tech tips for the justice community: harnessing technology for legal services programs 2015 pathways...
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Tech Tips for the Justice Community: Harnessing Technology
for Legal Services Programs
2015 Pathways to Justice ConferenceLos Angeles
Presenters
• Xander KarstenLawHelp Program Coordinator, Pro Bono Net [email protected]
• Jaime LevineDirector of Legal Services, Elder Law & [email protected]
• Liz KeithProgram Director, Pro Bono [email protected]
A Tip for all Seasons!
• Travel• Create• Work• Connect• Learn • and Play!
Find skilled volunteers for mini-projects
• Creative design• Video editing
• Marketing & editing help skillsforchange.com
Brush up on your tech chops
http://www.gcflearnfree.org
Infographics made easy
Wordle.net
Put your designs through the 5 second test
usabilityhub.com
Think about your ENTIRE Audience- Think Accessibility
colorfilter.wickline.org NoCoffee- Vision simulatorLSNTAP Accessibility Guide
Cynthia SaysMobileAccessibility.info
Live stream an event on YouTube
YouTube live streaming guides
Google AdWords Grants for Nonprofits • In-kind grant for free ads
in Google’s search results • Qualifying nonprofits
receive $10,000 per month in credits towards Google ads
• The cost of the ad depends on the keywords you use
• Application online: http://www.google.com/grants
Meet online anytime with Join.Me
• Instant screen-sharing
• Free up to 10 participants
• VOIP option – or use your own conference call #
Just because it’s on the internet- doesn’t mean you can use it… Easily search with confidence!
Find Free Images from Getty
http://www.gettyimages.com/Creative/Frontdoor/embed
H/T to Bob Ambrogi lawsitesblog.com
Attribute, Attribute, Attribute
Learn Creative Commons! Just one short attribution
www.wiki.creativecommons.org and www.creativecommons.org
Lazy Googling TipsConvert anything
Track packages from any carrier
Calculate anything
Lazy Googling Tips
• Find recipes
More at www.google.com/insidesearch/tipstricks
Use “Search Tools” to filter recipe results
Add a city or zip code to discover local businesses
Google Reverse Image Look Up
• Find where your images are being used
• Find matching and similar images
Simplify data collection, event registration and more with Google Forms
Download your data from Google
Show, don’t tell, on social media
• Photos on Facebook receive 53% more likes than posts without
• Link-shares with previews get more attention
• Tweets with pics get 89% more favorites and 150% more retweets
Turn text into appealing graphics
Quozio.com
Make it easy on yourself, and your audience- Think in Plain Language
www.writeclearly.org www.plainlanguage.gov
www.read-able.com
Fotor.com
Create & embellish photo collages
Fotor.com
Create cards from fun templates
Take a mini-break with a meme (or two)- and keep a few favorites in a PowerPoint
http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/287322-lawyer-dog
http://skeletorislove.tumblr.com/
Organization Hack: Do what works
Time Management Hack: Fifth Friday
Just because you can…
Boomf.com
What are your favorite Tech Tips?