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Yesterday's webinar on Facebook was FAN-tastic. Social media consultant John Haydon had great tips and practical advice for libraries and any group or organization starting a page and building a fan base.

March 16, 2010, 11 a.m. Pacific time
Register: online

Twitter has claimed its place on the short list of communications tools for nonprofits and libraries to consider when designing online strategies. This webinar will survey the Twitter landscape, explaining core concepts, enumerating best practices, and describing the tools and tactics that exist to leverage Twitter's strengths.

Another excellent webinar from the TechSoup Talks series is coming up this week! If you've heard of "accessibility" and want your site to be usable for all people, but aren't sure where to start, this webinar is for you.

This post was originally published to the TechSoup Blog and was authored by Kami Griffiths. 

Please join us next Thursday, January 14 at 11 a.m. Pacific time for our next free TechSoup Talks! webinar. We will be discussing website accessibility with Jane Vincent from the Center for Accessible Technology.

Implementation of web accessibility can seem excessively complicated. In reality, the best accessibility practices dovetail with good overall usability and are easy to implement via standard tools such as templates and cascading style sheets (CSS). This hour-long session will cover topics such as understanding the difference between various accessibility guidelines, avoiding common accessibility errors, when (and when not) to rely on automatic accessibility checkers, and unexpected populations that benefit from accessible websites.

This free webinar is best suited for individuals with some knowledge of HTML coding who are involved with ensuring that their organization's website is accessible. Space is limited so register today!

What Should a Website Cost?
Thursday, December 17, 11 a.m. Pacific time

Are you thinking about revamping your website but not sure where to start? Are you working with a web developer but wonder if you're paying too much? With all the tools and strategies available, it's hard to know where to start and what to expect. Attend this free webinar where Allen Gunn, Executive Director of Aspiration, will share valuable information about:

Wow, it seems like there is a lot of online learning going on recently! We had a great webinar yesterday with WebJunction on Library Computer Networking, and they have another hot tech topic next week, Integrated Library Systems: Open Source and Customization. AND here at TechSoup we have a webinar coming up next week! See a quick list below. Maybe you can multi-task and do end of year filing or wrapping presents while you listen.

After last week's great webinar, Tech Training Made Simple with Online Videos, which focused on using Common Craft videos for technology training, I thought it would be interesting to look at how one library is creating their own short videos to market their services, including techie ones!

From Amber Slaven:
"The King County Library System (KCLS) is creating short videos to describe various services.

WebJunction's November focus is on Networking, and all month they are collecting your burning library networking questions. Then, on December 2, WebJunction and TechSoup for Libraries are teaming up to bring you a panel of library technology experts to field your questions.

Tomorrow, November 4th, TechSoup Talks and Microsoft will be conducting two free webinars which will help nonprofits and libraries learn how to reduce the environmental impact of their information technology and how to effectively use IT to improve their organizations’ efficiency. We’ll discuss ways that greening IT can help reduce energy, resource usage and costs.

TechSoup is a nonprofit that partners with corporations to distribute software and hardware donations to nonprofits and libraries. You may already know about our donation programs that can save nonprofits and libraries approximately 90% on Microsoft products and Symantec's Norton Antivirus donations but did you know we offer a typing program, discount on Flickr, and more? Attend this free webinar at 11 a.m. Pacific on Wednesday, October 28 and learn more about TechSoup for Libraries and how we can help you offer more to your patrons and staff while saving money.