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The coolest presentation tool ever - Prezi.com

by Susan Cato on October 5, 2009 · 1 comment

A brilliant co-worker shared this with me. Between using Poll Everywhere and Prezi - my next presentation is sure to be the coolest on the block.
Go check it out: http://www.prezi.com

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Engage your audience with interactive presentations

by Susan Cato on September 11, 2009 · 0 comments

Looking for ways to better engage your audience at your live, in-person events or education sessions? How about polling your audience and discussing the results in real-time during the presentation?
Use Poll Everywhere to engage your audience. Poll Everywhere enables people to answer via text (sms) message, twitter, or the web and can display results real-time [...]

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Best Twitter Tutorial Ever

by Susan Cato on September 10, 2009 · 1 comment

I recently stumbled upon the blog Lowrider Librarian (you gotta love that name) while doing some research about Twitter use within organizations.  In a recent post, Twitter for Organizations, he provides a very simple, clear tutorial about what Twitter is and how to use it.
It is by far the best Twitter explanation I have found. [...]

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Website Design / Usability Feedback on a Budget: Fivesecondtest.com

by Susan Cato on September 1, 2009 · 0 comments

I just came across a nifty site called fivesecondtest.com. The site is primarily for web designers/developers who need feedback and input on overall design and information architecture. According to them it is a  “simple online usability test that helps you identify the most prominent elements of [...]

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VolunteerMatch opens up

by Susan Cato on June 19, 2009 · 2 comments

Volunteermatch.org, by far one of the best “matchmaking” websites online for helping nonprofit organizations find volunteers by matching up user preferences with organizational needs - is opening up its network for public access.
What does this mean? According to Allyson Kapin at FrogLoop, it means that VolunteerMatch will be able to have even greater positive impact [...]

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Feed my Twitter Addiction? Learning from a digital native.

by Susan Cato on June 5, 2009 · 2 comments

This video is hysterical - it’s by Kaleb Nation (aka Twilight guy) - and extremely creative, talented author, musician, blogger and more. He is a digital native.

I shared this because it is VERY entertaining, plus this is a learning opportunity. Here’s why:
He has more that 7500 followers on Twitter
His YouTube channel has just under 30,000 [...]

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Seven Examples of Twitter Innovation

by Susan Cato on June 5, 2009 · 1 comment

Previously Twitter-resistant, I am now a Twitter-convert and continue to be inspired by ways that people and organizations are using Twitter. Please let me know if you have any examples you would like to share and I will link to them!
Seven Examples of Twitter Innovation:

City of San Francisco 311 program
People can send direct messages to [...]

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Be a lifelong learner: 6 great online (and free) resources

by Susan Cato on June 4, 2009 · 1 comment

Last year, I wrote a post on my other blog about “living my best life”, one of the items I listed is being a lifelong learner. There are so many things that I don’t know and that I want to learn, but there is so little time! Fortunately for me, this is the age of [...]

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Creating a social network for your members

by Susan Cato on April 20, 2009 · 2 comments

Now more than ever, association professionals must continuously define ways to deliver a valuable experience for members. Nurturing relationships, facilitating connections, sharing knowledge and ideas - all of these things are great in theory, but how do you really make them work?
Here are a few strategies:

Keep it simple and easy to use - don’t over-complicate [...]

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Site-seeing: Polyvore.com

by scato on August 14, 2008 · 0 comments

For all my friends and colleagues with style - this is the site for you.
Polyvore lets you mix and match images from anywhere on the web, to create outfits, interior designs, or any kind of collage you like. It includes a browser plugin that allows your to grab any image from the web and import/edit [...]

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