The team at Global Delight would like to present before you an All-in-One Screen Capturing Software for your Mac – Voila.

How many times have you wished you could make a quick video off your desktop to explain something? Or capture a few windows to paste them onto your documents or manuals? How about archiving some web pages? Voila lets you do all this and much more… Continue reading »

May 10th to 16th, 2010 is National Volunteer Week (NVW) – the largest celebration of volunteers and volunteerism in Australia, and it provides an opportunity to highlight the role of volunteers in our communities and to say thank you to the more than 5 million Australians who volunteer.

Is YOUR Apple User Group doing anything to thank YOUR volunteers? Continue reading »

Recently, I asked the question “Does your Apple User Group maintain a PR mailing list?” over on the Apple User Group Discussion mailing list. Here is an expanded version of the questions I asked to give User Groups a some food for thought… Continue reading »

The Australian Government has committed $15 million over three years (2008-2011) to provide free access to computers, broadband services and training to seniors by creating approximately 2,000 senior internet kiosks nation-wide. These kiosk services will be delivered nationally through local community organisations or in any suitable public place that services seniors, which would include many Australian Apple User Groups. Continue reading »

Voila is a professional creativity tool for Mac OS X Leopard that lets you capture your screen, annotate, organize and share and Global Delight are offering Apple User Groups two free copies. Continue reading »

O’Reilly are looking for user groups to display their discount banners on your group’s web site. If you send Marsee at O’Reilly’s your group’s site, saying where one or more banners are published, she’ll send you the O’Reilly book(s) of your choice. Continue reading »

Every software project, online site, company or user group has to manage the community of interested people surrounding it. The community is the source of new ideas, a reliable support network, and the best marketing tool. When money is tight, making the best use of the community is even more critical.

In The Art of Community you’ll experience the broad range of talents required to recruit members, motivate them, manage them, and make them happy to be part of your community. Jono Bacon takes you through the different stages of community and covers the information you’ll need, ranging from software tools to conflict resolution skills. Continue reading »

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers.

This could be a great idea for a presentation topic for Apple User Groups to consider, or even think about having a dedicated meeting each month (or every couple of months) where your group hosts an Ignite event in your local community. Continue reading »

Hamrick Software is offering Apple User Groups a free copy of VueScan for demonstration and review. Continue reading »

Tropical Software are offering Apple User Groups the chance to request one free license of TopXNotes to demo and raffle at meetings, write reviews, and make presentations. Continue reading »

Apress, a publisher of high-tech books for professionals, by professionals, is offering Apple User Groups an opportunity to join their User Group Program. They have one of the hottest-selling Mac/iPhone lines in the market. Continue reading »

Steven Riggs announced, via the April 23, 2009 issue of the Apple User Group Bulletin, that Apple User Group leaders may request one free license of his TimeTable application to demo and raffle at meetings. Continue reading »

The Apple User Group Bulletin, dated April 23, 2009, announces that Apple User Group leaders can get a free one year subscription to designProVideo.com, a US$200 value.

designProVideo.com (the sister site of macProVideo.com) produces pro-level tutorial videos for Adobe CS4 and Final Cut Studio. Continue reading »

The April 23, 2009 edition of the Apple User Group Bulletin has a great offer from SecureMac.

Presentation kits are now available for Apple User Groups interested in demonstrating SecureMac’s security and privacy anti-spyware program MacScan for Mac OS X to their members. Continue reading »