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Well Wishes

December 19th, 2008 · Comments

Laura at Pistachio Consulting is asking her readers and Twitter followers to help her save 35,000 children between now and Christmas by donating $2.00 to the CharityWater.org clean water campaign. Every day, 4,500 children die because they lack access to clean drinking water.
She’s lined up some generous sponsors to match up to $10,000 of [...]

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Tags: Communities · NPTech · Zeitgeist

Hanging ‘Round the Water Cooler

December 13th, 2008 · Comments

Hanging ‘Round the Water Cooler
Originally uploaded by foundphotoslj .

Every Tuesday I can be found at the NTEN Watercooler dispensing helpful advice on printing, Wordpress, blogging, twitter and general communications issues , but this week , I’ll be there from 2:30 – 4:00 pm providing free assistance to anyone who wants to upgrade to the [...]

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Tags: Communities · NPTech

Wordpress 2.7 Coltrane Now Available

December 11th, 2008 · Comments

Boy, was the wait worth it! The new 2.7 version of Wordpress (aka Coltrane) was just released, and upgrading AE took just about 6 minutes not counting the full server backup.
Some of the fun stuff to look forward to in 2.7 includes:

Automatic one click upgrades (admin privileges required)
One click plugin installation from Wordpress.org (suspect this [...]

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Tags: Lessons · NPTech

Wordpress Webinar

October 1st, 2008 · Comments

I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be delivering Wordpress to Get Your Words Out as an NTEN webinar on Tuesday, October 21st from 2:00 – 3:30 pm. Registration is open to the general public as well.
This is a great, low cost way to learn everything you need to know to set up and [...]

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Tags: Lessons · NPTech

Help the Most, Win A Lot

September 23rd, 2008 · Comments

As part of their 10th anniversary celebration, Google has just announced its Project 10 to the 100th, a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible. They’re backing this up with $10m in funding, resources and support to the top five ideas that will help the most number of [...]

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Tags: Business Incubation · Communities · Grants · NPTech

Fall Office Hours

September 22nd, 2008 · Comments

I had such a great time this summer that I’m volunteering for NTEN’s office hours program again this fall. Of course, it’s only fun if you show up, so bring your printing, Wordpress, blogging, twitter and general communications issues on over every Tuesday from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm. You can also find other [...]

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Tags: NPTech · Recommended Resources