Summary transcript for 17 Jan 2013 #AWCchat: Google+ Hangouts

Thanks to everyone who participated in our 42nd #AWCChat on Twitter, about how to use Google Plus Hangouts (free video teleconferencing for up to 10 people from Google) for business and communications.

It was a free-form chat so there were no numbered questions.

We talked about what you need to set up and participate in a Hangout, pros and cons of meeting on video, equipment tips for webcams and audio head sets and resource links about Hangouts.

**  On Chirpstory – the summary transcript for the 17 Jan chat.

**  Chat schedule and topics for January 2013

Thanks for your support of the AWC (Association for Women in Communications) community.

Summary transcript for 15 March 2012 #AWCchat: editorial calendars

Thanks to everyone who participated in our fourteenth #AWCChat on Twitter, on the topic of creating editorial calendars that work for online content creation (like blogs and Facebook Pages.)  Our guest host was National Board of Directors member Aliah Davis-McHenry – she’s @AliahPR on Twitter.

Four questions were up for discussion:

1)   What are some initial steps to set up an editorial calendar that supports your overall communications strategy/goals?

2) Are there “low-hanging fruit” online content topics that can help busy communications professionals get started on their editorial calendar?

3)   Let’s talk tools. What services/software can we use to set up and run our calendar? How about for multi-author planning?

4)   How is an editorial calendar for online content significantly different than one for print?

**  On Chirpstory – the summary transcript for 15 March chat on editorial calendars.

The next #awcchat is scheduled for Thursday, 22 March 2012, on successful internships – being an intern and hiring an intern. Our guest host is PR and marketing strategist Jane Baxter Lynn - she is @JBLStrat on Twitter.

**  Chat schedule and topics for March 2012

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Summary transcript for 19 Jan 2012 #AWCchat: web accessibility

Thanks to everyone who participated in our seventh #AWCChat on Twitter.

Our guest host was Glenda Watson Hyatt; she is a web accessibility expert and is also known as the Left Thumb Blogger. Glenda has cerebral palsy but never lets that stop her from anything.  We also enjoyed her blog post afterwards – Behind the Scenes of a Tweetchat.

There were four questions for discussion during this chat:

1)   How do you know if your website is accessible to those with disabilities?

2)   Who sets the rules for web accessibility and where are they found?

3)   What is the business case for paying more attention to accessibility? Why does it really matter?

4)   What is one thing that people can start doing TODAY to make their site more accessible?

We tweeted lots of additional resources during the chat, so don’t miss taking a look at the transcript, and connect with Glenda on Twitter at @GlendaWH.

**  On Chirpstory – the summary transcript for 19 Jan chat on web accessibility.

The next #AWCChat is scheduled for 26 January 2012, on making the jump to being a freelance communicator.

**  Chat schedule and topics for January 2012

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Summary transcript for 12 Jan 2012 #AWCchat: writing for the web

Thanks to everyone who participated in our sixth #AWCChat on Twitter.

There were four questions for discussion during this chat:

1)   How is text content presented differently on the web than in print, and why? (meaning, what is the reason for bullets, white space and headers/subheaders?  There’s science behind it.)

2)   Links are one of THE most important elements of writing online. How do you pick anchor text, who to link to, etc.?

3)   How can you write in a way that helps SEO (Search Engine Optimization) but doesn’t sound robotic?

4)   The web is multimedia, not just text. So, “writing for the web” is also “creating for the web” with video, images, etc. Agree or disagree?

We tweeted some additional resources during the chat, but if you do nothing else, read this definitive post about writing for the web, written by usability expert Jakob Nielsen in 1997 and still relevant today.

**  On Chirpstory – the summary transcript for 12 Jan chat on writing for the web.

The next #AWCChat is scheduled for 19 January 2012.   Our guest host is Patti DeNucci, author of The Intentional Networker, about how to take the anxiety out of networking for business.

**  Chat schedule and topics for January 2012

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