Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 21, 2007
We've been getting regular updates from our volunteer scanning crew, who have chopped, scanned, OCR'd, paginated and are now doing the final prep work to release the newest Harry Potter book to the Bookshare.org community. Of course, the great thing is when accessibility works but is just invisible, and that's the case.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 1, 2010
.&# At the end of the month, we’ll share a summary of what we’ve learned as e-book with some blog posts along the way. In those days, we used listservs and online discussion software, but platform matter. It was the free and open sharing of knowledge, insights, quick tips, and how-tos.
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Museum 2.0
JUNE 26, 2007
Of course, there's a basic tension for museums that feel both "the obligation to be reflective and considerate, and the seeming imperative to react to emergent issues." Hopefully a timely choice considering the recent discussion on the ASTC listserv about the differences (semantic? They're called dinosaurs instead.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 17, 2007
Allison Fine in her book Momentum notes: "Listening requires genuine interest in what that person is saying and a willingness to change as a result of what was said." Ego searches can be set up very easily - no special geek skills required -- and the services, are, of course, free. And, of course, a little fun!
NTEN
APRIL 25, 2012
The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. And the IFRC, my organization, has a Learning Network with many free courses for volunteers. Like old book exchange, give one, take one. Here are ten practical things you can do, starting tomorrow: 1) Join a list-serve or social media group. Some are free.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 20, 2007
Allison Fine in her book Momentum notes: "Listening requires genuine interest in what that person is saying and a willingness to change as a result of what was said." Ego searches can be set up very easily - no special geek skills required -- and the services, are, of course, free. And, of course, a little fun!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 7, 2007
Out of habit, I started off doing the research in my usual ways - posts to listservs, search engine, private emails, and posts to forums. Now, how is this different from, say, using your OutLooks address book and sending off mail merge email? Since the task was to identify conferences and create a listing, that's what I searched for.
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