----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Martineau" <d...@topdotenterprises.com> To: <blin...@babel-fish.us> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 1:03 PM Subject: [Blindad] free iPhone training marathon day, May 5
> Feel free to share this. I will send it to blindad and to trainer-talk > and > will announce it in Tidbits. Feel free to put it on any other lists where > you think it belongs. > > Thanks to the generosity of Jackie McBride of Brighter Vision > Technologies, > who is letting me use a Talking Communities room at no cost, I am > organizing a day of free iPhone training and information, Saturday, 5 May. > Here is what I have in mind. We'll see if it works, or if it is needed. > I > hope lots of trainers, and trainees, will drop by! > > The day is divided into three sessions, two of which are of identical > scope. > > > Sessions A. and C. Hands-on Assistance for Beginners: > > Session A: 13:00-14:30 GMT (9:00-10:30 A.M. Eastern, 6:00-7:30 A.M. > Pacific.) > > Session C: 19:30-21:00 GMT (3:30-5:00 P.M. Eastern, 12:30-2:00 P.M. > Pacific.) > > Session B: Intermediate Assistance, General Questions of all sorts: > 16:00-18:30 GMT (12:00-2:30 P.M. Eastern, 9:00-11:30 A.M. Pacific.) > > More details: > > Sessions A and C: Many people have difficulty with basic iPhone use, > making > and receiving calls, navigating the home screen, and the like. The idea > is > to try to get those users the help they need. Depending on the number of > attendees and the needs of each, we'll be able to help some in the room, > while it is my hope that some expert users will be willing to be present > and > perhaps team up with frustrated users to offer some individual assistance > elsewhere. If it turns out that this sort of help isn't needed, we can > answer any and all other questions as in Session b. > > Session B: this longer session is designed for a wider variety of > discussion > and assistance. What is the best app to do so-and-so? How do you > accomplish this (slightly more advanced) task? How does iPhone compare to > this or that phone? I certainly can't answer all, or even most, of these > questions, so I hope that many iPhone aficionados and experts will be > present to lend a hand. > > Structure: Ideally, people will be present at the beginning of the session > they wish to attend. At that time, I will ask each person to detail his > or > her expectations, questions and contributions. From this, I will create > an > agenda and we will strive to cover it. We may not quite succeed, but > we'll > try. As others come in, I will try to get your concern added to the > agenda > and your contribution noted. This is all an experiment. > > This endeavor will be useful, if it is needed, to the extent that people > make the contributions they can make and are respectful of the process. > > How to take part: Come in to the room a few minutes before the session > starts. The room is at > > http://test.tcconference.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs950a0abb900d > > Your username is your first and last name, no handles. No password is > needed. > > If you haven't used Talking Communities before, you'll have to download > the > free client, which the site will invite you to do. > > Consider jackie for your needs in web hosting, web development training, > JAWS scripting and tech support. You can write to her at > > able...@gmail.com > > If you want to communicate with me regarding this training/discussion, > feel > free to write to d...@topdotenterprises.com > > See you all Saturday! > > Dean > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blindad mailing list > blin...@babel-fish.us > http://mail.babel-fish.us/mailman/listinfo/blindad_babel-fish.us -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
