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Several undersea telecommunications cables were cut in the Middle East/South Asia region last week. Networks from Egypt to India were impacted, creating very slow to broken connections. Outsource operations in India were a big concern but the large players had alternate connections available as part of their disaster response.
There has been a lot of […]
Posted by Wes Trochlil under
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"CRM Continues to Disappoint" says the headline of this article on SearchCRM.com. In a nutshell, the companies that were surveyed are still not pleased with their CRM implementations, for a variety of reasons. But the reason why these implementations are disappointing is not stated until the very last paragraph:
The survey's dismal results usually reflect poorly […]
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Andreas Meiszner, who I first encountered via FLOSSCom.Net (see OER- Open Educational Resources) recently dropped me a line to let me know about a new online learning experience aimed at exploring the “Skills you need in lifelong learning knowledge and information societies.” Below I’ve included a description from the course site (which is built […]
Posted by Dave under
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I had planned to hit the ground running after the ASAE Technology Conference and post not only my notes but also a lot of associated thoughts, learnings and observations. That was until I got home. My entire family has been sidelined with a pretty nasty virus.
Stay tuned, as I am going to do my best […]
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Watching the Superbowl from Australia is a foreign experience, not to mention that the live game is being played at 10 a.m. on Monday down under. You also miss the best part of the broadcast–the commercials. We did see a…
Posted by Ellen under
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I’m feeling nostalgic for the technology conference. I was honored to have been invited to be a content leader last year, but a scheduled review of one of our live events prevented me from attending this year. After having met fellow ASAE and The Center members during the eLearning Conference and via other contacts over the […]
Posted by Zach Wilson under
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You know when you do something that feels right and then feel like everyone else should listen to you and follow your lead? We have people ask for the "open in new window" or target="_blank" feature for adding hyperlinks in our WYSIWYG. We tell them, we don't like that functionality because it's bad practice, poor for usability and confuses users. Jakob Nielsen comes to the rescue:
Opening new browser windows is highly confusing for most users. Although many users can cope with extra windows that they've opened themselves, few understand why the Back button suddenly stops working in a new window that the computer initiated. Opening new windows was #2 on my list of top-10 Web design mistakes of 1999;
that this design approach continues to hurt users exemplifies both the
longevity of usability guidelines and the limited improvement in user
skills.
Thanks Jakob, I feel much more vindicated in my advice now!
Posted by Maddie Grant under
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I posted about this here and here. It totally rocks and here’s another chance to be a beta tester for it.
If you are interested, contact Libby Bingham - lbingham at asaecenter.org
What: The Bottom Line: The Nonprofit Finance Game (pilot)
Date: Friday, February 15, 2008
Location: ASAE & The Center Building, 1575 I Street, NW, Washington, DC (Conference Center - East Room)
Time: Check in at 8:30am, program from 9:00am – 5:00pm
Fee: $125 (includes coffee, lunch, materials AND the program!)
