Fantastic Freebies! Serena Morrow 2009-02-19T01:22:51Z 2009-02-19T01:22:51Z

Thank you for sharing! This sounds like an awesome idea.

Serena Morrow 2009-02-19T01:22:51Z Janie Hermann 2007-02-16T19:16:52Z 2007-02-16T19:16:52Z

The first time we offered Fantastic Freebies it was as a Tech Talk. We hold Tech Talks the first Tuesday of every month and we have an audience of 30 or so &#034;regulars&#034; that come to every talk. Tech Talks also get advertised in our quarterly program guide, on our web site and via a press release. <br /><br />I publish a monthly calendar of classes on our web site and we have all of our class descriptions online too:<br />http://www.princetonlibrary.org/research/techcenter/classes.html<br /><br />Oh, and our blog:<br />http://tuesdaytechtalks.blogspot.com/

Janie Hermann 2007-02-16T19:16:52Z Liz George 2007-02-15T19:59:24Z 2007-02-15T19:59:24Z

Terrific! What method do you use to let your community know about the &#034;Fantastic Freebies&#034;?

Liz George 2007-02-15T19:59:24Z Janie Hermann 2007-02-09T17:00:46Z 2007-02-09T17:00:46Z

We now offer this class a few times a year and always get a great response. One thing that people like is stuff that is free!<br /><br />We update it each time we teach it to keep it cutting edge.

Janie Hermann 2007-02-09T17:00:46Z Liz George 2007-01-20T20:15:56Z 2007-01-20T20:15:56Z

Nice idea. Did you get a good response? I think having one for adults and one for students would be good as they are different types of users.<br /><br />Liz

Liz George 2007-01-20T20:15:56Z Janie Hermann 2006-06-19T15:28:35Z 2006-06-19T15:28:35Z

One of my colleagues and I did a tech talk earlier this month that was a huge hit and quite easy to plan. It was a 90 minute session in which we each demonstrated our 6 or 7 favorite freebies online. We spent 5&#045;10 minutes giving the highlights of each freebie &#040;things like online calendars, free photo accounts, etc&#041; and then we did a quick demo of one or two cool features from each.<br /><br />You can read more about this program on our tech talk blog:<br /><br />http://tuesdaytechnologytalks.blogspot.com<br /><br />You can also see the PPT slides form our website:<br />http://www.princetonlibrary.org/reference/techcenter/index.html<br /><br /> The slides we used as a quick guide more than anything else, the freebies were the focus...<br /><br />Such an easy program or course to offer... and it can be changed easily to stay current with the &#034;new&#034; new thing. Oh, and a great way to start the discussion of Web 2.0 in your training plan.

Janie Hermann 2006-06-19T15:28:35Z