[bksvol-discuss] Ot: Learning About Facebook
- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 17:12:26 -0500
Hi everyone. I'm writing to invite you to a round table chat taking place
this evening about learning how Facebook works. There is a steadily growing
community of blind people on Facebook as well as people with other
disabilities. We'll talk about the easiest ways to use Facebook, how to find
friends, what you'll find on Facebook, and we'll touch on how Facebook is
being used for outreach by nonprofit organizations like Bookshare. There are
areas on Facebook where people go to learn about volunteer opportunities.
With Bookshare's growing membership and outreach to students, I think
Facebook is an important tool where volunteers and members can work
together, build friendships, and help potential members or volunteers
understand how Bookshare will help them. And let's be honest. Facebook is
just a great way to have fun with your buddies too.
If this sounds interesting to you, please join us. Everyone is welcome no
matter whether you're new to computers or have two or three computer science
degrees. See below for details.
When: tonight, 2/3/2009 at 6 PM Pacific, 7 PM Mountain, 8 PM Central, and 9
PM Eastern
Where: Point your browser to <http://ourplace.acbradio.org/>
http://ourplace.acbradio.org
Once you get there, look for the Politics Room and hit enter. You will be
at the place where you must either download software or choose to enter the
room. This is Talking Communities software just like what you may have used
at the Friends Of Bookshare chats. If you have not downloaded the software
in the past few weeks, go ahead and do it when you get to the Politics Room.
There is a new version of the conference software with better accessibility
in it, and it sounds better too.
Once you choose to enter the Politics Room, you will be sent to another page
where you should enter your real name . You are asked for a password but
you do not need one. Just tab to okay and hit enter. That should place you
in the Politics Room with the rest of us. The way to talk
using your mike is to press the control key. You'll hear a little beep when
it's your turn to talk. If you do not have a mike, you can still participate
by typing
text messages to the group. Mac users can hear the discussion but can only
type text messages for now. We hope that will change soon. I look forward to
seeing all of you later. We're going to have fun tonight.
Monica Willyard
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
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