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The One Secret To Better Virtual Meetings: Empathy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They would also make sure that the camera on the video conferencing system is moved around so the remote person can see the person who is talking. His or her role will be to connect the people on the phone or online via a computer with the people in the room, making sure they get called on and acknowledged throughout the meeting.

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Choosing Between a Notebook and a Tablet

Tech Soup

Apple recently released its iPad 2, which boasts front- and back-facing cameras and is more lightweight than its predecessor. Other companies like Research in Motion and Samsung also make tablet devices based on a similar concept but with a different operating system than Apple's.

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Opening Session at NASSCOM and Social Innovation Winners

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was lucky enough to have a front row seat in the reserved section with laptop and digital camera in hand to cover the opening ceremonies on Twitter. . On the process side, they look for projects that incorporate a systems based transfer of knowledge across public, private, and nonprofit sectors.

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What Will Happen When PCs and Mobile Phones Converge?

Tech Soup

He observes that smartphones have already effectively converged with digital cameras, GPS navigators, and MP3 players, making the ownership of those separate devices superfluous for most casual users of them. Such a convergence will have powerful implications for the speed that cloud computing will overtake all of us in developed countries.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

I think, not only in terms of digital literacy…but some people don’t have laptops with cameras, or they only kind of know how to use their smartphone, or maybe they don’t have access to the physical hardware at all to do some of this stuff.

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Nonprofit Technology News for January 2014

Tech Soup

In the same vein, Withings introduced Aura , a smart sleep system that you put under your mattress. The startup Goji also introduced a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capable door lock with a camera. 3D Systems is offering the ChefJet 3D Printer. It was by most accounts a good show with lots of weird stuff on display. The thing costs $200.

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8 Tips for Facilitating Nonprofit Hybrid Meetings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Within a room where people are connecting together, those who control the mouse or keyboard, are on camera, and/or are closer to the microphone have an advantage. It can be as simple as remembering to change the camera angle so the remote participants can see the whiteboard or post-it notes.