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Word vs. WordPerfect
A few weeks ago the Word vs. WordPerfect issue came up again on the LStech listserv. The question of which word processing program best serves the legal aid community has been discussed regularly on the list. Although legal aid still has some strong WordPerfect adherents, it seems that most legal aid techies now favor Word (or even Open Office or Google). We thought we'd summarize the discussion (with a little bit of added information) by comparing the two programs and discussing some additional considerations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNX7NS7cYUI
In this webinar Sandy Rylander walks us through the basics of what Excel’s Formulas and Functions are and how to get the most out of using them. We start at the ground level of what a formula is and how to add two cells together and build on that until we are using a variety of simple formula and functions. If you haven’t used them in Excel before this is the video to get you started.
What is social media?
In this day and age everyone is familiar with social media, platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin have become all but ubiquitous. At its core social media is about leveling the playing field and valuing user created content above published content. Working with social media takes some getting used to but is worth the effort.
Why should I care about social media?
Addition Information
There is a lot of other great writing other there about the topic of social media, here are a few of the links we found more useful and interesting.
A Few Good Tools for Measuring and Monitoring Social Media http://www.idealware.org/print/2592
Have a Plan
Before you get started figure out what you are want to accomplish. Without doing this you have no way of measuring success and it’s harder to improve your presence. One goal might be to get at least one new client a month through social media, another might be to get 500 people to watch and educational video you created.
Collect data
3. Management Software / Analytics
Management Software/Analytics
When should I start collecting data
You should start right away. It’s isn’t terribly difficult to set up something basic that is completely free, if you do that up front and you can track your popularity as it rises.
Intro to Social Media
Welcome to LSNTAP social media guide. By the end of this I hope to give you all the tools you need to set up and maintain your social media presence. This guide is made possible by by a grant from LSC.
You know about case management, document management, and records management. You use your knowledge of the law, the courts, and your clients to represent, educate, and defend them. Knowledge management is a way to address two critical facets of strategic, successful organizational management:
• Making the information that you manage more useful and accessible.
• Documenting the reasoning behind critical business decisions.
4. Facebook
Facebook is wildly popular, with almost a billion daily users it is almost certain that a good percentage of your audience is already there. Here are a few Facebook specific tips to keep in mind when managing your accounts.
5. Twitter
Right now Twitter is one of the most used platform for social media by nonprofits. Legal services nonprofits in general are less active on twitter.
Use Pictures
People tend to follow lots of people and have to scroll through their tweets quickly, the easiest way to catch someone’s eye in a sea of text is with an image. Pictures are also great because they convey a lot of information without eating up your 140 characters.
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