GEWR+Tech+Tips

Event Technical Tips
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Tools we are using

 * **D-Groups -** http://www.dgroups.org/groups/wsf-genderequity This is a public Dgroup to which you can add yourself as a member. It will be our main communication tool for event conversations, so if you want to join in the discussion, please visit the link! Please note that the Dgroup is not being moderated during the period of this online discussion, meaning any message you post to it will appear directly, without moderator approval. We'll have three different language break out DGroups as well.
 * **Wikispaces -** http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/Gender+Equity+and+Women%27s+Rights for information sharing and shared translation.
 * **Google translation** - we have installed a "translation widget" on the wiki. People can select to view a machine translation of any page associated with the event. These translations are not perfect, but they can be a bridge to help us understand each other across languages. In addition, volunteers are encouraged to offer clarifications to the auto translations.
 * **Additional technologies:** Frappr to map event locations and a Google Calendar for event listings, embedded here in the wiki. If people want to arrange informal synchronous conversations on Skype ([|http://www.skype.com)] please send your skype IDs to the Dgroup!

How to use DGroups

 * see http://wiki.dgroups.org/index.php/Help

How to use this wiki

 * Want to know what a wiki is? Check out this video (you can select the translations in a variety of languages)
 * [|English]
 * [|Spanish]
 * [|French]
 * You can edit any page you wish by clicking on "Edit this Page" button towards the top middle of each page. Then make any change you want and be sure to click the "SAVE" button near the top to save your changes. Don't worry. If you accidentally delete something, we can get it back again. You can even see the 'history' of a page by clicking on the "history" tab at the top of each page.
 * You can leave a message on any wiki page by clicking the "discussion" tab at the top of every page.
 * Finding your way back to the main event page is easy. There is a link in the left navigation are to the "Women's Rights Event" - just a click away from the page you are on.

How to use Google Translator

 * At the top of each wiki page we have a little Google translator tool. You can select which language you want from the drop down box and then the page will be machine translated. Please, don't take the translation too literally. It is not perfect, but it helps us understand each other a little bit better and allows us to work across English, French and Spanish! Oui! Si!

How to add an event to the Calendar

 * Send the information for your event to nancyw@fullcirc.com

How to add yourself to the Frappr Map

 * Click on the orange "Join" button and follow the instructions