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Trello helps you track events, projects, and progress over time.
Trello helps you track events, projects, and progress over time.
There are three primary Trello boards that Agoras use to keep up with project and event information. Agoras are sent invites to join Trello using their community DEF email address (e.g. city@def.org) and then tagged on cards relevant to them to receive updates. If you are having issues accessing the below links, shoot a note to hello@defenseentrepreneurs.org.
This board populates content that the Community Team and Marketing Team volunteers use to create Eventbrite, Facebook and social media posts. Once someone fills out the Google Form to schedule an event, all that info dumps in here and is updated with check boxes and comments.
Long-term engagement around a specific Agora takes place on this board. As leads come-and-go or Community Check-Ins take place, that information will be appended to the Agora card so that it's easy to check-in or reference. Think of it like a deck of baseball cards with all the relevant info you need for a player.
Used by the Community Team to track projects, ideas and initiatives, this board is shared with Agoras to help drive transparency and engagement. It shows what we're working on for members and local communities, to include improvements in support to Agoras and wacky ideas for doing mo' betta'.
You probably won't use Trello very much as an Agora lead, beyond specific events, but it's available to you as a tool, so don't hesitate to push the boundaries, ask questions and explore how it can save you time and build your local community.
The rest of this page explores Trello features and capabilities.
The rest of this page explores Trello features and capabilities.
Trello is a visual project management tool.
DEF likes Trello because it helps organize drive our attention towards relevant projects, captured in the form of a Trello card, list, or board. Cards are also tagged with labels (colored tabs) and members (individual accounts) to help make clear what is important to whom.
Due dates, power-ups, and automations take the manual work out of keeping information sorted, and integration with other apps and attachments.
At the same time as this discrete segmentation, Trello also allows for transparency and easy coordination, because you can easily check on other cards or collaborate in other ways beyond just how we might "normally" use it.
You can easily copy cards, lists and even boards, add checklists (including for content pushed from other apps), and comment so there is an easy record tied to a task (not just an email list or Slack thread).
DEF uses Trello a lot with Zapier to pull information in from Google Forms and display it visually so that it can be run through a weekly sprint or other workflow, allowing for the status of a task, volunteer applicant, or other entity to be easily identified.
Looking for more tips and tricks? Check out the Trello links above to get started.
Looking for more tips and tricks? Check out the Trello links above to get started.
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