NMC Surveys

Many people have to give public presentations as part of their work.  These may be to fellow colleagues or for a wider audience at a conference.  Microsoft's PowerPoint software has been the de facto standard for many, but new tools and techniques have emerged to improve and enhance our presentations.  As options proliferate and different presentation styles develop, we would like to know where you stand in terms of presentation tools and techniques.   This topic was recently a lively thread on our NMC Subscriber’s email list.   Please take two minutes to tell us what you think about presentations and the tools and techniques to make them and engage an audience.

 The questions are:

1) What tool do you primarily use to create your presentations?

2) What strategy or style do you use to improve your presentations?

With literally hundreds of social media sites available on the web, where do you place your energy? In this NMC Two Minute Survey, we want to know the ones you focus on and where you prefer to get information from us.

We've been involved on social media sites since they started, but we are looking more strategically in where we focus and how we participate n these spaces. And we want to know more about your own way of being there.

The survey will open for a week starting Tuesday September 1 and will be published a week later. Again, this survey is very quick! We bet you can do it in under 60 seconds, maybe 30.  (image credit: Flickr CC Licensed Photo by Matt Hamm)

We have more and more technology tools and information sources that we touch on a regular basis for both work and to stay informed. In this NMC Two Minute Survey, we are seeking to learn which technologies or information services you use on a regular basis- the ones you have made a daily habit.

The survey will open for a week starting Monday March 23 and will be published a week later. This one is quick! We bet you can do it in under 60 seconds. Of course, we know that the NMC web site is a daily habit for everyone, so we left it off the list ;-) (image credit: Flickr CC Licensed Photo by lastyearsgirl)

In this survey we probe the use of online tools for bookmarking and tagging web sites. Even if you do not use one, please respond to at least the first questions as a "no" response there tells us something.(image credit: cc licensed flickr photo by found_drama)

The Questions:

1. Do you use a social bookmarking tool?
2. What is the social bookmarking tool that you use the most frequently?
3. How many bookmarks are in your collection? (choise of ranges)

The Results: (view full spreadsheet)

Our second Two Minute survey looks for examples of mobile technology projects happening at NMC organizations. We here at NMC are most interested in seeing some up-to-the-moment data on what members are doing with mobile phones.  Please point us to any info you might have on anything related to mobile in your institution or that you may know about.   (image credit: Flickr CC Licensed Photo by Steve Keys)

The Question:
We here at NMC are most interested in seeing some up-to-the-moment data on what members are doing with mobile phones. Please point us to any info you might have on anything related to mobile in your institution or that you may know about. Any and all pointers to projects are appreciated.

In this NMC Two Minute Survey we hope to gather a collection of the kinds of applications New Media people are adding to their iPhone/iPod Touch devices. (image credit: GadgetReview)

The Question:
What are your favorite apps on your iPhone? Let us know what you think are useful iPhone apps and we'll publish a list of them!

1. What is the name of the app?
2. What does the app do? Why is it a favorite of yours?
3. What kind of app is it? (menu of choices)

The Results: (view full spreadsheet)