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Tips for Remote Presenting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you are presenting remotely you need two things: a robust Internet connection and a moderator in the room who can serve as a bridge between you and the folks in the room. It is also helpful to have a back channel for communications with the moderator. In the past, I have presented remotely using skype audio and video.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

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This tool allows nonprofits to easily create Web-based Internet “TV” stations. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years. Skype Premium :: skype.com/intl/en-us/prices/premium. Internet Archive Wayback Machine :: web.archive.org.

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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Test, Test, Test: When the hosts arrived at the conference location for set up, we tested the connection and Google Hangout on location. The site had great wireless and Tharum was able to test on his laptop and give me a tour of the facility, including a walk outside. kanter we have wifi connection interuption here.

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An Internet Lesson in a Rural Cambodian Village: And Then You Wait.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yes, I hope they will contribute the $10 so we can win the $50,000 (which will certainly help us make improvements to our computer school and the Sharing Foundation's many other programs), but I am also want feedback about how to improve a computer program in a rural village in a developing country with really slow Internet.

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Connect with TechSoup at NCVS!

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Facebook — We post frequently to our TechSoup Facebook page from our laptops, tablets and phones by tagging @TechSoup in our updates. Skype — Offering an easy way to talk to anyone with an Internet connection for free, Skype. Check this chart for a comparison of web conferencing tools.

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"This Is My Friend": How the Kosch-Westerman Foundation Connects Terminally Ill Children to the Outside World

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Their project began with just one or two kids attending classes with the help of a camera and a clunky laptop. Brian uses donated laptops and tablets with Skype software, connected to cameras in the children's classrooms. … your laptop is really your only friend." Too Much Freedom?

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And the Winner is. Jaffe's Join the Conversation Book Giveaway and How To Do A Giveaway Contest on Your Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Opened in 2006, the school offers computer classes every morning utilizing ten donated laptops and a few older desk tops. Students are picked by lottery and attend daily for six weeks to learn word processing and spread sheets, and see a bit of the internet on the school's one very slow connection, a cell phone.