zeta) addressing one of the following areas related to personal websites and why it is important to monitor the material that chapter members include on their personal websites: safety issues, potential employment and/or campus/Greek life. Suggested speakers for your presentation are a potential employer of campus undergraduate students or Career Services employee, your Greek Advisor or a law enforcement official. You should choose a different speaker for your personal website presentation from last year.

For more information on risk management programming and reporting, please visit Delta Zeta Metro and click on the DZ Digest link in the Chapter Officer Resources container.