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What have you learned in our webinars?

We want our free library technology webinars to be true learning experiences. Each month we have a 3-4 question survey to gather your thoughts and ideas to make sure we're offering products and services useful to you and your library. Please take this brief survey to share with us what you have learned in our webinars and we'll enter your name in a monthly prize drawing.

Sharing TechSoup with other Nonprofits

A lot of nonprofits and libraries don't know about TechSoup and miss out on our donated hardware and software opportunities, and our free webinars, articles, and expert-led community forums. Help Us Help Them! If you tell your nonprofit colleagues about TechSoup, thousands of charitable organizations across the country can increase their impact with the help of product donations from our 41 donor partners. A few easy ways you can do this:

New Source of Free Library Webinars from Georgia Libraries

Pat Carterette, Director of Continuing Education at the Georgia Public Library Service, just announced a new series of library webinars. The August sessions both sound fantastic! 

Free Tech Webinars: Social Media, Tech Planning, and Business Planning

We have some great webinars coming up! Register and find more details on the TechSoup for Libraries Events Page.  

June Webinars

See all upcoming TechSoup webinars plus other free technology webinars at: http://techsoupforlibraries.org/events. TechSoup has produced more than 100 webinars on everything from how to use Flickr and Twitter to disaster planning to how to start your own blog. These and many more are available to view at your convenience, from the comfort of your own desk. And best of all, they are free!

Free Digital Storytelling Webinars, Online Event, and Challenge: September 30 thru October 21

Digital Storytelling Event LogoTechSoup is about to embark on a grand series of events to help nonprofits learn and demonstrate ways to effectively tell their stories. Some of my favorite causes have captured my loyalty and heart strings through amazing use of video and images. Last year, I blogged about what a hoot the AARP voting video was. I not only signed up for their list (even though I'm far from their 55-year-old target age), I also forwarded it to everyone in my address book. I did the same for The Story of Stuff and The Girl Effect, which we've also mentioned on this blog in the past. Elliot blogged about a group that gives cameras to local groups around the world in order to share their stories. Our partner in Canada featured tips on creating digital stories at a recent Net Tuesday event.

The use of telling stories through photos has also been discussed here various times, with tips on different photo-sharing and slideshow tools discussed. All of these are great examples of using video and images to tell compelling, poignant, and memorable stories about the important work nonprofits contribute for the benefit of the world.

These stories don't need to be fancy or expensive. You don't need a professional videographer or even a professional grade camera to capture video or photos. One of our newest partners, Flip Video, joined TechSoup's donation program this week and is offering low-cost, handheld video cameras to nonprofits for this very purpose. Learn how to use them as well as how to craft your digital story, with these three, upcoming webinars.

Two Free Webinars On Disaster Planning and Recovery

Join TechSoup Talks for these upcoming webinars to be prepared before a disaster or crisis happens.

Webinar on Thursday: Understanding the ROI of Social Media

Time: Thursday, August 13, 10:00 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. Pacific
Register: Online

You understand how to track the success of your programs, but when it comes to social media you’re at a loss. How do you show that this new technology is something worth the staff time invested? If you are interested in implementing a social media program (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Digg) but are unsure how to measure the impact or know what success looks like, attend this free TechSoup Talks webinar.

A cause for celebration!

While grants have explicit start and end dates, the work we do at TechSoup to support libraries does not. TechSoup's MaintainIT Project was funded by a 3-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that ended earlier this week on March 31st.

Tech Grants for Libs 101 Webinar: Take Two!

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Next weeek we will have two more free webinars!  We'd love to "see" you there and learn together about technology grants and also producing webinars. Register for the sessions: http://www.maintainitproject.org/events  

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