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HOMENETMEN PARTNERS WITH GOOGLE
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Friday, January 10th, 2014
Homenetmen has announced a partnership with Google
Working smarter and not harder, through Google Apps
LOS ANGELES-On Jan. 1, Homenetmen announced the first ever
Google-backed initiative by an Armenian non-profit organization
by signing a Google Volunteer Assistance Agreement. This project
will provide Homenetmen a suite of tools that will improve its
operational efficiency. Google will provide coaching for Homenetmen
for a successful rollout. The project will begin on January 7, 2014
and the training will last for 3 months.
The Homenetmen USA Western and Eastern Regions will be the initial
hubs for this project. The Armenian General Athletic Union and Scouts,
referred to as Homenetmen, is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization with
over 25,000 members worldwide in five continents. Homenetmen currently
has 104 Chapters of which 18 chapters, with over 6,800 members, are
in the Western USA Region and 10 chapters, with over 2,000 members,
are in the Eastern USA Region.
"As a complex global organization we need to help our staff and our
large network of volunteers to work together more effectively and
track progress on programs and projects in multiple countries and
chapters. With Google Apps, our organization will work smarter, not
harder," said Karnig Megerdichian, Chairman of the Homenetmen Central
Executive Board. "Our member database is not in scope; Google will
not touch, store, or edit the member database. The Google tools are a
productivity suite to help Homenetmen work more efficiently. We are
not storing any Homenetmen member information on Google's servers,"
he added.
In Sept 2011 Homenetmen's General Assembly Meeting formally
announced its strategic planning process. Among many aspects of its
strategic planning are process automation and business intelligence
improvements. Google will be providing a suite of tools to help
Homenetmen achieve the above goals.
"Besides internal operational efficiencies, with the help of Google
Apps we will engage our supporters on our new website and will
determine our most effective communication ads through AdWords. We
will also use Google Analytics to monitor and track the effectiveness
of social media" noted Viggen Davidian, the Central Board strategic
planning liaison.
Currently five million businesses pay $50 per user per year in
order to use Google Apps for their businesses. Google is not only
providing the Apps to Homenetmen for free, but is providing three of
its employees to spend up to 8 hours per week coaching Homenetmen,
for over 12 weeks. "Google will conduct workflow shadowing and train
100 Homenetmen staff and officers on core Google Apps across various
Homenetmen chapters and will also provide one-on-one extensive
coaching on additional Google tools (AdWords, Analytics, YouTube)
for three Homenetmen IT specialists" added Vicken Apelian, Homenetmen
Central IT Committee Chair.
"This relationship will have a transformational impact and is a
key process for Homenetmen's culture change from a pure volunteer
organization into an efficiently managed global organization," said
Armen Abrahamian, the Chairman of the Homenetmen Strategic Planning
Committee.
Homenetmen is an organization with global reach. Founded in 1918,
its mission is to prepare exemplary citizens by providing physical
and health education through sports and scouting.
http://asbarez.com/118248/homenetmen-partners-with-google/
Friday, January 10th, 2014
Homenetmen has announced a partnership with Google
Working smarter and not harder, through Google Apps
LOS ANGELES-On Jan. 1, Homenetmen announced the first ever
Google-backed initiative by an Armenian non-profit organization
by signing a Google Volunteer Assistance Agreement. This project
will provide Homenetmen a suite of tools that will improve its
operational efficiency. Google will provide coaching for Homenetmen
for a successful rollout. The project will begin on January 7, 2014
and the training will last for 3 months.
The Homenetmen USA Western and Eastern Regions will be the initial
hubs for this project. The Armenian General Athletic Union and Scouts,
referred to as Homenetmen, is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization with
over 25,000 members worldwide in five continents. Homenetmen currently
has 104 Chapters of which 18 chapters, with over 6,800 members, are
in the Western USA Region and 10 chapters, with over 2,000 members,
are in the Eastern USA Region.
"As a complex global organization we need to help our staff and our
large network of volunteers to work together more effectively and
track progress on programs and projects in multiple countries and
chapters. With Google Apps, our organization will work smarter, not
harder," said Karnig Megerdichian, Chairman of the Homenetmen Central
Executive Board. "Our member database is not in scope; Google will
not touch, store, or edit the member database. The Google tools are a
productivity suite to help Homenetmen work more efficiently. We are
not storing any Homenetmen member information on Google's servers,"
he added.
In Sept 2011 Homenetmen's General Assembly Meeting formally
announced its strategic planning process. Among many aspects of its
strategic planning are process automation and business intelligence
improvements. Google will be providing a suite of tools to help
Homenetmen achieve the above goals.
"Besides internal operational efficiencies, with the help of Google
Apps we will engage our supporters on our new website and will
determine our most effective communication ads through AdWords. We
will also use Google Analytics to monitor and track the effectiveness
of social media" noted Viggen Davidian, the Central Board strategic
planning liaison.
Currently five million businesses pay $50 per user per year in
order to use Google Apps for their businesses. Google is not only
providing the Apps to Homenetmen for free, but is providing three of
its employees to spend up to 8 hours per week coaching Homenetmen,
for over 12 weeks. "Google will conduct workflow shadowing and train
100 Homenetmen staff and officers on core Google Apps across various
Homenetmen chapters and will also provide one-on-one extensive
coaching on additional Google tools (AdWords, Analytics, YouTube)
for three Homenetmen IT specialists" added Vicken Apelian, Homenetmen
Central IT Committee Chair.
"This relationship will have a transformational impact and is a
key process for Homenetmen's culture change from a pure volunteer
organization into an efficiently managed global organization," said
Armen Abrahamian, the Chairman of the Homenetmen Strategic Planning
Committee.
Homenetmen is an organization with global reach. Founded in 1918,
its mission is to prepare exemplary citizens by providing physical
and health education through sports and scouting.