Use this "cloud computing" presentation to think about your own online presentation
14:45, 19 June 2009
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Right now, today, on the IBM.com site (at least the one in English in the USA), is a podcast called:Working in a cloud is a very down-to-earth strategy: Learn how the smart business of cloud computing makes for a smarter planet.Go to the IBM.com site, click on those words, and read a little about cloud computing. then scroll down the page to "Cloud Computing Podcast," and hear two IBM experts interviewed by my good friend Betsy Thaggard about IBM's "cloud."
There is nothing new about cloud computing for most people, including you, the person reading this blog. It's "a metaphor for the Internet, based on how the Internet is depicted in computer network diagrams and is an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it conceals." As Betsy noted on a previous article for IBM, "If you use Web mail, share snapshots through Flickr or collaborate online with LotusLive or Google apps, you're already in the cloud. "
Why visit the page and listen to the podcast?
- To see how a company takes one of its existing practices/services and presents it in an interesting, easy-to-read/easy-to-access way to appeal to a broad audience
- To listen to an effective podcast
- To think about how your nonprofit could do exactly the same thing with one of its own existing practices
- To learn about "cloud computing" and to be able to say, "Hey, I do that! I know what that is"
- To hear Betsy!
Ignore the techie language and jargon (unless that's your thing); as you read and listen, think about how this information about an IBM service is delivered in such a simple manner, and how your nonprofit could do the same for one of its services.
