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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

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The camp was organized by Thai Fund Foundation in partnership with Opendream , , Thai Netizen Network , Frontier Foundation and Tactical Technology Collective. We used Google Hangout because they found it was more robust for video, audio, and screen sharing in that remote location. The theme for the training was “ Data, Data.”

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The search for good web conferencing

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

15 per person/minute for audio is very tough to swallow. Even the unlimited plans (which start at $50/month, or possibly discounted) have pricing for audio, which I hadn’ t realized. It was this audio pricing that drove a stake in the heart of my ReadyTalk plan. It does, apparently, do audio via VOIP. It’s $.24

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Community Funded Reporting: Interview with David Cohn of Spot.us

Have Fun - Do Good

is a nonprofit project pioneering “community funded reporting.” is trying to pioneer this concept of community-funded reporting which is the act of distributing the cost of hiring a reporter across a lot of different people. For a while, we were actually funding one story a week and trying to cycle through those.

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Relationships and Engagement Fundraising

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Their hope was to develop a fun way to bring families together - old and young - to have some fun while ultimately raising money and funds for those battling childhood cancers. From Crowd Sourcing to Crowd Funding With A Purpose. Peter Deitz shared an audio clip of the debate "Can Facebook Replace Face-to-Face? Spot Us ???

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Hosting a Virtual Conference: Lessons Learned for 2021

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Sponsors: Sponsors represent integral non-dues revenue and their funds help bring your event to life. Use closed captioning alongside audio elements. This includes: Setting up cameras and microphones in a manner that all video and audio comes through cleanly. Compare your virtual event platform against the WCAG standards.

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

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Last fall, we marched all 350 or so Environmental Defense Fund staff through two days of a social media challenge. We all voted, and the winning team got budget money to fund their social media plan. Kira Marchense is the Online communications director at Environmental Defense Fund. . Why did we do this? How did it go?

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How To Avoid Being Seduced by Web2.0 Hype: The UK NpTech Perspective

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As I sit here avoiding the completion of the rest of the powerpoint slides for next week's Circuit Rider Conference in UK session I'm leading with David Wilcox called " Demystifying Web 2.0 MUST WORK ON PRESENTATION SLIDES. I'm so glad he did because I missed the video and pointer from a post by David Wilcox back in November.

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