A presentation for the 2011 Virginia Annual Statewide Legal Aid Conference. This variation on the presentation that is done regularly at NLADA's Annual Conference and the ABA EJC covers general tips and tricks for how to use technology.

1. Technology Tips for Legal Aid Advocates
A presentation for the 2011 Virginia Annual Statewide Legal Aid Conference.
Kate Bladow, Founder & Strategist, Powered Pursuits (presentations@poweredpursuits.com)
This is a list of the sites I planned to cover.
Finding & Manipulating Images
• Flickr Creative Commons Search – http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/?
• Creative Commons Attribution – http://goo.gl/ak3Ji
• Diagram.ly – http://www.diagram.ly/
• Gadwin PrintScreen – http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/
• GIMP – http://www.gimp.org/
• Google Chart Tool – http://code.google.com/apis/chart/
• Inkscape – http://inkscape.org/
• Tagxedo – http://www.tagxedo.com/
• The Noun Project – http://thenounproject.com/
Automating Tasks
• AutoHotkey – http://www.autohotkey.com/
• If This Than That – http://ifttt.com/
Scheduling Meetings
• Doodle.com – http://doodle.com/
• Tungle.me – http://www.tungle.me/Home/
• When Is Good – http://whenisgood.net/
Managing Emails
• FollowUpThen – http://www.followupthen.com/
• Google Reader – http://reader.google.com
Searching, Researching, Writing, & Taking Notes
• American Fact Finder – http://factfinder2.census.gov/
• Delicious – http://delicious.com/
• Diigo – http://www.diigo.com
• Evernote – http://www.evernote.com/
• Google – http://www.google.com/
• LexMonitor – http://www.lexmonitor.com/
• OKAPI: Readability Tool – http://www.lefthandlogic.com/htmdocs/tools/okapi/okapi.php
• OneLook Reverse Dictionary – http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml
• Openbook – http://youropenbook.org/
• Pipl.com – http://pipl.com/
• Snopes – http://www.snopes.com/

2. • Tip of My Tongue – http://chir.ag/projects/tip-of-my-tongue/
• Twitter Search – http://search.twitter.com
Connecting With People
• Google Voice – http://goo.gl/vl61Z
• LinkedIn – http://www.linkedin.com/
• Meetup – http://www.meetup.com/
• Skype – http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home
Dealing With Technology
• Is It Up? – http://isitup.org/
• Lifehacker – http://lifehacker.com/
• NTEN: Change (A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders) – http://www.nten.org/ntenchange
• StaySafeOnline.org – http://www.staysafeonline.org/
Other
• Invisible People – http://invisiblepeople.tv/blog/
• Notepad++ – http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
This list of websites documents other tips that I intended to mention.
• Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Products – http://goo.gl/Tgx4h
• Tips for Managing Your Email Using Rules (Outlook) – http://goo.gl/Ej8BW
• Using Filters (Gmail) – http://goo.gl/fFRzk
• File Naming Conventions – http://goo.gl/813vw
• 4 Tips for Writing Better Email – http://goo.gl/hDQt9
• How to Revise an Email So That People Will Read It – http://goo.gl/mLBNO
• Freeze or Lock Rows & Columns in Excel – http://goo.gl/9C9oE
• How to Track Down Anyone Online – http://goo.gl/F6WWS
• 12 Ways to Find Anyone's Personal Email Address – http://goo.gl/5gvCg
• Want a Bug Fixed? First Step: Report the Bug Effectively – http://goo.gl/UcCbM
• Huh? RSS? What? – http://goo.gl/8q96x
• Do You Use a Feed Reader? – http://goo.gl/bueRj