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Tips for Remote Presenting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I thought we could use the chat back channel but since there was only laptop in the room we needed another system for backchannel communication. z=audience is falling asleep or bored (eyes are closed, they’re checking email or looking out the window). x=audience is skeptical (legs or arms are crossed).

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What's Your Best Advice for Managing Information Overload? Join the Support Group in the Comments

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Yesterday, in preparation for a session I'm doing at BlogHer Boston , I created a quiz for folks to self-assess how much information overload was a factor. " Well, it seems that some people Twitter from the toilet with their cell phones and others, if the Internet connection is good, take their laptops with them too.

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Good Ram Gone Bad On My Dell Desktop: OMG

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I'm presenting and doing a workshop in Romania and then will be flying back to Boston via Miami to present at the Technology Affinity Group (Foundation IT folks) Conference. For catastrophic hardware issues, I have my back up computer - my laptop and I can plug my desktop keyboard, modem, and monitor) and viola I'm up and running.

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My Dad's Blog: First Conversation

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We finally arrived after 8 hours on the road, documented with my treo cameraphone and emailed to flickr. He emailed me a few weeks ago after I pointed him to the Boston Globe article about the power of blogging that featured me and asked me what is a blog.). was also able to set it up on my husband's laptop.

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LinkedIn: The MySpace for Adults

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The articles I've read with hype headlines like "My Space For Grown-Ups" or " LinkedIn or Left Out " describe LinkedIn is as necessary a business tool as a laptop or a cell phone. " I found article via a post from Maura Welch who writes the business filter blog on the Boston Globe site. Well, she did !

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Reflections on the Meyer Memorial Trust Workshop

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I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. I should have thought more about using my laptop and the projector. So, I hope to follow up via email. What worked? What didn't? Then, I match this against participant feedback/evaluations.

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Tech Policies for Virtual Teams: A Leader’s Responsibility

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Oh, and somebody says, “more phishing scams in my email box.” And I said, well, what if somebody wants to watch Netflix on their company laptop? But if it’s eight o’clock in the evening, and I’ve got my organization laptop at home, and I want to watch Netflix, like, who cares, right? And that’s something we’ll touch on as well.

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