Webinars: Staff Development Solutions Part 3

As previously discussed, one easy way to promote learning and networking among staff is to use Skype with video (or other similar services).  This works best when someone knowledgeable among the attendees can take the lead–both in setting up the call, helping other “newbies” and perhaps in setting an agenda. 
Sometimes, your staff development needs may [...]

Staff Development Solutions Part Two–Skype and videoconferencing

After reading part 1–wikis and staff development, we move onto a brief look at other web 2.0 applications and how a nonprofit exec can take advantage of them for staff development (this is not comprehensive, but meant to get your feet wet).   
The Value of Networking Among Peers 
One of the frustrations we had when I ran the small [...]

Wikis, Skype and Webinars, oh my–Staff Development Solutions Part One

To many of those I network with online (either by reading & posting to blogs or via Twitter) –the three words in the title are routine: 

Wikis, Skype and Webinars. 

But for you nonprofit execs trying to manage agencies on a shoestring, one or more of these may be meaningless.  After all, these terms didn’t even exist a few [...]