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The Social Gas Podcast — Google Docs

October 7th, 2010  |  by admin Published in The Social Gas

Join We Share Stuff for the second episode of our new podcast: ‘The Social Gas’ exploring how social media and technology can help social enterprises save time, reach people and collaborate.

This week we’re looking at Google Docs, the online suite of services provided by Google which includes a range of really useful tools for free: a word processor, spreadsheet, Powerpoint-style presentations and a lot more. As many businesses are feeling the pinch with the recession, how can we make the most of these?

  • What’s the catch?
  • What does Google Docs offer?
  • How online office functions aid sharing and collaboration.

You can listen to the podcast here (and even make your own notes on the Soundcloud page) or download.

The Social Gas: No. 2 Google Docs by We Share Stuff

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If you’ve got any questions about how Google Docs could work for your non-profit, ask them in the comments and we’ll do our best to answer them. Next time we’re going to take a look at Linked:IN and how you might use the most work-focused of social networks.

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The Social Gas Podcast — Facebook

September 27th, 2010  |  by Jon Bounds Published in The Social Gas

Join Stuart and Jon of We Share Stuff for the first episode of our new podcast: ‘The Social Gas’ exploring how social media and technology can help social enterprises save time, reach people and collaborate.

This episode talks about Facebook, we look at questions like:

  • Why has Facebook become the biggest social network ever?
  • Is everyone on Facebook?
  • Why should a Social enterprise have a presence on Facebook and what should that presence be?
  • What’s the difference between groups and fan pages?
  • What are Facebook ads? are they worth it? how much do they cost?
  • What reasons would you give for avoiding Facebook?
  • Who do we get keep it updated?

The Social Gas: No. 1  Facebook by We Share Stuff

If you’ve got any questions about how Facebook could work for your non-profit, ask them in the comments and we’ll do our best to answer them. Next time we’re going to take a look at Google Docs and how you can use them to save time, money and aid collaboration.

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