Help For Your User Group

“HELPING MEMBER GROUPS HELP THEIR MEMBERS“ The Speakers Bureau is one the benefits many member groups take advantage of. They appreciate not having the same members having to give presentations to their group and the member-presenters like taking a break from giving them and not burning out. Here are some kudos for a few of the presentations: Central Florida Computer Society – John, thank you so much for the great TeamViewer presentation. This was the first time that CFCS used the APCUG Speaker’s Bureau benefit and the officers & members were satisfied & impressed. They felt it…

By Don Arrowsmith, Advisor, Region 3.  Working as an electronic engineer, I was very familiar with Murphy’s Law: Anything that can go wrong, will. That seems to be especially true when dealing with program presentations. Like having a backup of your hard drive helps rescue you from a computer problem, it helps to plan for disaster when you have a room full of members expecting a pleasant talk from your speaker and a problem develops. I will describe several techniques I’ve depended on in three scenarios: live speaker, remote speaker, and…

The early days of personal computing were exciting, and each computer was somebody’s personal project. There were small computer shops everywhere, garage manufacturers, many magazines, books, TV and radio shows, and computer clubs, all trying to keep up. Then, PCs were considered to be a hobby, but since then the situation has changed dramatically. This article, The Need for Effective Communication in Personal Computer Clubs, was written by Dick Maybach, Member, Brookdale Computer Users’ Group, NJ – read on….. Computer shops have disappeared in favor of large Web businesses. Most of the…

Computer Users Group of Redding is Using ZOOM for SIGs & Meetings. Jane Quinn, SIG Leader, Beyond Basics http://cugr.apcug.org/ We used Zoom conferencing for our March SIG. We connected with Hewie Poplock from Florida for his presentation. He is a member of APCUG’s Speakers Bureau. There are several advantages to using the free Zoom Video Conferencing tool. First, it has a plug-in for all our devices, Tablets, iPads, phones, laptops, etc. You can find them at the Google Play, or the Apple App store or directly at their site, https://www.zoom.us/download. And…

By Hewie Poplock, APCUG Rep, Central Florida Computer Society  Similarities between shopping malls and user groups are quite amazing. Gone are the shoppers looking for the traditional mall of the 1980s and 1990s. Times have changed. New and innovative shopping experiences have developed and are thriving. Many of the old indoor malls have empty store fronts and sparse customers. The once busy food courts are nearly empty of businesses and patrons. Yet, in some areas, malls are bustling and full of shoppers. The indoor malls have given way to outside shopping…