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So I've volunteered to take the lead in putting together a 15 minute presentation to CBE staff in both offices (during our Statewide Staff Mtg via teleconference) and want to get some feedback from folks on what should be covered. Any materials I should distribute beforehand? I want to share some of the tools we learned about, and the great ideas around integrating technology into organizing and other organizational work.

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Here's the tools that I talked about during the Hack-A-Thon:

  • Basecamp - collaborative project management software
  • Backpack - personal organization tools (can be shared, too)
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How do you get the emails to automatically go to a specific folder?

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I'd like to get an overview of best practices -- small and large -- that have genuinely helped move organizing campaigns forward. What numbers of people were mobilized & what impact did that have on your campaign outcomes? Was the impact worth the investment in technology or would a lower tech solution been just as good?

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who's using MySpace to support their organizing work? How?

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What are the applications of Google Maps API [http://www.google.com/apis/maps/]?

Has anyone used it in their own organizations? or know of others that use it online?

Some of what I would like to know is, how have others used Google Maps:
... face-to-face (in meetings, newsletters)?
... online (website, emails)?

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GIS, Google maps, Google earth, etc...

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Attached are the sample data spreadsheets for the Excel session at the December 7-9 COaTI

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