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Conferencing Virtually with Libraries in Iowa

Tech Soup

It was such a success that in January of 2009, they hosted the second Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference (ISLOC): a conference that librarians and trustees from even the smallest libraries could attend without ever leaving their home or office.

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No Trees Were Harmed in the Making of this Conference

Tech Soup

Librarian Tena Hanson recently posted an account of her experience organizing the Iowa Small Library Online Conference on our TechSoup for Libraries site. Tags: GreenTech. It's a relatively new medium, so reviews on them are mixed, for instance Judith Hurwitz's " What's the future of the virtual conference?

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Use Online Surveys to Schedule Meetings and Poll Your Constituents

Tech Soup

Tena is the Director of the Milford Public Library in Iowa and she uses Doodle to schedule her meetings remotely. Tags: Green Office GreenTech GreenTips. Trying to pull a group of people together for a meeting, but they are spread out all over town, or the state or even the world?

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Around the TechSoup Global Blogosphere, April 17-23

Tech Soup

Conferencing Virtually : The Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference. Tags: Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 From the TechSoup Community: TeleGreen Your Work Campaign (Week One). EcoCommons launched this week in Second Life. Article: Go Green with Virtual Meetings and Web Conferencing. Ten Tips to TeleGreen Your Work. TechSoup Blog.

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Staying in Touch with Staff and Colleagues, Virtually

Tech Soup

In a post yesterday on our MaintainIT blog , Tena Hanson, the Director of the Milford Public Library in Milford, Iowa discussed how she and her peers used these tools in the face of decreased travel budgets and increased need for collaboration with libraries across the state. Tools Web 2.0

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Reflections from the Communications Network Conference: Wisdom of Crowds – Succeeding in Practice?

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Predictive Markets: The Iowa Electronic Markets uses an online wagering model to accurately predict political elections. " Tags: Influence Collaboration Communication. Use blogs and interactive features to collect input on research and writing in-progress. Use competitions and contests to generate new ideas from new audiences.

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Guest Post by Allison Fine: The Unthinkable Power of Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Let’s flip it over to a more positive place; after all, a black man is president and gay people can get married in Iowa! Tags: conversation guest blogging. But, too often, we think of the unthinkable in only tragic terms; as people or industries dying. What if we thought the unthinkable about the Supreme Court.