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Technology Tools for Legal AidGabrielle Hammond, NTAP
January 31, 2007
I never…
Participated in a Legal Meetings (WebEx) call
Hosted a Legal Meetings call Visited the new LSNTAP website (www.lsntap.org)
Completed an online survey using the Poverty Law Survey Tool
Used a wiki Created a survey using the Poverty Law Survey Tool
Added content to the LSNTAP Website
Technology Tools for Legal Aid
LSNTAP.Org Poverty Law Survey Tool Wikis LegalMeetings
Coming soon…. GIS Mapping Server
Other Tools
Meeting Scheduling Online RSS Feeds and Readers Open Source Apps
Why are you here…
Want to learn about all the tools available to my program.
Want to learn how the community is using these tools (generally)
Want to learn specifics (i.e. nuts and bolts) how to use tools- Which tools?
Curious about what all those acronyms in the agenda meant: LM, LAU, GIS….
LSNTAP.Org
Technology information for poverty law Training for poverty law Blogs and entry to national projects
(national wikis, email lists) It is not just for techies….Your role:
Tell other staff about it in your program
Bookmark: www.lsntap.org/techlibrary
The LSNTAP.Org Tour
Tech Library: Name that Tech Topic! (or Search Game)
Portal for national email lists and wikis
News and Views (blogs available) Training (Calendar, Lists, and Registration)
Posting Content and Logging In Posting Jobs
Resources
www.legalmeetings.org (aka www.lsntap.org/aboutlegalmeetings) Information on Sign Up Information on Using LegalMeetings
Trainings: Energizing Online Meetings, Oct 26 First Tues of Every Month: LegalMeetings Roundtable). Starts February (For Existing Users)
Online Surveys
Client Satisfaction Surveys (from Hotline)
Staff Surveys on Management Issues
Retreat and Conference Planning National Initiatives -- Getting Feedback
Technology or Other Project Evaluation
Online Survey Tools
Survey Monkey Poverty Law Survey Tool Zoomerang Others…
Poverty Law Survey Tool
Free Robust Features Support is Available During Use
Important Features
Customize look & feel and include images Question types and logic of questions Share Your Surveys with Others in the Community (avoid recreating from scratch)
Send Surveys Out Anonymously, With Tokens, with Registration Options
Reporting and Statistics includes Charts and Graphs
Ability to copy questions between surveys or reuse yours or others’ shared surveys as a template
Before You Begin
A Survey Tool cannot write the survey for you…
Strength of your survey depends on preparation
Before you go online, know:The Question TypesHow you’ll distribute the surveyHow it will be administeredStart and end date
What if….You Don’t Know
How would you know which one to use? What are Tokens? What do you mean by Question Types What do you mean by Skip Logic and Branching?
We have resources: http://lsntap.org/node/1706 (question types) http://lsntap.org/surveyhowto (step-by-step) http://lsntap.org/node/890 (administration options)
Basic Steps in Survey Creation
Login to your account and create a new survey
Fill out as much of the survey metadata as you can at this point
Create a group (to contain one or all questions) and name it with the knowledge that groups are arranged alphabetically
Create a question and choose an appropriate question type. Enter the possible answers to the question. (for certain question types)
Create new questions/groups as required Test the survey and make any changes
required Activate the survey and send the link to
your respondents
Resources
Sign up for an account at survey.lstech.org
Trainings and resources available in the lsntap.org resource library
Sign up for upcoming NTAP trainings on using the survey tool February 15, 2007 November 16, 2007 ADVANCED training for current users only: TBA (likely March and December)
Email support: madhu@lsntap.org
Online Tool for Collaboration
What if there were an easy way to: Share versions of your hotline or housing manual across multiple authors, without using email…
Store and update passwords that change quickly (like tech pwds) so you don’t have to wait to find your techie to log back in…
Save on the email bulk…
Wikis
An online space, like a website, where "anyone" can add, edit, or remove web pages without specific web tools or knowledge.
Preserves prior versions of pages and logs changes made to its pages.
A group of people can use it to create a collaborative work or reference environment.
Some uses in Legal Services
Personnel Manuals, Administrative & Litigation Manuals
Technology State Task Force Projects & Conferences National Projects To support meeting planning Examples
Wikis In Action…
Wikipedia Fema Answers (http://femaanswers.org)
NTAP’s Wiki (password protected)
LSSCM’s Technology Wiki Cyber Piracy Wiki
Starting a Wiki: Determine Platform
Just like with website platforms, there are many wiki “platforms” to choose from…
Decide whether you host it yourself or have it hosted. (Security versus ease of use and administration)**
We use MediaWiki -- not the prettiest, but “industry-standard.”
NTAP will be offering programs wiki hosting (we’ll give you space on a server to host your wiki) starting in March.
Other options: http://lsntap.org/node/1064****
Starting a Wiki
No one is that excited about a blank page
Change of Mindset (NTAP’s example) Tips for Successful Wikis
Get someone who is willing to try Put up content before you distribute Share materials on how to edit (on the wiki itself)…make it easy
Basic Editing (Mediawiki)
Let’s see how to edit a Wiki:
http://lsntap.org/node/1062
Other Resources: http://lsntap.org Tutorial All About Media Wiki Lessons Learned And more….
Resources
LSNTAP.Org resources on wikis Mediawiki resources at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents
Upcoming Trainings March 2, 2007
Wiki Tools
Jotspot Confluence (free for nonprofits)
MediaWiki PBwiki
LegalMeetings Web Conferencing
How many use it? Sign Up: www.legalmeetings.org Use it: http://lm.webex.com
Prices range from $10 - 32 a month depending on program budget size…first three months for LSC funded programs free.
Non-LSC funded programs at $75 a month, first three months at $50.
Poverty Law & LegalMeetings
Staff Meetings, Task Force Meetings, Staff Training, One-On-One Document Review and Edit, Advocacy Brainstorm Sessions, Substantive Law Review Sessions, Board Meetings, Management Meetings, and Remote Tech Support.
A Look at Use
GLSP 157 Online Meetings 47 of these meetings
were used to train on new CMS, LegalServer
Average distance between offices is 175 miles (3.5 hours)
Estimated $$ saved just in LegalServer trainings: $23,424.00
Community Legal Services - Mid Florida 26 meetings in last
year (started in Sept)
Used to train Helpline staff on areas of law
Average distance is 59 miles
Estimated $$ saved is $1076.00
What if we all…..
If 30 programs used it like GLSP, the national community would have saved an estimated: $820,704.00.
If 30 programs used it like CLSMF, the national community would have saved an estimated: $68,194.24.
GIS Mapping National Server Project
Map Census Data by Legal Aid program
Map Case Management Data with Google Earth
www.lsntap.org/gisnationalserver
Coming Soon: April
Other Tools
Meeting Scheduling www.meetomatic.com www.meetingwizard.com
Upcoming: Phone Conferencing for Legal Aid Programs 6 cents a minute for toll-free Award winning phone service
RSS Feeds and Readers: www.lsntap.org/techlibrary
Other Tools
Open Source Software Diagram Software: http://live.gnome.org/Dia
Open Source Suites: http://openoffice.org
More Tips Training by NTAP on May 4 http://lsntap.org/50techtips
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