Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Julie described the library's community as "economically depressed" and a place where the digital divide is real: most people only access the Internet from their phones. With a tight budget, a small staff, and an obvious need for computers, a technology plan is crucial for the Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

This happens all the time on listservs where people who work on integrating technology into their work participate -- whether it be teachers, librarians, community of practice, online facilitators, nonprofit techies, etc. Allen Gunn from Aspiration, the site's developer, called me on the phone (how retro!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Nonprofit Tech Software + Mobile Phones = Citizen reporting? And a friendly reminder to recycle your old mobile phone if you happened to pick up a Iphone and think about green web host ! Lots of buzz on listservs and twitter about the MacArthur Foundation's $2 Million New Digital Media and Learning Competition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

Speaking of good audio, I raised this question on the video bloggers listserv and David Tames (who took the photo stills in the video) offered some great tricks here. This video also incorporates some cell phone movie footage taken by Michael Marcotte, a news director at a public tv station. " Ah, some more creative possibilities.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. Here are ten practical things you can do, starting tomorrow: 1) Join a list-serve or social media group. Pick one that fits your size and mission, and addresses technology. NTEN and TechSoup list a few. You can also join Interaction or the CIO4Good forums.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2018

So, this week you are going to be a world-class listener, by: Reviewing any surveys or interviews that have bene done in the past; Asking whoever reads the feedback that comes in online what feedback they are seeing; Calling four donors on the phone and asking what they’re thinking about lately; and. Parting Word.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

I'll explain why in a minute) Someone posted the url to a listserv. In my younger years, I could easily remember phone numbers, urls, addresses, people names, or what I ate for lunch. I slapped a list of blogs in my wiki for me. Another person responded It's just another list (that is obsolete as soon as its posted).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

" Does that include cell phones? If we're thinking of Facebook groups (or listservs for that matter) as online communities, what personalities do you see in the communities you are managing? NTEN blog summarizes the discussion thread about wiki software from the listserv on its blog. hard to use ?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2005

Phone calls are expensive and if they're lucky they can exchange email. s why I started a listserv to help people from Cambodia to learn how to do it. I was so surprised to reconnect with an old friend. Why do you think people should vlog? There are many Cambodians who leave Cambodia and they can???t Cross posted on Global s.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

One thing I learned just two weeks ago from a phone call to the TechSmith tech support guy is that the.wmv files from Ready/Talk can be run through microsoft media encoder - so they could be pulled into Camtasia and edited. My first idea was to use Ready/Talk and its screencapture features. I used a hybrid of his approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2007

For the same reason, I love my cordless phone because I find I listen to long phone meetings better when I can walk around and move away from my computer. I posted a question on the educator listserv and there doesn't seem to be one. With a visual, I'm less apt to start doing my email or staring out the window.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So could each of our board members over the course of the year thank 25 people, make five phone calls, write five thank you notes, write five emails. So you recommend people getting involved in making phone calls, writing thank you notes. Because, you know, is it giving them a script for a phone call, or a template?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Phone screen . Screening Candidates. In order to minimize legal liabilities, you should focus on methodically working through this consistent process, treating every candidate equally and carefully, and maintaining appropriate records in regard to information collected and decisions made. Resume screen. Initial in-person interview.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 28, 2008

While I’ve never heard of a museum with such a heavy call volume that they’ve outsourced their front desk to Bangalore, many museums, small and large, suffer at the phones. Many have implemented phone trees that slowly and torturously give visitors every piece of information except the one they want.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2007

But I’m here to tell you that mastering interactive calendars or sending photos on cell phones isn’t rocket science. They can then go online and create a wiki to share documents and lists together, they can also create a listserve and a blog to keep everyone informed of progress and discuss strategy.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. 4) Learn the basic business skills that are essential to success and sanity: - communication (timely, clear, complete, appropriate method: sometimes a phone call, sometimes an email, sometimes a memo, sometimes a meeting.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Is it phone, e-mail? If they have a phone number, I would call. And in terms of the general information that you should gather, and this could be then built into your grants calendar, general information, and including contact information, it’s very, very critical to have that and how they like to be contacted.

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