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Nonprofit Webinars recently offered a free webinar entitled “Bootstrapping Your Social Media Engagement, “ which was hosted by Debra Askanse.  I’ve attended NTEN conference seminars that she has presented, so I immediately signed up for this webinar when I saw that she was the host.  She’s has a wealth of social media knowledge, and she’s always willing to answer everyone’s questions.

 Kiss your paper sign-up lists and your endless email strings goodbye!  I’m sure your nonprofit has a sign up list of some kind, and I’ve found a tool to help you organize and follow through with those lovely lists!

After attending a fabulous MeetingsFocus webinar on “The Latest Tech Tools,” I couldn’t wait to check out all links that they provided. Jim Spellos, a MS Office Specialist and New York University Professor, was the presenter. If you don’t read any further, please do yourself a favor and follow him on Twitter @jspellos.

 At NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in mid-March, as usual I came across a few great finds. In this posting, I talk about Tree Saver, Volunteer Rally, Zerista, and using Google Docs for post-conference note exchanges.

 What are your plans on St. Patrick’s Day?  If you’re in the DC area, I hope you can help us out.
John and I looking forward to volunteering through NTC’s Day of Service at the WildTech CCNV 1st Annual eCycle DC!

New smart phone apps are constantly being released. Recommending apps to your event attendees is a great way to enhance their conference experience, and it’s another way for you and your staff to increase your level of customer service. Recently I’ve been writing smart phone app articles for Meeting Planners International of Greater New York's Metroline publication. I’d like to share my findings with you, and I think you’ll discover that they’ll help you become more efficient and greener.

I recently had the opportunity to work with Phil Shapiro on a book review for PC World.  We discussed OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet Macro Programming by Dr. Mark Alexander Bain.  The book covers OpenOffice.org's Calc spreadsheet and its macro programming environment. You can listen to our discussion on YouTube. A transcript of our discussion is posted here.

Live broadcasting couldn’t be any easier than it is with Vpype.  “Tell you story to the world,” is Vpye’s slogan, and isn’t that what every expert advises non profits to do when they are communicating with their constituents through social media?  Video brings your story to life.  Personal stories have an immense impact on others.

So you get an email message that looks really, really legitimate. There are no typos, the subject matter could easily apply to you or your organization. You check the domain name of the sender's email address and it is a legitimate organization. Do you go ahead and open the attached Word document?  No!  Instead, forward the message to VirusTotal, a free scannign service.