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The search for good web conferencing, take 2

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

WebHuddle is free, and open source. But interestingly, Yugma is now integrated with Skype, which totally changes the whole audio on a separate channel issue. It does mean that everyone who is involved in a webinar needs to install Skype – but that seems to be a minor issue, to my mind. That would be the holy grail.

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Favorite Free Software

Robert Weiner

Google Talk — An alternative to Skype, but only for 1 to 1 calls: [link]. Skype — Free VOIP calls, conference calls, and video calls: [link]. PHP and MySQL -– Really good open source code for building dynamic web sites: [link] and [link]. Glary Utilities — Another Windows registry cleaner: [link].

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Satellite Internet gets the boot

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I can Skype again (once I figure out how to use my USB headset on Linux.) Unfortunately, it is the apparently increasingly dastardly Comcast, but it is so way much better than satellite by Hughesnet , that I can’t really find it in myself to complain. I have to admit to being a very happy camper. { Be Helpful.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. "Similar to their corporate counterparts, nonprofits are discovering that they can increase their effectiveness while maintaining lower operating costs by utilizing Web-based and open source tools. What Is Web 2.0? Citizen journalism.

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Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Check my Skype status. Those windows are already open, and I use them everyday. All this so a bunch of people can tell each other what they are doing. And, I’m sorry, but “ Insert_web.20_new_thing 20_new_thing to change the world!&# just doesn’t cut it for me. Wanna know what I’m doing? Be Helpful.

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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website. With a distributed global staff, we depend on things like Skype video chat to reduce travel. With a distributed global staff, we depend on things like Skype video chat to reduce travel. We have weekly global Skype video calls for various teams.

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NpTechTag Summary: NpTech Events, Twitters, and Green Web Hosting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Twitter and Facebook, but with Skype Out, Email Rules A few nptech bloggers are experimenting with Twitter and seeing some of the benefits. At first NpTechers sort of enjoyed the recent skype outtage saying there were far less distractions and for others a reminder that email still rules. million users. and Katya A.

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