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Welcome to the LSNTAP/PBN Community Training Series webinar Back to School with 50 Tech Tips! If you joined the training via telephone, please click on the telephone symbol and select “Call by phone” and follow the instructions. If you joined with a microphone and headset or speakers (VoIP), please click on the telephone symbol and select “Call via the internet” We will start promptly at the hour.

Back to School with 50 Tech Tips

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A perennial favorite, join us as we present 50 new technology tips! From new tools to new hacks, start the school season off right with this fast-paced session. Pulling from a broad range of presenters -- from technologists, website administrators, attorneys, to tips from the community -- the hour will fly by! Panelists: Talley Wells, Disability Integration Project Director, Atlanta Legal Aid Society Tony Lu, Citizenship Works Project Coordinator, Pro Bono Net Kim Marshall, Content Developer and Project Manager, Arkansas Legal Services Partnership Jessie Posilkin, Training and Implementation Specialist, Legal Services Corporation Moderator: Xander Karsten, LawHelp Program Coordinator, Pro Bono Net

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Welcome to the LSNTAP/PBN Community Training Series webinarBack to School with 50 Tech Tips!

If you joined the training via telephone, please click on the telephone symbol and select “Call by phone” and follow the instructions.

If you joined with a microphone and headset or speakers (VoIP), please click on the telephone symbol and select “Call via the internet”

We will start promptly at the hour.

 

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A few logistics before we start…

If you joined the training via telephone, please click on the telephone symbol and select “Call by phone” and follow the instructions.

If you joined with a microphone and headset or speakers (VoIP), please click on the telephone symbol and select “Call via the internet”

Ask a question or tell us something in the Comment box.

PLEASE PLACE YOURSELF ON MUTE.

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LSNTAP is recording this training and will post it to their SlideShare account for the LSNTAP and SWEB websites.

Registered attendees will receive an email with a link to this information once it has been posted.

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Back to School with 50 Tech Tips

September 10, 2014

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Our panel todayKim MarshallContent Developer and Project Manager, Arkansas Legal Services PartnershipTalley WellsDisability Integration Project Director, Atlanta Legal AidTony Lu Citizenship Works Project Coordinator, Immigration Advocates NetworkJessie Posilkin Training and Implementation Specialist, Legal Services Corporation

Xander Karsten (Moderator)LawHelp Program Coordinator, Pro Bono Net

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Share YOUR Tips!!!

Use the chat box to share out your own tech tips as they occur to you. We’ll share some or all of them in between presenters.

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Kim’s Tips

Kim MarshallContent Developer & Project ManagerArkansas Legal Services Partnership

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www.spritzinc.com

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www.readsy.co

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No More Distractions

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.org

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www.ottobib.comwww.easybib.com

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www.duolingo.comor download the app

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Presentations? Graphics?wordmark.it

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The word. You know, the …

• Onelook.com/reversedictionary• Chir.ag/projects/tip-of-my-tongue

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Microsoft Word Alternatives

• Google Drive• Kingsoft Office• Libre Office• Open Office• Neo Office (for

Mac)

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www.myfridgefood.com

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More Tips

Picture of raised hands in a diverse classroom by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org

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More Productivity

coffitivity.com

From Michael Hyatt http://michaelhyatt.com

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Email Hacks

Outlook• Copy and Paste Attachments from one email to another• Show a second time zone: Options – Calendar – Time zones

Gmail• Boomeranggmail.com : Schedule emails and reminders

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10 Tips for a Website LaunchBy a non-techie

Talley WellsAtlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.

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Map it out!Early and Often

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Site Checklists

Hero Shots/PicturesGraphicsResponsive designColor SchemesAccessibilityEmbedding VideosLayoutEtc.

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Learn enough to be dangerous.

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HAVE A PHOTO PARTY

TO GET GREAT PICTURES

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Plan out Accessibility from the Start

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Target Your Audience

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Build Partnerships for Content & Promoting

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Accessibility AuditBefore/After Launch

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Time Launch with Event, Anniversary, or . . .

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KEEP IT FRESH

• Remember to plan/schedule to edit and refresh it.• Sell it!• Respond to audience interest/needs.• Social media.• Get assistance through volunteers and staff to keep it going.

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More Tips

Picture of raised hands in a diverse classroom by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org

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How will my site look?

Mobile Phone Simulatorsiphone5csimulator.com & mobilephoneemulator.com

Wireframe it on moqups.com

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Tony Lu

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Trello• Collaborative Project Management

• Cards can be dragged between lists

• Each card can have comments, due dates, files, etc.

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Aero Snap/Better Snap Tool

• Easy way to quickly arrange multiple windows

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Mindmapping Tools

• Mindmeister, coggle (webapps)• Mindnode (Mac, iOS)• Mindjet (Windows, Mac, iOS)

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Mindmapping (continued)

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Background Noise Apps/Sites

• Noisli• Simply Noise

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Plain-language Calendaring

• Type: “Dinner with Brian next Thursday at 7pm.”• App creates an event in your calendar, without fussing with

fields and dropdowns.• Sunrise Calendar (web, Android, iOS)• Fantastical (Mac, iOS)

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Google Authenticator

• Two-factor (or “two-step”) authentication for LOTS of services• Google Apps• Facebook• Dropbox• Drupal• Evernote• Lastpass• Bitcoin• Wordpress• Tumblr

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thewirecutter.com

• Trustworthy gadget reviews

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Instapaper/Pocket

• Clip content from your browser (desktop or mobile)• Service will scrape the text and reformat it for readibility. • (Pocket can handle video).• Can read it on site later, or sync it to a mobile device for offline

reading.

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Chromecast

• Small• Cheap• Can “cast”:

• Netflix• YouTube• Pandora• Chrome• Hulu• HBO Go• Lots more…

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Mobile Phone Battery Monitor

• “Normal” (iOS app)• Identify power “hogs”• Tips on settings to

conserve power• Several similar apps

available for Android

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More Tips

Picture of raised hands in a diverse classroom by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org

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Social Media

Writing Prompts from nonprofitmarketingguide.com

Hootsuite Syndicator

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Jessie’s Tech TipsThese are not endorsements or recommendations, YMMV, don’t blame me.

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Learn more about Data.

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School of Datahttp://schoolofdata.org

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With Puppies.

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SQL (Structured Query Language) Schoolhttp://sqlschool.modeanalytics.com/

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Every tutorial this analyst created. (Yes. Really.)

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Teach More.

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Too broke for ScreenSteps? ClarifyIt!

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Setup Easy Plugins

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Can’t code, but want to scrape information from the web?

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Awesome Screenshot

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Security Basics

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Lastpass (or Dashlane. Or…)

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More Tips

Picture of raised hands in a diverse classroom by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org

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Relax with stopbreathethink.org

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Thank you to our panel!Kim MarshallContent Developer and Project Manager, Arkansas Legal Services PartnershipTalley WellsDisability Integration Project Director, Atlanta Legal AidTony Lu Citizenship Works Project Coordinator, Immigration Advocates NetworkJessie Posilkin Training and Implementation Specialist, Legal Services Corporation

Xander Karsten (Moderator)LawHelp Program Coordinator, Pro Bono Net

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THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY!

Be sure to check out www.lsntap.org for information regarding the next LSTNAP Community

Training!

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Contact InformationBrian Rowe ([email protected]) or via chat on www.lsntap.org

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