Show and Tell
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OneNote, a Microsoft Office program that you probably already have, can be used in new and innovative ways to help you save time, become more organized, and collaborate more effectively. OneNote is not just for notes. We’ll cover scenarios including from research, more effective staff meetings, improved collaboration on projects both small and large, and tools to assist with professional development for staff. OneNote works well with all the Office programs you have, and because Microsoft OneNote is available and free on all platforms and devices, this talk applies to everyone!
Google Documents
ADD
Collaborative Decision-Making Tool
Surveys and Polling
Poll Everywhere
One Click Politics
https://oneclickpolitics.com/
Survey Gizmo
Survey app for Salesforce - http://app.surveygizmo.com/
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Description
Stories are a form that's easy to embed pretty much anywhere.
Jing
http://www.techsmith.com/download/jing
Description
Screencaster / screencapture. Likes to use it to "hack" (a slideshow app) to make movies of her giving presentations.Jing - Screencasting. “Capture video and images and share them with anyone.”
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Q: Will it record it? A: For free, no, but if you pay, it will. (subscription info)
Q: Does your co-worker need to install it? A: I think they have to do it one time.
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Free + low cost tools to save you time and money:
Schedugram
Schedule content in instagram posts
Quick
Overlay text over photos
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Interactive Infographic builder
Quick (formally Overgram)
http://giphy.com - A search-forgifs tool.
Taproot
http://taprootplus.org/ Taproot
Description
Finding volunteers for nonprofit projects.
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Toggl - Time-tracking tool
Tracks all your time (billable, project, etc.)
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HootSuite
Digital Engagement Tool
http://attentive.ly/ (Starts at $3K a year for nonprofits)
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Share your favorite usability resources here!
- Steve Krug - Don't Make Me Think (get the second edition), Rocket Surgery Made Easy, and anything else the man has ever written
Morae: TechSmith user testing tool
Google Hangouts for remote testing (screenshare). Join.me works great, too.
usabilityhub.com - get quick tests going
Usertesting.com - have strangers take your tests
Optimal Workshop - for designing and testing navigation and doing first click testing
- Optimizely