Starting in June 2009, Apple Retail Stores in Australia will conduct free workshops, during school holidays, called “Apple Camp” for children aged 8 years to 12 years old. Continue reading »

O’Reilly have created a number of different posters over the years for a variety of events and groups and now they would like to share them with the wider community, including Apple User Groups. Continue reading »

Episode #63 of The Mac Roundtable featured a discussion of Mac User Groups.

“If you’re wondering how new Mac users might perceive your group and what you need to do to overcome their perceptions,” Chuck Joiner says, “you need to listen to this show.” 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 »

ASCCA, the Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association is a national body representing seniors and technology. Membership is open to any organisation promoting access to information technology by older people. ASCCA is represented in every state and territory of Australia, including at least one Apple User Group. Continue reading »

CreativeTech now have a free, 10-week Flash Course starting in July. This class will be taught by Erik Fadiman. Erik is faculty at Seattle Central Community College Graphic Design and now teaches at our Seattle-area training partner, Luminous Works. Continue reading »

On June 8th, after many requests, CreativeTech are delighted to offer a free, 10-week, worldwide, Illustrator course. This class will be taught by Steve Laskevitch, founder and lead instructor at Seattle’s Luminous Works Training Center. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »