Event management

I signed up to doodle and Google calendar. I then created a mock invitation as practice for this week's activities. I also signed up to Anyvite. I like this one more. It has features which are very handy and which allow us to create event invitations easily. There is an RSVP feature with simple options for our guests to respond with a "Yes, maybe or no". Anyvite also lets guests know how many people they can bring with them and what they need to bring to the event... You can also mark and link the event onto the Google calendar, Outlook, and ical so we can receive a reminder for ourselves.
I think that Anyvite can be useful for library events such as the youth and children's summer reading parties because we need to know the number of people attending so we can prepare (foods, staff etc). We can also send invitations and receive responses via two way communication. It will work especially well if all parents have their own email addresses.

Productivity : more ways with rss

I was introduced to RSS tools in nswlearning2.0 last year and have been using them as a tool for my self-study since then. I've been subscribing to learning language sites and been listening to, and reading them on a regular basis via iTunes, emails and bloglines.

I've tried Google alert, Spoken Text--Text to speech RSS and Tabbloid.
"Spoken Text" is the tool which I like the most. It is just like magic when you see how easily and quickly it can convert text in a word document, pdf file, powerpoint, and web pages into audio files. You can then share these audio files on blogs, or transportable devices eg, ipod, cd.

Slideshare

All the presentation tools introduced this week are very useful tools. Some of the excellent features they present include:

Their accessibility- we can use them everywhere at any time as long as a computer and internet are available.

We can edit our presentations, or slide shows even once they are sent. When we edit our original presentation or slide show it will then automatically update all others when opened.

We can use these presentations to conduct online training for staff as well as patrons etc...

Slideshow - Zoho show