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**Annual Meeting**
October 10-12, 2007 media type="custom" key="241561"

Web 2.0 Definition: Using the Internet to instantly collaborate, share information, and have a conversation with people about ideas we care about.

 * Resources**

[|The Machine is Us/ing Us] by Michael Wesch A music video that explains Web2.0 in less than 5 minutes and quickly became one of the [|most popular videos] in the blogosphere with more than 70,000 views on YouTube. He leads the [|digital ethnography group] at Kansas State University.

[|What is Web2.0?] by Tim O'Reilly The first and most influential concept paper on Web2.0. September, 2005

[|Weblogged-Ed - The Read/Write Classroom] by Will Richardson Covers the use of Web2.0 in education.

TechSoup's [|Complete Collection of Web2.0 for Nonprofits] Articles


 * Adoption Issues**


 * Project 1: Find People and Listen**

Technorati lets you find other bloggers and conversations about topics that you are interested in.
 * How To Use Technorati**

-Use search box -Find blog posts, blogs, video, and photos w/keywords -Explain authority
 * Screencast**: [|How To Search Technorati]

[|How To Search Technorati] [|23 Things: Not So Technical With Technorati]

Technorati Watchlist (screencast) This is an easy way to have Technorati search blogs for people who are talking about your post or link to your blog.
 * Screencast:** [|Technorati Watchlist]

Google Alert (screencast) Google Alert lets you track anything on the Web that shows up in Google's search. Simply enter keywords or phrases you want to track on the site (after going through the simple, free Google Alert registration process).
 * Screencast:** [|Google Alert]

[|How To Steps] http://www.ehow.com/how_2054527_setup-google-alerts.html

Blogs: [|Technorati Evangelist]


 * Project 2: Have A Conversation**

Screencast: [|How to have a conversation] Read someone's blog post and start a conversation: Before you leave a comment, ask yourself:


 * What did they say well?
 * What did they miss?
 * Answer questions
 * What are other people saying
 * How does it apply to you
 * Look forward
 * Look backward
 * Ask what if?

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/02/22/how-to-add-to-blogging-conversations-and-eliminate-the-echo-chamber/
 * Source:** [|How To Add Blogging Conversations] by Darren Rowse

[|How to Comment Like King or Queen] by Coolcat Teacher Blog [|Strategic Blog Commenting A Screencast] by Amy Gahran [|Strategic Blog Commenting]: Blog Post by Amy Gahran [|Commenting] by Alan Levine
 * Resource: Pro Blogger:**
 * Resources**


 * Project 3: Your Blog**

//**Adoption Issues**//

[|The C's of Blogging] by Beth's Blog [|Advice To Would Be Bloggers] by Bokarko [|Tips from a New Blogger] by Anne's Spot [|Novice Blogger Excitement] by Larry Lippke [|Weblogs As Disruptive Technology for Extension] by Deborah Coates [|Encouraging Educators to Blog] by Martin Weller [|Blogging for Beginners] from Pro Blogger

//**Technical How-To**// [|Blogger], free blogging software! FreeVlog Screencast: [|How To Set Up A Blogger Blog] [|Blogger How] To from Google [|Getting Started With Blogging Software] from Idealware

//**Blogging Wisdom**// [|Nine Essential Types of Posts for Every Blogger] from Northeast [|Ten Ways to A Killer Blog]


 * Project 4: Read a Few Blogs**


 * Screencast:** [|RSS Reader - Bloglines]

[|Step-by-Step Instructions for Bloglines] by Preetamrai [|10 Steps] to Using Bloglines [|YouTube Video Showing how to Add Feeds]

RSS: [|What is it?]

RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication” and is a file format for delivering regularly updated information over the web.

Just think about the websites and news information sources you visit. It takes time to visit those sites and find the text you want to read. RSS is a way for you to visit all those sites in one place and instantly find the new information. You need to use a free piece of web software called a RSS reader. Bloglines is one reader I'm going to show you how to use.

[|Bloglines] [|Netvibes] [|Newsgater] [|GoogleReader]
 * A few RSS Readers:**


 * Project 5: Use Tagging to Share Information**

Tags used to describe the above photo


 * Social bookmarking** is the practice of saving bookmarks to a public web site and describing them with tags. You register with a social bookmarking site, typically a free service, which lets you store bookmarks, add tags of your choice, and designate your individual bookmarks as public or private. You can search for resources by keyword, person, or popularity and see the public bookmarks, tags, and classification schemes that users have created and saved. They typically give you a little tool called a “bookmarklet” that is on your browser toolbar. When you get to a web site you like, you click on the tool, and it saves the bookmark into the web service

Using a social bookmarking tool like del.icio.us, anyone see your bookmarks and you can republish them on your blog using a badge. You can also use a "community tag" so everyone can share. We have "NPTECH" tag that people who work in nonprofit technology use to share information.

[|How To: Del.icio.us from Practical Participation, by Tim Davies]

Screencast:

[| What is Tagging and Social Bookmarking]? [| How to Register for Del.icio.us] (it is free) [| How to Use the Network and Links For You to follow and share bookmarks] [| How to navigate your bookmarks] [| How to discover other resources - the social aspect] [| How to subscribe to a tag stream with RSS] [| How to publish your bookmark list on your blog] [| NpTech Tag: An Example of A Community Tag]


 * Project 6: Organizational Blogs**

Resources


 * Project 7: Flickr**

Resources