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Patrice-Anne Rutledge is a business technology author and consultant who specializes in social media, online collaboration, and presentation technologies.
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Jul

17

Social Networking Success Story: Shiraz NYC

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shai Shai Tertner is the CEO and Creative Director of the New York-based event firm Shiraz NYC. Can you describe your presence on Facebook? I have a great profile on Facebook that includes my expansive group of friends totaling at 630 people. I regularly post status changes and images from events that I’ve done. I also created a real estate party group, as I do host many events for the real estate industry using Facebook as a tool to invite guests. Another way I use Facebook is to promote my blog: Not So Shai by including a status update making it known to my group of friends that I have posted a new one. Read more

Jul

15

Creating PowerPoint Elearning

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PowerPoint is one of the most popular tools around for creating e-learning programs, a fact that’s surprising to many people. Developing e-learning with PowerPoint is popular because you’re working in a familiar environment and don’t have to learn a complex course authoring tool to be able to create quality e-learning content. This also lessens the time it takes to develop a course, providing you with a rapid e-learning solution.

You can convert an existing PowerPoint presentation to an e-learning course, adding optional features such as quizzes for additional interactivity. Or, you can design e-learning courses from scratch, planning to use PowerPoint and a third-party tool as your authoring tools.

Some of my favorite tools for creating quality e-learning with PowerPoint include:

Articulate Rapid E-Learning Studio
Camtasia Studio
Adobe Presenter (formerly Macromedia Breeze)

All offer a free trial, so you can try them out to see which solution best suits your needs.

Jul

11

Social Networking Success Stories: Jelena Woehr & Disaboom

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jelena Jelena Woehr is a social media marketer for the social network Disaboom who also finds time to use social networking to promote her personal causes. How did you become a social marketer for Disaboom? I was actually hoping to find some freelance writing work to supplement my income when I ran across a Craigslist ad for a Social Marketer with the largest online community focusing on those living with disabilities or functional limitations. I responded to the ad thinking I probably didn’t have the right experience or education, and was pleasantly surprised to get a return email asking me to come in for an interview. Read more