Hannah: I just gave my first online conference paper through the HandheldConference.org event on June 3, run by Learning Times. My experience of the technology (Adobe Connect) was superb, and I've heard nothing but praise from the attendees, of whom there were over 200. I think this is in no small part thanks to the organizers/administrators being masters of their tools. You can contact them at LearningTimes.org
Robin: As you probably know, the Federal Gov't doesn't allow skype but interestingly enough, nor do many big companies, e.g. Discovery. A huge shame and waste of money on phone charges in my opinion. Their concern is security. We used to use it at Antenna and never had a security problem. I use it for interviewing people for MuseumMobile.info and it works great. I hope you'll be able to use it as well; it is a great business tool for so many things... Nancy On 6/6/09 3:00 PM, "mcn-l-request at mcn.edu" <mcn-l-request at mcn.edu> wrote: > Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to > mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mcn-l-request at mcn.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Question to Post, Re: Electronic Meeting Options > (Robert Weiner) > 2. Re: do you Skype? (Christopher Dreiling) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 09:13:06 -0700 > From: "Robert Weiner" <lists at rlweiner.com> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Question to Post, Re: Electronic Meeting Options > To: "'Museum Computer Network Listserv'" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: <0984A249B2CC45608D1414609CC61388 at RLWT400> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Dear Hannah, > > Here's a blog post from Earthjustice's IT director about their > videoconferencing project: > http://unearthed.earthjustice.org/2009/05/flying-in-place-videoconferencing. > html > > I'm sure he'd be happy to answer questions. Here's his personal blog site > with contact info: > http://www.techcafeteria.com/ > > Robert > __________________________ > > Robert L. Weiner Consulting > Strategic Technology Advisors to Nonprofit and Educational Institutions > San Francisco, CA > > robert at rlweiner.com > 415/643-8955 > > www.rlweiner.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Hannah_Blake at nps.gov > Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 8:41 AM > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Subject: [MCN-L] Question to Post, Re: Electronic Meeting Options > > > Hello, > > I work for a geographically large National Heritage Area within which are > many organizations including museums. While face-to-face meetings are > always valuable, it's been difficult to attract participation from > throughout our 500 mile-long Corridor for some of the shorter workshops and > meetings. Therefore, I'm exploring conference-calling and on-line meeting > options. I'd be extremely grateful if I could benefit from existing > research especially explorations that have been done by more tech-savvy > people than me! > > Here are some of the features that I'd like to have: > > Access by 50+ people at a time > Low cost > Simple for everyone with a computer or phone to participate (not > requiring downloads if possible, etc.) > mechanism for facilitation by us to prevent everyone from talking over > each other > > Thanks for any assistance the group can provide! > > Hannah > > Hannah Blake > Director of Planning and Heritage Development > Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor > P.O. Box 219 > Waterford, NY 12188 > > (518) 237-7000, ext. 202 > (518) 237-7640 (fax) > www.eriecanalway.org > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:10:00 -0700 > From: Christopher Dreiling <dreiling at mac.com> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] do you Skype? > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: <62D86D5D-8642-4EF0-AD60-0B70075E9886 at mac.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; > delsp=yes > > What about reducing bandwidth capacity at the skype port level on the > firewall, I assume that you are running a managed system. > > Chris > > > On May 30, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Holly Witchey wrote: > >> Couldn't live without it! >> >> Holly M. 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