Back to School with 50 Tech Tips

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Back to School with 50 Tech Tips

September 10, 2014

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

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.

Kim’s Tips

Kim MarshallContent Developer & Project ManagerArkansas Legal Services Partnership

www.spritzinc.com

www.readsy.co

No More Distractions

.org

www.ottobib.comwww.easybib.com

www.duolingo.comor download the app

Presentations? Graphics?wordmark.it

The word. You know, the …

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

Microsoft Word Alternatives

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

Mac)

www.myfridgefood.com

More Tips

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

More Productivity

coffitivity.com

From Michael Hyatt http://michaelhyatt.com

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

10 Tips for a Website LaunchBy a non-techie

Talley WellsAtlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.

Map it out!Early and Often

Site Checklists

Hero Shots/PicturesGraphicsResponsive designColor SchemesAccessibilityEmbedding VideosLayoutEtc.

Learn enough to be dangerous.

HAVE A PHOTO PARTY

TO GET GREAT PICTURES

Plan out Accessibility from the Start

Target Your Audience

Build Partnerships for Content & Promoting

Accessibility AuditBefore/After Launch

Time Launch with Event, Anniversary, or . . .

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.

More Tips

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

How will my site look?

Mobile Phone Simulatorsiphone5csimulator.com & mobilephoneemulator.com

Wireframe it on moqups.com

Tony Lu

Trello• Collaborative Project Management

• Cards can be dragged between lists

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

Aero Snap/Better Snap Tool

• Easy way to quickly arrange multiple windows

Mindmapping Tools

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

Mindmapping (continued)

Background Noise Apps/Sites

• Noisli• Simply Noise

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)

Google Authenticator

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

thewirecutter.com

• Trustworthy gadget reviews

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.

Chromecast

• Small• Cheap• Can “cast”:

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

Mobile Phone Battery Monitor

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

conserve power• Several similar apps

available for Android

More Tips

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

Social Media

Writing Prompts from nonprofitmarketingguide.com

Hootsuite Syndicator

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

Learn more about Data.

School of Datahttp://schoolofdata.org

With Puppies.

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

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

Teach More.

Too broke for ScreenSteps? ClarifyIt!

Setup Easy Plugins

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

Awesome Screenshot

Security Basics

Lastpass (or Dashlane. Or…)

More Tips

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

Relax with stopbreathethink.org

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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Training!

Contact InformationBrian Rowe (brianr@nwjustice.org) or via chat on www.lsntap.org

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