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Tips for Remote Presenting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There were some terrific questions and discussion. I’ve included some resources along with the slides here. The down side is the potential for technology glitches and, of course, not being in the room to catch the audience vibe. We got around those challenges quite well. Avoiding Technology and Presentation Fail.

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NetSquared Local Events: June 6–7, 2013

Tech Soup

NetSquared Local members meet monthly in 50 cities around the world with the goal of helping each other solve their tech challenges and finding a tribe of people who shares our passions. Chad Leaman of Vancouver’s Net Tuesday challenged us to become “Geeks for Good” at his local PechaKucha. Bored this weekend?

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Tools to Tell Your Digital Story Available Through TechSoup

Tech Soup

The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge is back and there are some great prizes in store for organizations with the most creative, compelling, and entertaining stories. PowerPoint 2013 can be used to create image slides and animations like nonprofit Trickle Up did.

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Hosting a Virtual Conference: Lessons Learned for 2021

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Use closed captioning alongside audio elements. In 2020, many associations pivoted to virtual events in a hasty attempt to keep their conferences on the schedule despite the safety challenges posed by the pandemic. They can navigate the platform, discover any bugs and challenging points, and prepare accordingly before the live event.

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Guest Post by Kira Marchenese: What Happened When We Introduced 350 Staff to Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The big challenge with training is the challenge of transfer - after people go through a training - do they actually put the knowledge and skills into practice? Last fall, we marched all 350 or so Environmental Defense Fund staff through two days of a social media challenge. Biggest challenge now: How to find the time?

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The New Culture of Storytelling

Forum One

My presentation in particular addressed the challenge of incorporating story telling into an organization's everyday behavior and addressed the fact that the act of collecting and sharing success stories does not happen in a vacuum. My presentation slides are below. And, why not? The New Culture of Storytelling.

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Podcasting 101 Live Blogging from Boston Podcamp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

His slides will be posted on the Podcamp wiki -- so look for them. 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. Adjust the audio signal and keeps the quality high. Biggest challenge is bandwidth.

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