SPRING 2009 Presentations
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Business, Education & Non-Profit In Virtual Worlds There are over 250 Virtual Worlds where people go to play, collaborate, network, and even work. Virtual Worlds create a place where people with disabilities can experience a quality of life and things they would not be able to do in physical life. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1250805 |
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Cloud Computing Cloud computing is a big buzz word these days in the computer world. It promises to lower IT costs and offer practically unlimited expansion, all on an on-demand pay-as-you-go basis. So what does cloud computing really mean, and how can a business, regardless of its size, take advantage of this new capability? Robert Dempsey will cut through all of the buzz by telling you what exactly cloud computing is, what's available, what are the pros and cons, and how much you can really expect to save.
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Doterati & its Florida initiative Before we twittered, we talked. Before there was facebook, there was face-to-face. Before we had Internet connection, we had plain connection. Now we have doterati. |
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Drupal Michael will describe and demonstrate Drupal, a new and exciting way to create web sites. |
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Editing & Storing Photos on line for Free The program will cover Photoshop.com, the complete solution for managing, editing, storing, and sharing your photos online. |
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How to Increase Membership, Interest and Speakers in your User Group This presentation will discuss proven techniques that have been successfully used by FACUG and APCUG member groups to increase membership, interest and speakers in their User Groups. |
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Live Meeting What it is and how to use it. |
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Print Verses On-line Newsletters In todays digital culture, it is imperative that information be delivered to your users online. Many newsletters get lost in the mix due to ineffective messaging and boring content. Jeremy Hilton will explain email best practices and strategies and put you on the road to creating effective email newsletters and will show how to use metrics the improve them. |
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Remote Presentations Don Singleton will show how to do a Remote Presentation. |
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Smart Computing Smart Computing's On Line Computer Tech Support: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1250414
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Social Media : Creating better Communications within your Group Everyone agrees that facebook and MySpace are great social platforms to connecting to our personal "communities" - but how does social media create a ROI for your organization? Most companies today focus on lead generation and increased revenue as the driving force behind their social media "campaigns" but fail miserably in recognizing the benefits to the most vital link in any organization - communication.
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Social Networking for Computer User Groups Remember the good old days of Bulletin Board Systems (BBS's)? Mike thinks computer user groups have gotten away from the interactive communication that they provided when we all went to web sites with little or no interactive content. |
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The Un-Conference Trend BarCamp, PodCamp, WordCamp, Un-Summit. http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1252262 |
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Twitter - A Tool Your Club May Find Useful This presentation will define what Twitter is, what it does, and the options available for using other devices to keep in touch with your followers. Once a common understanding is established, I will describe how Twitter can be used by your computer user group.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1256773 |
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Wikis, Google 411, and magicJack A Wiki is a web page that can be edited by its creator, and also by visitors. Wikis may be used as an excellent group planning tool. They are easy to create and edit. |
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