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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

to come out of 2008's SXSW Conference was for moderators of panels to use Twitter (or back channel tool) to poll the audience upfront and monitor it in real time. To make this model work, there was another IRC backchannel that streamed audio from the conference and someone did the equivalent of live tweeting. One of the reflections.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you didn't have a chance to participate, you'll find the slides, resource materials, and an archived recording over at the webinar wiki. However, some webinar platforms have a real-time polling feature, the virtual equivalent of asking people to raise their hands if. 2) What's one resource you need to move forward?

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8 Tips for Facilitating Nonprofit Hybrid Meetings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can also use polls and surveys for collecting input from your colleagues in advance, before the meeting, so that everyone has the same opportunity to share their ideas (they may not have it during the meeting). In-person participants will need to bring their own laptops). 6: Give Remote Participants A Seat at the Table.

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Tech Policies for Virtual Teams: A Leader’s Responsibility

Non Profit Quarterly

We have multiple polls. She leads that Idealware team of researchers, presenters, writers, who create technology information resources, and as I said, we’re going to share a resource with all the participants at the end of this webinar, and I’m sure we’ll allude to it. And we have another poll here to start this out.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The number of low-cost or free online resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech for Good 2.0 This resources is always good for a laugh. e-Newsletter [see right column].

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NpTech Tag Summary: Nonprofits Lead Fortune 500 in Social Web Adoption, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to a recent national poll , when price and quality are equal, 77 percent will choose a brand that supports a cause. DaveTV has a campaign to support the One Laptop Per Child effort. Green Laptops One Laptop Per Child give one, get one has been extended to December 30th. Zonbu has announced a laptop version.

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