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No Trees Were Harmed in the Making of this Conference

Tech Soup

A green IT travel reduction practice that has been getting more and more adoption lately are virtual conferences. Librarian Tena Hanson recently posted an account of her experience organizing the Iowa Small Library Online Conference on our TechSoup for Libraries site. Tags: GreenTech.

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Charities in the Cloud: Why the Hype Might Not Be Quite Hypey Enough

NTEN

A volunteer in Iowa can enter bills into your accounting system for the 30 days they are available until the next volunteer in Florida takes over. Cloud platforms implement "clicks not code" customization, allowing relatively unskilled users to change existing workflows and adopt new ones on the fly. Just do it.

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Charities in the Cloud: Why the Hype Might Not Be Quite Hypey Enough

NTEN

A volunteer in Iowa can enter bills into your accounting system for the 30 days they are available until the next volunteer in Florida takes over. Cloud platforms implement "clicks not code" customization, allowing relatively unskilled users to change existing workflows and adopt new ones on the fly. Just do it.

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Reflections from the Communications Network Conference: Wisdom of Crowds – Succeeding in Practice?

Forum One

And on the issue of whether foundations will actually accept input from crowds, I think there are areas where the input is needed, and can be highly constructive, making adoption non-controversial. Predictive Markets: The Iowa Electronic Markets uses an online wagering model to accurately predict political elections.