Archive for the ‘IMHO’ Category

My Cloud

July 15th, 2011 No Comments

If you’re unfamiliar with the idea of “working from the clouds” or being “in the clouds” with regard to the use of technology, you may want to review my post on “Understanding the Clouds” before reading the rest of this post. I regularly read various blogs such as Tech Crunch and Lifehacker in an effort [...]

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WordPress P2 Theme to Capture Backchannel

May 11th, 2010 2 Comments

My most recent postings have been in reference to an event in which I describe how I captured the backchannel from a “low tech” audience by using a team of iReporters. While the preparation of this iReporting team was important, the technology supporting their work  was as well. Using WordPress and the P2 theme, I was able to create [...]

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Keep Barriers Low: Key to Capturing Backchannel

May 7th, 2010 1 Comment

In a prior posting “Capturing the Backchannel From Non-Techies,” I described how I was able to capture the backchannel of an early childhood event that consisted of a less than tech savvy crowd. In short, I assembled a team of volunteer iReporters who were responsible for sharing their personal aha moments and learnings, while also reporting [...]

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Capturing the Backchannel From Non-Techies

April 29th, 2010 6 Comments

For those of us working in the tech field, or in fields of work that typically include a more tech savvy crowd, capturing the “backchannel” of an event is not that difficult. Usually event organizers will select an event tag for its participants to use, and then market the fact that they want participants to [...]

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What’s a Tag?

April 23rd, 2010 No Comments

  Recently I was asked to explain what a tag is and how it works to a group of people that would be tweeting and writing articles for a blog. The following is my explanation:   To understand a tag you have to first understand what gets tagged. Typically, “posts” are tagged. Posts can be [...]

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FREE Software Training from Lynda.Com

March 25th, 2010 No Comments

I like to share free quality resources, but sometimes free isn’t always the best option. In my opinion the best online training resource and bang for your buck is Lynda.com, which offers a wide variety of affordable software trainings. BUT, because this is a site about free resources I do have something free to share [...]

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Social Bookmarking vs. Use of Handouts

March 16th, 2010 2 Comments

So often at events/trainings we find ourselves passing out prized resource lists, which often contain references to websites. In and of itself this approach is not wrong, in fact its ok. But what if there were a way for you to share your website resources  that would prove beneficial to you and your audience beyond [...]

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It’s Time to Check Your Email Daily

October 12th, 2009 2 Comments

Email isn’t dead yet, so no excuses! It’s time to check your email. Whether you work for a professional organization, or yourself, you need to be checking your email daily. It’s 2009 and it’s time to embrace this technology that was used regularly in the 90’s and still is used today. It’s fine if you [...]

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Why YOU Should Be Using Gmail

August 21st, 2009 No Comments

If you have multiple email accounts and/or you are checking your email from different computers, you should seriously consider switching to using Gmail as your email client instead of relying upon something like Outlook or your email’s webmail offering. Benefits of Using Gmail Gmail is FREE and allows you to funnel in all of your [...]

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Maintaining Your Website Portfolio

May 11th, 2009 No Comments

Naturally each time you create or re-design a website, you add it to your portfolio page. I mean why wouldn’t you? You just spent all that time coming up with a perfect design, and validating your web pages. Of course you should post that badge of honor on your portfolio page, but do proceed with [...]

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