Recently we posted suggestions for Approaching Potential Presenters, now we provide some suggestions for confirming presenters. Continue reading »

User Group Leaders often wonder how to approach organisations to find potential presenters for their meetings.

When I’ve written to individuals or organisations to present at User Groups that I have been involved with in the past I’ve always included the same basic details; Continue reading »

MacTalk Hunter, a small Apple User Group based in New South Wales, Australia, has solved a problem that many smaller groups face – How to provide a Book Library service to their members, without having to worry about physical storage of tons of books… Continue reading »

Over at O’Reilly Answers, Mac Slocum explains how to setup a Google Profile for a business, project or team – which could just as easily be for your Apple User Group! Continue reading »

Marsee from O’Reilly asks how various User Groups from around the world reach out to new members. Continue reading »

Marsee from O’Reilly asks User Group Leaders what they do when a scheduled speaker for a meeting cancels at the last minute and various people share how they cope. Continue reading »

The Bellarine Mac User Group, BMUG, is a growing and vibrant Mac group based on the Bellarine Peninsula near Geelong in Victoria, is known all over for its surprisingly comprehensive range of Apple manuals and they are proud to share their latest volume, The BMUG Troubleshooting Guide, with Apple User Groups in Australia and around the world.

The BMUG Troubleshooting Guide is intended as the first place Mac users should turn too to help self-diagnose many common problems that occur on Macs and how to take steps to prevent problems from occurring. Continue reading »

The North Coast Mac Users Group, from Santa Rosa in California, have incorporated an O’Reilly User Group Program Book Widget into their website, which enables them to promote new books that are available from O’Reilly’ and even earn a small commission. Continue reading »

AMUG Sydney have a simple, but extremely well implemented online ordering system for purchasing Disc of the Month titles.

Any Apple User Group participating in the Disc of the Month project or that have any other merchandise for sale may want to take a look at the AMUG site. Continue reading »

The South Australian Apple Users’ Club (SAAUC) lists the extensive range of titles that they have available for their members to borrow from the group’s Library.

Such a listing is a great idea for other Apple User Groups to consider adding to their own websites. Continue reading »

This week’s AppleUsers Share is our first looking at a non-Australian Apple User Group – The Maui Apple User’s Society, who have an iPhone specific mini-website setup and it automatically kicks in when a user accesses their website from an iPhone or iPod touch. Continue reading »

The internet macintosh user group (iMug) maintains a web page listing their past meeting topics, currently dating back to the beginning of 2006.

This is an idea other Apple User Groups could find beneficial to incorporate into their own sites. Continue reading »

The Central Victorian Macintosh Users Inc (CVMU) have a simple calendar showing the entire year, with all their meeting dates for the entire year clearly highlighted.

This is a simple function that could easily be implemented on any Apple User Groups website and should be! Continue reading »

ACTApple have included on their website a page that details the guidelines for speakers presenting to their members and this is a feature that all Apple User Groups should consider incorporating into their own websites. Continue reading »