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Virtual Teams Tweetchat Recap

Tech Soup

TechSoup, itself a distributed organization with virtual teams , recently held a tweet chat on Virtual Teams to explore these questions. A strong work ethic is an important qualification for the members of a virtual team as remote staff work without being micromanaged. What Tools Are Useful for Collaborating with Virtual Staff?

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Six Power Tips for Great Meetings in Today’s Virtual World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Six Power Tips for Great Meetings in Today’s Virtual World by Beth Kanter and Andrea Kihlstedt. While virtual meetings have their challenges—from the temptation to multi-task to being derailed by technical issues, you can still accomplish things at a good meeting that you can’t when you’re sitting by yourself at your computer.

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The One Secret To Better Virtual Meetings: Empathy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I facilitated a peer learning session for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders and their mentors about healthy and productive meetings. We covered the best practices of meetings , both face-to-face and virtual meetings. First, contact those who will be present through the phone beforehand to discuss how they will participate.

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Video Conferencing Apps: Take Virtual Meetings on the Road

Tech Soup

The app syncs with your phone or tablet's address book as well as your other email or social media accounts so you can easily connect with your colleagues and constituents. Tango (Android, iOS, Windows Phone 7.5) You just need to ensure that they also have Fring installed on their phone. More Resources.

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Cause Camp: From Humble Roots to Must-Attend Conference

NonProfit Hub

The second indication that Cause Camp had a curse happened with an early morning phone call from Haydon. Pivoting before pivoting was made popular by COVID, organizers found a way to bring Haydon to attendees virtually. This was long before Zoom, and Skype was still relatively new. Additionally, he had a cold. Buy tickets here

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#OceanLoveEarl: RIP Earl Kanter, MD – 12/23/21 – 6/23/13

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Later I shared my learning with the neighborhood kids which prompted phone calls to my parents. He was an early adopter of SKYPE. One of my most memorable Skype calls was when I had forgot to turn switch off SKYPE during a presentation to health care nonprofits about social media in 2007.

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Go Green with Video, Audio, and Web Conferencing

Tech Soup

In fact, one of the most significant ways that IT can help the environment is that it enables us to meet with each other online or in "virtual meetings." Meanwhile, virtual meetings just keep getting better and better. So far, the Skype premium mobile phone app allows only group audio calls.

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