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RIP Google Reader: Don’t Scream Who Moved My Cheese, Pivot Your Reading

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This past week, Google announced that it would close Google Reader on July 1st. Nonprofit technology colleague Nancy Schwartz shared that link and it prompted a lot of angst for many who had grown dependent on this free software. ” moment. I tend to do this one or two times a year.

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Google +: The Trade Off Between Privacy Needs, Community, and Social Context

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On Friday, I tripped down the rabbit hole of Google + field test with many other social media early adopters and nonprofit technology (#nptech folks) who were kicking the tires. Google + is Google’s new social sharing platform. Source: Mary Joyce, Digital Activism Workshop - E-Mediat Project.

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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

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” Unfortunately, I could make it to Thailand, so I presented and lead a discussion remotely using Google Hangouts from California. We used Google Hangout because they found it was more robust for video, audio, and screen sharing in that remote location. The Google Hangout was projected on the screen.

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Google Apps Book Giveaway

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And, if I had to support other people or was teaching a workshop on Google Apps, I'd sure want to have a book for the reference. The book gives you the basic how-to's for Google's Productivity Suite (docs, spreadsheets, slide shows, gmail, google talk, and calendar). It also covers Igoogle and google apps.

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Reflections from #MFOM14: Email Marketing, Fundraising, and Visual Communications

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At #MFOM14, I participated as a speaker, leading one workshop, Email Marketing to Support Year-Round Online Fundraising , and as a panelist for the session, Visual Communication: Create pictures, videos, and presentations quickly, easily, and affordably. We also asked the audience what tools they would recommend through Poll Everywhere.

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Reflections from 12NTC Panel on Data Visualization

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Last week I participate on a panel on “ Data Visualization for Nonprofits: A Picture Is Better Than A 1,000 Words ” with Johanna Morariu from Innonet and Brian Kennedy of ChildrenNow. The day of the panel, I published a blog post that shared our slides, wiki, and resources. Our session is here.

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Does Your Organizational Already Have a Policy for Professional Conduct?

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As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’ve had the honor to facilitate training workshops at grantee’s conference. I just returned from doing Networked Nonprofit and Social Media workshops at the National Summer Learning Association’s Conference in Indianapolis.

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