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Tips To Make Online Meetings Less Exhausting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you want to look better on camera, you can raise the level of the laptop or use a light close to you! Here is a list of resources for nonprofits to get better at online meetings: Virtual Meetings: General Tips. It’s Time for Next Generation Virtual Collaboration by Civicist – tips for online collaboration.

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Turning Waste into Beautiful Art

Tech Soup

In the United States, we generated over 251 million tons of trash in 2006, the most recent year recorded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Betsy Dassau, C3's founder and executive director, believes in the power of art. As Betsy says, "One of the things we say about art is that it's a universal language.

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The Year in Review: The Best Tech Stories of 2015

Byte Technology

Depending on the amount of pressure you put down on the screen, a host of options are at your disposal, including link previewing, a quick jump to your contact list and “live” photo taking that transforms boring old shots into works of art. Microsoft Takes Over the Laptop/Tablet Hybrid Scene. Google Keeps Intriguing Us.

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What’s in your data management plan?

3rd Sector Labs

Yes, we need to practice the art of data cleaning … or cleansing … or hygiene … pick a term. Side note: Did you know that your laptop contains far more storage and processor capacity than the Apollo 11 computer systems that landed the first man on the moon? Proactively managing your data will generate benefits quickly.

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Bridging Offline/Online: Tweetups

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The benefits of hosting a Tweetup include deeper relationships, lead generation, or more exposure. It can be a good way to meet your Twitter followers or identify who in your existing audience is using Twitter. If you have a projector and laptop available, you may want to stream the Twitter Feed during the event. Be creative.

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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I used the “Fishbowl” technique for an exercise to help participants experience what it is like to brainstorm ideas for an integrated content strategy. Four participants sit in the center and use sticky notes and a strategy template to generate ideas for content for different channels. The Importance of Energizers Throughout.

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ArtsLabSF: Reflections About Social Learning With Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He welcomed me to the Bay Area and asked if I would be interested in doing some trainings for the local arts community. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. When they are lined up by comfort level, I have been doing a quick poll to see where generations appear along the line.