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JUNE 30, 2009

File Sharing. Neff, Director of Web, Film and Interactive Strategy at the American Cancer Society High Plains Division, sat down with me for our Connection Newsletter this month and shared his top 5 recommendations for online tools for nonprofits in 2009. User Experience.

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APRIL 13, 2017

I do have a file with the questions, so I can do an analysis of the questions and think about how to improve my materials. I probably could have worked in this feature in the formal Q/A part of the workshop, but that is something to think about and experiment during the next workshop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

One thing I learned just two weeks ago from a phone call to the TechSmith tech support guy is that the.wmv files from Ready/Talk can be run through microsoft media encoder - so they could be pulled into Camtasia and edited. However, the idea of editing a long file in Camtasia does not sound appealing to me.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2014

So keep it concise, punchy, and avoid big files, but in general images and short videos are a great way to draw people in. Case in point: if your website takes more than 2-3 seconds to load on a computer, or especially a phone, you can expect to lose about half your visitors. If you try and say ten things about your cause, you say nothing.

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AUGUST 21, 2012

In other words, copy the file onto a USB stick and then walk over to the other computer where the printer is hooked up and print it. In addition, there are many times when I’m working on my laptop in another area of the house and would love to be able to send a document to print.

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DECEMBER 12, 2010

I will have a pay a nominal fee, but I don’t care. The customer service representative asked why I was unable with the iPhone and I let her know, recommending she include the link to the New York Times piece in my file. I have until December 27th to terminate my contract, select a more nonprofit friendly phone, and toss my iPhone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2007

The server works like a butler: visitors come to the door, the butler answers, the visitor requests a file, and the butler gives it to them. (or And if you are doing redirection it means that you whisper in your butler's ear: "whenever a visitor asks for file X give them file Y." including your feeds.

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MAY 18, 2012

Have you reorganized your filing cabinet lately? This post shares the latest learning from their quest to revise and refresh the program strategy by learning in public. Packard OE Strategy Session: Laying Everything Out on the Table – Guest Post by the Packard Foundation OE Program Team.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2006

Steve Garfield's Learn Video About VideoBlogging Secrets of Videoblogging Book by Ryanne Hodson and Michael Verdi FreeVlog Videoblogging by Jay Dedman and Joshua Paul I am working on a Windows XP platform - so I decided to use QuickTime pro to compress the AVI file. It compressed the file down to 5.7 I uploaded it to Blip.tv

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Remember the whole conference will be archived, so you if you can't spend the entire two days online listening in real time, you can always download the audio files and listen later. (I'm If you are on the fence about signing up, NTEN is offering up 25% discount. I'm planning to download to my Ipod and listen while walking.)

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MARCH 9, 2012

Create a PSD template file so I can edit in photoshop and change it. Here’s what I asked John to do: Create a series of profile images and cover images that I can mix and match – like different outfits, shoes, and purses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2011

It’s a voice for the grassroots, the rank-and-file, for people who never had a voice until now. I guess I got myself a “bully pulpit&# of sorts that I don’t really want or need, but it’s good for getting the word out about people of good will who get stuff done.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2010

The online petition with over 8000 signatures asks Mr. Jobs to make it easier for legitimate nonprofits to accept donations in one-click via their credit card on file with the iTunes store. No doubt about it. Apple doesn’t want to do this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

I had the honor of getting to learn from and work with Stephanie as part of her special interest in understanding how to support the effectiveness of grantees that are networks or are working in a highly networked way. This exploration is shared on the OE wiki site known affectionately as the “see through filing cabinet.”

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MARCH 7, 2007

If you upload your images to Flickr, the license information is displayed on the photo page ; 3) Embed the license information directly into the file. Currently this is only possible with MP3 audio files through embedding of metadata. into the file itself. images, video, etc. ??? in the future. non-exclusive???

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AUGUST 17, 2007

I've included some tips for getting good clips in small video files. I decided to show how to use moviemaker because I think it will be important to compress the files. I will also go to an Internet cafe and attempt to upload these files and bring my stopwatch to see how long it takes. Am I missing anything?

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This report is not just your father’s PDF file! Not only does the report cover emerging technologies, but they are using some of the technologies to produce and distribute the report. The technology trend that caught my eye was “Learning Analytics,” which is big data applied to the field of education.

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DECEMBER 31, 2005

You have to save the "OPML" file from program onto your hardrive and then upload/import it into the other. Right-click on it and choose "Save Target As" to save the file to your computer. Make sure you save the file with a.opml file extension. 2) Click the "NewsGtor Manager" tab.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Twitter Training Notes and Audio File. Flip Cam Training Training Video , and Audio File. They've set up some fabulous training materials and guidelines for the capture team. Overview of Launch Meeting. Deployment Packet. Agenda with Twitter IDs.

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APRIL 27, 2011

For example, on the Packard Foundation OE wiki , which started as a “see through filing cabinet&# has moved into engaging with nonprofit consultants and evaluation geeks about the prelminary findings of its evaluation of nonprofit consulting practice.

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JULY 25, 2013

Instead of spending hours comparing files, importing and exporting data from Constant Contact to Eventbrite and back to Excel, and attempting to de-duplicate these various data sources we focused on building relationships. We realized that our relationships with our constituents were constantly evolving.

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

Windows 8 Pro has great new features that make it easier for businesses to get connected and stay connected, whether they’re on-site with a customer, waiting for a flight or working from a coffee shop – with things like built-in mobile broadband, Remote Desktop and Offline Files.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

In response, the organization is going to be looking at ways to revamp its appointment process which supports filing close to 5,000 applications each year. In addition, ECHOS has instituted extended hours to better serve clients and a Food/Mini Health Fair on the first Sunday of the month as a result of client feedback.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2011

They started the project using the concept of a “see-through filing cabinet, an experiment in transparency.&# And we are committed to trying many different approaches to help our grantees, and our own staff, understand social media and what it could do for all of us.&#. The idea was that why keep this goldmine of learning locked up?

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MAY 10, 2011

For the Packard Foundation OE Program, the first step to share their internal thinking and resources with their NGO, capacity building, and funding partners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2005

I really should be finishing up moving over my files, configurations, and last couple of software programs, but I started woolgathering instead. " There's a great hack to add "tag in delicious" instead of a clipping file and a pointer to a windows blogging client called elicit that I must compare with ecto.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

I have different color codes for different types of work that also correspond with color codes on my google calendar and my hard drive/google drive files. I also write a list of work habits that I want to maintain or modify. Year in Review.

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JUNE 20, 2008

Hyper connectivity among employees has the potential to increase security risks due to lost hardware, software, internet transfer of files, etc. They use many more devices, channels, and tools then "regular" people. They are generally early adopters of new technologies and consider themselves to be global people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

Record Two families of mics Dynamic mic - $80 SHURE SM57 or 58is top of the line- any $20 USB mic Castblaster - can que up your audio files and sound effects - DJ tool. Tag file - append text information to the file. Drag the file into Itunes - and fill out the form and check podcast on format. Garageban is king for Mac.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Segment your file 2. The photo is from the Lolsaur which came from PodCamp Boston and is analyzed by Chris Brogan. I thought about this somewhat silly meme today when I was reading " Five Top Tips for Online Fundraising from a Direct Mail Dinosaur " 1. Incorporate variable ask strings 3. Code, code, code some more 4.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2006

They will file text, video, and photographic reports. I just got an email from Stop Genocide Now alerting me that they're sending two citizen journalists back to the Chad/Darfur border for 14 consecutive days of reports starting Dec 21, 2006. You can follow the reports on their blog.

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AUGUST 16, 2005

My big mistake was that I neglected to make sure the recorder was turned off while transferring the files to the computer. The files were corrupted! I fiddled around with Audacity to attempt to edit and splice several audio files. I did my first recording with a Thai Dancer who speaks Cambodian, along with my son.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2007

Ready/Talk outputs the file into.swf format which can't be brought into Camtasia for editing. I tried to convert the.swf file into one that would import into Camtasia using replay converter and couldn't do it. Option 1: Record the.swf playback file using Camtasia after the call. So, I called TechSupport at TechSmith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

But, darn - lost both files through stupidity! Kevin Kennedy-Spaien Originally uploaded by cambodia4kidsorg. I attempted to do a quick podcast interview using my treo with Kevin at podcamp. Lesson learned - don't try to learn new skills when you are exhausted from staying up all night from rebuilding your crashed computer!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Well, off to export my OPML files from bloglines. Ugh, it's time for me to come up with a new tool or switch everything to Google Reader , and perhaps rethink my work flow. Anyone else out there read 500-1,000 feeds for different projects? What tools/workflow do you use? The NpTech Tag Summary will be coming shortly -- blame the plumber.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

It's limited because you can only import 10 MB file and if you're using a rich visual style that's a limit. Speaking of presentations, I just fooled around with Google Presentations. You can find it as another option on Google Documents.

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JULY 7, 2011

Colleague Geoff Livingston was in the WhiteHouse and filed this report. The screen capture also illustrates the lack of filtering in your stream when something really funny or important is shared, prompting, more than one person to request, “Please don’t stream pollute.&#. Analysis here.

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