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files for downloading

How do we increase community engagement? Ask your customer. — download the reading packet for our internet strategies workshop, 365KB, pdf document. Downloading help
Readings include:
> What business are you in?
> The Laws of Simplicity
> Clutter
> Web strategies for non-profits: How to survive,
even thrive, in a tough economy
> 15 Small Business Web Site Mistakes
> 12 Consumer Values to Drive Technology-related
Product and Service Innovations

What business are you in? — word document, 250KB. This questionnaire helps design your business based on meeting the customer's outcome. “People don't want a quarter-inch drill — they want a quarter-inch hole." —Ted Levitt

Web site scorecard — word document, 120KB. This survey helps determine if your Web site is meeting some of the standard usability needs of your customers.

Books :: Blogging

Links :: Blog examples

Theater: A Chorus Line — now playing on Broadway

Links :: Blog providers

Typepad — our preferred provider. Blogging software from Six Apart.

Typepad hacks — coding to add features to a Typepad blog

FeedBlitz — our preferred provider. Gives blog readers the option to subscribe to updates via email

Feedburner — our preferred provider. Helps publicize your blog's feed.

Blogger.com — free service, owned by Google

Blogsite — blogsites that combine multiple weblogs, syndicated guest weblogs, and automatically maintained public briefing channels to create a formidable Internet presence that can be maintained easily by non-technical users.

ecto — write and manage entries for your weblog(s). You can compose entries offline and use the extra features ecto offers, such as spellcheck, creating links, attachments.

iUpload — free personal blog; enterprise solutions

Movable Type — Six Apart's licensed software

Socialtext — enterprise wiki platform; free for up to 5 users; discounts for non-profits

21Publish — communities, clubs, colleges, commercial websites or enterprises can offer blogs to their members, co-workers, students or friends.

WordPress — free service

Links :: RSS Readers

NewsGator — our preferred provider.

Links :: Collaboration

Basecamp — our preferred provider. Simple software by 37Signals to communicate and collaborate on projects.

delicious.com — our preferred provider. social bookmarketing site

Google Docs and Spreadsheets — a collaborative writing tool (formerly writely.com)

iUpload — enterprise solutions

Socialtext — wiki platform; free for up to 5 users; discounts for non-profits

Books :: Usability