Just a draft of the opening slides

1. Widgets: Now More Useful Than Ever! NTC Conference April 6, 2007 http://www.flickr.com/photos/stinkypeter/

3. Session Outline Intro Widget Primer Widgets Go Wild Tour Summary

4. Photo by Thomas Hawk Marshall Kirkpatrick

5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/shelisrael/ Carnet Williams

6. OMG, I’ve been widgetized! Profiles & Presence Content in many places RSS Powered Fundraising Sharing photos, bookmarks, videos, and more Conversations connections

7. My burning question about widgets is….

8. What is a widget?

10. Widget …

12. A web widget is a small piece of cut and paste code that enables a non-technical web publisher to easily pull in content and display it or add interactive features.

13. Badge Capsule Gadget Module Mini Snippet What’s in a name? Flake

14. The Web is increasingly turning into a sort of online Home Depot with its shelves lined with thousands of useful, off-the-shelf parts of every description and utility. Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=80

15. Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=80

16. Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=80

17. I’d like to volunteer … I want more information .. I want to support that cause .. The Network Effect Slide remixed from David Wilcox

19. Give up control … Open source thinking This gets messy! http://www.flickr.com/photos/petroleumjelliffe/

20. Benefits Widgets are two-way bridges for distributing your content

21. http://www.flickr.com/photos/eye2eye/ Are widgets really useful? Hmm …

22. Easy to Use!

23. Low cost or free For the end users!

24. Widgets are fun! (But don’t tell your ED)

26. Widgets Go Wild Tour

27. Stop 1: Conversation Starters Examples Poll Daddy Voice Mail – MobaTalk Meebo

28. Stop 2: Spread Your .Org’s Content Bookmarks Photos Videos Text via RSS Headlines

29. Stop 3: Share Content Calendar Listings Job Listings And More …

30. Stop 4: Site Tracking and Search MyBlogLog Technorati

31. Stop 5: Profiles and Presence LinkedIn Twitter

32. Stop 6: Advocacy 18 seconds

33. Stop 7: Personal Fundraising Network for Good ChipIn Change.org Kiva

35. More information at …