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Tips for Remote Presenting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I talked about the change in workstyle that is needed before codifying a social culture through a social media policy. We had a very reliable Internet connection. 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.

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6 Website Elements to Include to Drive Year-Round Donations

Greater Giving

Make the language of these buttons and phrases inspiring and specific. Lastly, you must ensure that viewing your nonprofit’s website is an equally enjoyable experience for smartphone users and laptop/desktop users alike. For instance, instead of “Donate Here,” you can say “Give $5 Now to Support Our Cause” or “Join the Fight.”

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7 Reasons Nonprofits Need iPads

Forum One

The device's hardware includes components not currently found in a traditional desktop computer or laptop. Showing a lawmaker a photo slideshow, short video, animation, or visualization will feel more natural on a panel than on a laptop. It's promised battery life is ten hours -- longer than any laptop to date.

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Collecting Data in Low Resource Areas: How to Get Started

NTEN

Telephone, and internet, and electricity, and fuel are spotty. They include things like: Access/FileMaker databases on desktops or laptops. Sometimes the problem is cultural. People can fear or mistrust or envy someone walking around with a laptop or a PDA. There is no real infrastructure. Mobile phones. Wikis/Blogs.

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E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. Workshop Handouts work in Arabic and French.

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This makes me more comfortable for me to open my laptop and take notes. Eugene Eric Kim is an expert in online culture and collaboration, particularly with new tools. These are particularly important for International Networks made of people speaking different languages and having different cultural norms. (1)

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

But last year, over Thanksgiving, I sat next to a man who was working on his laptop (not an activity that invites conversation), creating a presentation on elementary education and technology. A former superintendent of such a district, he explained the basic premise to me: each student, from kindergarten on, has a personal laptop.