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Victoria Miller from Trisomy 18 Foundation and I presented a session on Tuesday afternoon we called Getting Maximum Bang out of Your Common Ground Bucks. Victoria and I designed the session together, and I presented the content for most of it. The feedback I got after the session was incredible, and I enjoyed every second of it.
Question 1 : asked about migrating a community from one tool to another, specifically from listservs to a website/forum. The next monthly chat will be: Date : October 28th (I’ll be presenting at the Blackbaud Conference on the 21st so will move it to the 4th Thursday of the month). Get the full transcript here!
A question was posted to a listserve for nonprofit techies looking for tips on training staff on a new database. The trainer needs to understand the database, present technical concepts clearly and without jargon, teach at the students' level, and be incredibly patient. Not everyone can train. It's an art.
A friend posted about them on a listserve and said that clicking the link downloads a virus. The details of the consumer's concern are presented in enclosed document. The details of the consumer's concern are presented in enclosed file. I got 7 versions of this today, at 2 different email addresses.
Last night, I dropped into the lecture/presentation by Jeff Barr, Amazon Technology Evangelist, in the open-air auditorium on Information Island. You can read the presenter's reflections on the event or what he calls "info-edu-tainment" here and a participate blogs about their experience here. Got that?)
Gebru was planning to present the paper at a computer science conference in March. Gebru sent an email to the Brain Women and Allies listserv at Google detailing the pushback she’d gotten on the paper. On October 7th, she submitted it for review internally at Google. Shortly after midnight on October 8th, it was approved.
This screencast focuses on how nonprofits can use flickr and creative commons licensing to search for powerful visuals to use in their presentations without violating copyright laws. But first, I'd like to say a few words about crafting good powerpoint presentations. There a huge debate about whether powerpoint is your friend or foe.
" I need to start organizing the various pile of UK examples that tagged and grab from various emails and listserv posts. I need to get my act together for next week's Circuit Rider Conference in UK and a session I'm doing with David Wilcox called " Demystifying Web 2.0 Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond.
We’re going to start a listserv and take some initial steps to become our own combination of learning community and support group. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results. Luckily, the learning, evaluation and knowledge management pioneers want to keep talking and meeting.
The presentation is here. Some of the lessons learned include: -Could have provided the Netsquared community with more tools to do their work like listserves, web sites, etc. The presentation is here. While this might have fueled the organic growth, they are unable to track some of the impact.
Attendees and presenters attend remotely rather than in person. . Keynote speakers, presenters, attendees, and the hosting brand or sponsors are not limited by region. presentations. Get your presenters, vendors, and sponsors in on the marketing as well. . This format is structured the same as in-person conferences.
Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. So he cautioned me that some of the information might not be entirely up to date that he shared on listserv including a pointer to his awesome slide show with audio. Thanks Ivan.
Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) This is not the time for jargon -- save that for talking to your developers (or your NTEN listserv buds). Therefore, it's worth their while as an organization to devote time to learning how to present data visually. to get success stories.
I got the chance to present on a panel with three other people in an information session hosted by the U.S. TechSoup Global's Jim Lynch presenting to a briefing of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. We administrate the Refurbisher Listserv. Our latest opportunity was on February 13 2013.
After posting a query about various conferences people attended on some peer listservs, I got only one reply with four more leads -- two of which I had discovered via cha cha guide and search engine by digging deeper into the leads provided. Wow, better than a listserv! Okay, it is time to actually do some (billable) work.
" TAG is an active community of around 300 foundation techies who: Discuss foundation technology on the TAG listserv and blog. Foundation techies can ask any type of question on the TAG listserv, strategic or very specific, and nearly always get an informed answer from a member on the same day. Hold a yearly conference.
I've been doing a small research project pulling together a list of conferences that people who work with nonprofits and technology and social change might be attenders or presenters. To challenge my set ways of doing traditional Internet research (are ya laughing now Gavin?),
Capture presentations made during the event with live embedded audio and share them on a tool like Slideshare after the event. Slideshare is the YouTube of the PowerPoint presentation for those who don't know it yet.) We've got a number of presentations from various events. The Center for Global Development does this a lot.
photo by flickr user michale , licensed with CC " BY " I arrived back from the UK only to jump into a car and drive out to Western, MA for a meeting to present an evaluation report I've been working on a for a client. The listserves are hopping with this news. Blog reactions here , here , here , here , here and here.
Next week, while in the UK and on a laptop that won't support the Second Life client (there are access problems), the Berkman Center will present a highlight of this course - a virtual trial ! If you think that Seocond Life is just about buying virtual houses, be sure read this. I learned a lot. We will be holding a moot trial of Bragg v.
Curators don't need to necessarily be trained in cutting, but in knowing where and how to unearth those special high-quality "finds" and to make them presentable. It's just as much about the experience and the way the information is presented, as it is the content.
I also have two kids that many of you have seen at conferences, most memorably when my then 6 month old, in perfect Exorcist form, spit up an incredible volume of curdled milk during an N-TEN Conference presentation. I posted a message on a CivicSpace listserv about my plans to make CitizenSpeak into an open source module on Drupal.
Ning, which lets you set up your own custom social network, has attracted attention for its ability to create communities that are more functional than those created through competing services from Google and Yahoo listservs. Nonprofits, support groups, and nonprofit professionals have found their homes on Ning.
NpTech Blogging, Tagging, and Wikis An excellent presentation on social media and nonprofits by Jocelyn Harmon and Qui Diaz is being discussed by Dave B. Lots of buzz on listservs and twitter about the MacArthur Foundation's $2 Million New Digital Media and Learning Competition. and Katya A.
John posted a marvelous report on the NTEN listservs about what he learned. s ( www.cisa.asn.au ) nonprofit technology conference and to present a series of workshops for nonprofit leaders about technology. His post would be the perfect blog post. I have just returned from Australia where I was fortunate enough to attend CISA???s
pulling together a list of conferences that people who work with nonprofits and technology and social change might be attend or present. Out of habit, I started off doing the research in my usual ways - posts to listservs, search engine, private emails, and posts to forums. I've been doing a small research project.
Ideas for content can be sourced from staff, supporters, other blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and listservs. The blogging experts shared more advice and answered audience questions following their presentations. Looking to other people and channels gives you an idea of what others are talking about and lets you comment on it.
I'm pleased to present my fourth installment in my interview series with famous video bloggers about video blogging techniques that nonprofits or others might use. Speaking of good audio, I raised this question on the video bloggers listserv and David Tames (who took the photo stills in the video) offered some great tricks here.
We're going to use an Interactive Presentation where we will walk folks through what, what, how, tools, and tricks. I've created a wikitation site (presentation as wiki) to house the presentation materials and for some basic primers/factsheets I hope to write. No, I probably won't do my Julia Child imitation.).
Deborah Finn isn't crazy about Facebook, although she likes giving virtual gifts and especially using the applications of her clients, like Changing the Present. If we're thinking of Facebook groups (or listservs for that matter) as online communities, what personalities do you see in the communities you are managing?
Learn Trends Digital Habitats View more presentations from Nancy White. listserv or web forum , Twitter , etc.). a newsletter, publishing an article, etc.). Open ended conversation – conversations that continue to rise and fall over time without a specific goal (i.e.
The online group includes a listserv email archive, a library, a wiki, a group blog, and a discussion thread platform. In addition to the online home of the group, CoP groups have the option to come together once per month for a webinar - either a traditional presentation, a speaker, a panel or a focused conversation.
They should belong to listservs, comment on community bulletin boards. I try to understand the problem and present a range of solutions. Paying attention and contributing to listservs is a part of my job. It's not so much that I think they should have a blog as it is I think that they should practice blogging.
Rockstar Beth Kanter presented on social media ROI. I'm also picking up on the buzz I hear on listservs, Twitter, and directly from you! And we can't forget to highlight the fact that TechSoup 's NetSquared Mashup Challenge helps encourage, spread the news about, and fund this type of work each year.
GetActive GetsAcquired - By Convio This is big news and it bounced around the nonprofit and progressive blogs, listservs, IM, and emails. New (to me) Blogs Blau Exchange is posting interviews with interesting ict-minded folks and occasional research and presentations. Danah Boyd analyzes the recent Pew data on Social Network Site use.
tried turning email discussions on listservs into blog posts and opting to record conference call presentations. Salesforce Content: "How much time have you wasted searching for presentations, thank you. I've been trying to think of ways to integrate. content creation into work and events already happening.
" TAG is an active community of around 300 foundation techies who: Discuss foundation technology on the TAG listserv and blog. Foundation techies can ask any type of question on the TAG listserv, strategic or very specific, and nearly always get an informed answer from a member on the same day. Hold a yearly conference.
Ever since, our paths have crossed several times in nonprofit technology circles online, most recently via the Digital Divide Network listserv and the online forums at TechSoup. I frequently give presentations using online conferencing??? Earlier this month, Janet sent me a note that she had completed her Ph.D.
He's raising some good questions too: But what can Second Life offer over and above the normal asynchronous social software tools such as listserves and web conferences? The places with more than a handful of avatars present always seem to increase the probability of trouble though. Personally I think I???ve If there???s
I'm having to quiet some inner Gollums while working on the presentation materials. Overview slides of what is Web2.0 ( remix from Social Media and Nonprofits Presentation) Core theme Listening - Responding to what people are saying about the topic or the program. Fundraising presentations. I'm nervous. Openness - ????A
DIA blog reports from the Freedom To Connect conclave today, and came back with a bit of darkly indistinct video of the feature presentation by Yochai Benkler. David Wilcox shares an example of growing divided in the UK nonprofit sector between "traditional" online communities (listservs) and those who are adopting Web2.0
And my colleague is going to share our presentation and we will jump right in. So that brings us to the heart of our presentation today. Because I do mean it sincerely when we were thinking about this presentation and the audience, I can promise you there will be something in here for each of you and for your teams.
And I think you’re going to see that come through in the presentation. Although, before each of these different parts of the presentation, I will pause to see if there’s anything in the chat box you want to discuss. This may be the strongest month of webinars I can remember, present company included. Rachel: Will do.
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