Archive for the ‘Andy’s Presentations’ Category

Nonprofit Social Media Resources: A Menagerie

This week I’m giv­ing a pre­sen­ta­tion on social media to the Dane County Admin­is­tra­tors of Vol­un­teer Ser­vice (DCAVS).

In a 75 minute talk (includ­ing dis­cus­sion) I’ll only be able to scratch the sur­face of this enor­mous topic, so I’m pro­vid­ing them with addi­tional resources to help with later plan­ning and learn­ing. I thought I’d post the resource list here for any­one else who’d find it use­ful.
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Thin Clients in Libraries: A Brief Reflection

“Thin Clients” are inex­pen­sive com­put­ers, throw­backs to the days of com­puter ter­mi­nals. The thin client itself has very lit­tle power, instead con­nect­ing to a pow­er­ful shared server for most of its smarts. In many sit­u­a­tions these com­put­ers can save orga­ni­za­tions money in pur­chas­ing, setup, and maintenance.

I recently devel­oped a brief, 12-minute overview of “dumb” com­puter access devices begin­ning with dumb ter­mi­nals, end­ing with thin clients, and touch­ing on their poten­tial appli­ca­tion in libraries. Read more…

Talking Points: Presentation Principles and Techniques

This week I’m giv­ing a 1-hour pre­sen­ta­tion about… giv­ing pre­sen­ta­tions. It cov­ers prepa­ra­tion, visual aids (Pow­er­Point and oth­er­wise), man­ag­ing your time in the pre­sen­ta­tion, encour­ag­ing par­tic­i­pa­tion, and more. I’ve uploaded the Pow­er­Point and the accom­pa­ny­ing Word hand­out. Read more…