links for 2009-02-16

• Teaching wordpress
  Learning from SE regional champion Mark Walker in working with a residents association to develop a community website in WordPress
  (tags: wordpress blog howto learning training community)
• How to set up online forms to collect information
  Ever wanted to collect sign up information for your event through a website? Want to have a spreadsheet with all the delegate’s details at your fingertips? Want to be able to download that information and use it again in the future? Sounds like you could use a Google Form, a great new tool that lets you quickly easily set up an online form, and even embed it in another website.
  (tags: google form tools howto information)
• Climbing the Pyramid Of Nonprofit Technology Needs
  The technology needs of voluntary and community organisations
  (tags: technology strategy socialmedia)
• Tech-Savvy Communications: A Toolkit for Nonprofits
  Looking for a way to better take advantage of the online communication tools out there? Check out the the Tech-Savvy Communications toolkit, which was released by NPower Seattle, an organization that helps nonprofits in Washington’s Puget Sound area use technology to serve their communities.
  (tags: tools technology nptech reference communications howto strategy socialmedia)
• How to get started in social media
  Easy to follow steps to help you get started
  (tags: socialmedia howto listening socialnetworking internet tools)
• Five ways to publish commentable documents online
  Imagine the scenario: They Who Must Be Obeyed want feedback on the new report they’re publishing next week. It’s a dozen or so pages long with fairly basic formatting. Let’s assume for now that they genuinely do want feedback, and want it fast and cheap. The question is therefore how best to publish this document online for comment.
  (tags: socialmedia consultation participation collaboration documents sharing tools)
• Collaborative Paper: What to do in the nonprofit sector to offset the economic crisis
  (tags: socialmedia strategy collaboration economy)
• Microsoft Recite: Notetaking by Voice
  Microsoft will announce a notetaking application for mobile phones that lets you record messages and search through them using your voice.
  (tags: mobile voice microsoft notes tools socialmedia)
• Collaboration Project
  The Collaboration Project is an independent forum of leaders who share a commitment to the adoption and use of collaborative technologies to solve the complex problems of public management. Powered by the National Academy of Public Administration, this “wikified” space is designed to share ideas, examples and insights on the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in the field of public governance.
  (tags: collaboration government2.0 socialmedia web2.0 USA)