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Training on your new database

Robert Weiner

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.

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All You Need To Know About Virtual Conferences

AccelEvents

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.

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September Wrap-Up Community Builder Chat: Online, Offline, and Migration

Amy Sample Ward

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). Time : 4 pm EST (1 hour).

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Information Island Grand Opening Celebration: Jeff Barr, Amazon Presentation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last night, I dropped into the lecture/presentation by Jeff Barr, Amazon Technology Evangelist, in the open-air auditorium on Information Island. There were about 50 people there. I heard about his first presentation Second Life and read the transcript - so I was familiar with the content. Got that?)

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TechSoup Global Goes to Congress (Again)

Tech Soup

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.

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VolCom Groups in UK and Web20 - Research notes for presentation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" 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.

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TechSoup Global: A Tale of Two Dramatically Different Networks and Their Development

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The presentation is here. As Marnie Webb put it, to participate in this network, you simply has to raise your hand and be willing to meet people in a bar to talk about social media and social change. The presentation is here. They had vastly different ways in which they approached partnering. Hands-off approach.

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