The document provides an overview of a technology showcase that introduces attendees to assessing technology needs, using online tools and social media, and how non-profits can engage with web 2.0 technologies. It discusses how to evaluate goals and audiences, common online tools, types of social media like blogs, wikis and social networks, tips for using new technologies, and challenges attendees to try one technology and provide feedback.

1. Technology Showcase Andrea Snyder Enoch Pratt Free Library

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4. Overview: Introductions Technology assessment & planning Online tools Social media & emerging technologies Now what?

5. Introductions

6. What we just did Social Networking – IRL (In Real Life) Tagging – of sorts Met some people we didn’t know Had fun!

7. Technology Planning & Assessment

8. Questions to Ask What’s your goal of using social media? Who are your users? Who are your donors? Do you know where they are online? How can you reach them? What is the best approach for your organization? Others?

9. Activity: Benefits of technology Barriers to technology

11. How does your organization utilize technology?

12. Online Tools Website E-newsletter Online giving Networkforgood.org Paypal Facebook causes

13. Web 2.0 / Social Media What the heck is it and what does it mean for me?

14. 1.0 vs 2.0

16. Have you used Web 2.0?

17. Ways to use 2.0 Communication Collaboration Multi-Media Reviews / Opinions Entertainment

18. People are talking about you. Do you know what they are saying & Are you talking back to them?

19. “ Ego” Searches Google Alerts, Twitter Search,Technorati Blogs Social Networks Facebook, MySpace, Ning, LinkedIn Micro-blogging Twitter

20. Collaboration Wiki Wikipedia, wetpaint, PBWiki Social Bookmarking Delicious, Stumble Upon Google Docs Google Reader can share feeds w/friends Opinion site Yelp, epinions

21. Multi-Media Video Sharing YouTube, edutube Photo Sharing Flickr, photobucket, Zooomr Livecasting Ustream.tv, skype Music Sharing Last.fm

22. Tips Have fun!!!! Experiment It’s ok to fail – learn from it Check out 23 Things Don’t set up an account, do nothing and expect it to be a success

23. Activity: How can your organization use Web 2.0 technologies. How can you use them?

24. My Challenge to You Choose one technology and try it out. Call, E-mail or tweet me and let me know how it went. [email_address] (410)396-5320 Twitter: Grants_pratt

25. Links: http://delicious.com/epflslrc_grc/web2.0 Presentation Slides: http://tinyurl.com/czxrjn

26. Andrea Snyder Grants Collection Enoch Pratt Free Library [email_address] (410)396-5320

27. Sites to show Pratt’s facebook Pratt’s myspace Grants delicious Maryland Helping nonprofits ning Flickr My linkedin Twitter search Google alerts Google reader – how to share, mark You Tube