LET'S COMMUNICATE
Electronic Newsletter
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Let's Communicate is a monthly newsletter available by e-mail to all faculty and staff
under the direction of the Vice President for Agriculture and University
Extension. The purpose of
Let's Communicate is to share information and ideas about communication, including writing
and language tips, computer and telephone pointers, new tools and materials and updates. |
Past Issues:
- March 2007 - Non-profit vs. Regular Bulk Mail Rates,
Back Up Your Computers, Dial-up Modem Service Discontinued, Non-personal
E-mail Addresses Switching, Learn about Feeds and Web 2.0 through eXtension,
Write the Right Word, Labor Charges for Graphic and Video Work
- February 2007 - Labor Charges for
Graphics and Video Work Now in Effect, Sign Up to Receive News Releases by
E-mail, Ag Com Needs Video News Release Ideas, Web Resources for Faculty and
Staff, Write the Right Word
- January 2007 - Videoconferencing
Support, Distribution Center Reminders, Write the Right Word, The Latest on
Windows Vista, Beware of Free Wi-Fi Scams, Pegasus Mail Manuals Available
Online
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December 2006 - E-mail Migration Update,
Write the Right Word, New Ag Communication Web Site, Staff Resource Library
Updated
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November 2006 -
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October 2006 -
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September 2006 -- Shoot Your Own Video
with the Check-out Camera, Web Redirects: Don't Leave 'em Hanging, Write
the Right Word, E-mail and Login Passwords in Transition, Trees and Shrubs Book
Now Available, Pubs List Updated
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August 2006 -- How Many Megapixels Do I Need? Write the Right Word,
PowerPoint Templates Available Online, Former Press Operator Dies
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July 2006 --
Formatting Materials for Ag Communication, Plan Ahead on
Videoconferences, Write the Right Word, Eliminate Illogical Spelling?, New
Pocket Folders, Publications Update, New in the Staff Resource Library
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June 2006 -- Computer Support, Ag
Calendar Items, PowerPoint, Templates, Write the Right Word, New in the Staff
Resource Library
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May 2006 -- Recommended Font for Ag
Web Pages, Write the Right Word, Rolie Retires from Print Shop, Anderson Joins
Staff, New in the Staff Resource Library
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April 2006 -- E-mail List
Reminders, The Journey of a Thousand Miles, Smart Videoconference Meetings
Offered May 11, Write the Right Word
- March 2006 -- Use the Correct
Logos, Business Reply and Bulk Mailing Regulations, E-mail Publicity and
Delivery, Equipment Available for Checkout, Ag Communication Charges, Write
the Right Word
- February 2006 -- Make a Difference
with your Display or Exhibit, Photo Resources on the Web, Online Grant-Writing
Help, Write the Right Word, Meeting the News Guidelines
- January 2006 -- News Release,
Educational Materials Guidelines on the Web, "Not Another Meeting"
Videoconference Feb. 9, Postage Increases, Licensed Software, Technical Q&A,
Write the Right Word
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December 2005 -- New Year's
Resolutions with Your Computer, Videoconference Scheduling Reminder, Write the
Right Word, Get Your Extension Brochures and Display Here
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November 2005 -- Maximizing Your Investment in
Videoconferencing, Font Choice for PowerPoint, Write the Write Word, Coming Up
with Column Ideas
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October 2005 -- NDSU Library Services for Agriculture, Bison Card
Instructions for Off-campus Staff, Write the Right Word, Computer Recycling
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September 2005 -- Visited and
Unvisited Link Colors, Write the Right Word, Ag Com Internet Reminders,
Copyright Reminder, Plan Now for Marketplace
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August 2005 -- What You
Need to Know about Blogs, Write the Right Word, Protect Your Camera, Moving On,
Staff Resource Library Materials
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July 2005 -- Ag Information Center
Guidelines
- June 2005 --
Videoconference Scheduling, News Release Guidelines, Write the Right Word,
Windows Keyboard Shortcuts, New Digital Platemaker Improves Printing Quality,
Add Video to Illustrate Messages
- May 2005 -- People + Content
Videoconferencing, Digital Camera Focus Tip, High-Resolution Images Needed,
NDSU Bison Athletics Logos, Write the Right Word, Quote of the Month: Write
the Impact
- April 2005 -- ITS Modem Pool
Gone May 31, E-mail Etiquette, Write the Right Word, Renew SAS Now, Plan for
Fall Distance Education, Tweak of the Day
- March 2005 -- Campus Modem Pool to be Removed in
May, Quick Reminders from Ag Communication, Write the Right Word, Filter Spam
into a Separate Folder, Family and Friends can be Spammers, Too, Cleaning LCD
Monitors, The Core Rules of Netiquette
- February 2005 -- Write the Right Word, News Releases Come in Video, Too,
Fonts for Web Pages, The Core Rules of Netiquette
- January 2005 -- Technology Support --
Who Ya Gonna Call?, Reminders from Ag Communication, New Grant Writing Training
Online, Write the Right Word, 10 Steps to Improve Your Computer Performance,
Save that Original Photo, The Core Rules of Netiquette
- December 2004 -- 10 Steps to Improve Your Computer
Performance, Write the Right Word, The Core Rules of Netiquette, Topics Galore
in the Staff Resource Library
- November 2004 -- Copyright: What's Fair Game and What Isn't, Computer
Services Help on the Web, Write the Right Word, Your Responsibilities for
Scheduling Videoconferences, Printing vs. Copying, Receive News by
E-mail, Core Rules of Netiquette, Think About It
- October 2004 -- Write the Right Word, Selecting the
Best Image Format, Image Size on the Web, Software License Reminders, The Core
Rules of Netiquette
- September 2004 -- Write the Right Word, Learn
Unwriting from Mark Twain, Get the Latest Ag News, USDA Photo Sources, Poster
Power, Distance Education Support, The Core Rules of Netiquette, Answers to
Write the Right Word
- August 2004 -- Computer Use -- and Misuse, Windows XP Service Pack Update,
Web Design Elements, Write the Right Word, The Core Rules of Netiquette,
Answers to Write the Right Word, New in the Staff Resource Library
- July 2004 -- Write the Right Word, Online Fraud, The Core Rules of
Netiquette, New Staff at Your Service in Ag Com, Answers to Write the Right
Word, Quote of the Month
- June 2004 -- Write the
Right Word, The Core Rules of Netiquette, Ag Com Contacts, Chuckle of the
Month
- May 2004 -- Write the
right word Netiquette Reminders, Extension Marketing Update, Mail Room
Changes, Quote of the Month: Read Aloud to Edit
- April 2004 -- Write the right word, New Web URL's,
News Release and Educational Materials Update
- March 2004 -- Write -- and Say -- the Right Word, 10
Design Tips for PowerPoint, Getting What You Want from Search Engines
- February 2004 -- Write the right word, Etiquette
with office gadgets, How to get your news and information out, Answers to
write the right word, Quote of the month
- January 2004 --
Write the right word, Unsubscribe to spam and get more spam?, Dead laptop
batteries, Wintertime reading, Communicators are like researchers
- December 2003 -- New Year's
Resolutions, Plan Your Media Message, Write the Right Word, Technology Tips by
E-Mail
- November 2003 -- Write the Right Word, What's New in
the Staff Resource Library
- October 2003 -- Write the Right Word, What's
New In Pegasus 4.1? Words for the Wired
- September 2003 -- Write the Right Word,
Maximum Sites for Videoconferencing, Windows Smart Search, Who Needs Spell
Check!
- August 2003 -- Write the Right Word, E-Mails -- To
�Subject� Or Not, Pretty as a Poster
- July 2003 -- Write the Right Word, Inspiration for
Better Writing, Web Page Accessibility, Computer Security Starts with
Windows Update - But What Does It Mean?
- June 2003 -- Write the Right Word, Have
You Tangled Your Web?, The Importance of Computer Security, Help! I Have an
Error Message
- May 2003 -- Write the Right Word, Junk E-mail and
Subject Lines, 10 Steps to Planning Educational Programs, New in the Staff
Resource Library
- April 2003 -- Write The Right Word,
Updating Virus Software, Videoconferencing Etiquette, Big and Beautiful Lamination,
Include Communication in Grant Applications, Leave and Send Memorable Messages
- March 2003 -- Write the Right Word, E-Mail
Netiquette, Viewing on the Web, in the Staff Resource Library
- February 2003 -- Write the Right Word, Video
Conferencing Sites on Corporate Time, Professioinal Posters for Pennies, EEO
Requirements for Publications
- January 2003 -- Test Your E-mail, Free Programs May Cause Big Problems, Starting and Stopping a PowerPoint
Presentation, ADA Requirements for Brochures, Smart Objectives/Desired Outcomes
- December 2002 -- Campus Ag E-Mail
List, Document Conversions, Compound vs Alternate Subjects, Right vs Rite, Think
About It.
- November 2002 -- Perspective vs Prospective, NDSU
on the Air
- October 2002 -- Streamed Video
and Audio on the Web, Reading CD's, Alumnus, Alumna, Alumni, Alumnae
- September 2002 -- Videoconferencing
Update, Web Page Headers, A Consistent Voice, it is - it's,
they're vs their
- August 2002 -- Use vs Utilize, Gary Moran's
Goodbye, Becky Koch Becomes Let's Communicate Editor, Is Your Web Site ADA
Compliant?
- July 2002 -- The phrase is "good of a,"
Begin with the End in Mind, New in the Staff
Resource Library.
- June 2002 -- Dashes or Parentheses,
Maid vs Made, Lost Positives, Timely Topics, A Copyright Myth
- May 2002 -- Devote vs Devout,
Grammar/Spelling Checkers, Compound Adjectives, What's In It For Me? (WIIFM)
- April 2002 -- Alternate vs Alternative, Get to the
Point, Information Overload, Integrated Typo Management (ITM)
- March 2002 -- Shear vs Sheer, Healed
vs Heeled, Helpful Copyright Web Sites, Do I Have to Spell it Out For You? Yes!,
Web Cookies
- February 2002 -- Than vs Then, Reign in vs Rein in, Hone
in vs Home in, Junk E-mail and Spam
- January 2002 -- Polls vs Poles, Have vs
Has, Alluded vs Eluded, That vs Which; Orphan Web Pages, Avoid Computer
Infections
- December 2001 -- Write the right word,
Get Serious with E-Mail Subject Lines, Ag Comm has Color Plotter
- November 2001 -- 4-H Clover Builds Identity, Web
Address In E-Mail, Get Realplayer To Watch Streaming
- October 2001-- Writing for the Web, Yes, it is Copyrighted
- September 2001-- Electronic File Transfer, Graphic and Photo
Resolution
- August 2001-- Dialects, Preparing Your Message for the Media
- July 2001-- Power of the Word, Meaningless Words, Worms, Viruses and
Other Maladies
- June 2001-- Open vs. Close Punctuation, Everyday vs. Every Day,
Web-Based E-Mail
- May 2001-- abbreviations, NDSU identification, Ag Information Center
- April 2001--, Eek vs Eke, Parenthetical Elements, Comma Splice, The
Need for Speed
- March 2001--Criteria vs Criterion, Data: Singular or Plural?, Follow
the Guidelines
- February 2001--Using Jargon, Oriented -not- Orientated, Variety is or
are?, Web Site Accessibility
- January 2001--Stalemate vs Stalwart, Youth vs Youths, Your Home Page,
Display Holders, Computer Help
- December 2000--Good Writing Takes Practice, Electronic Copying
and Copyright
- November 2000--Principles of Effective Writing, Get to the Point
- October 2000--Rules of Grammar & Punctuation, Visuals are an Aid
not a Crutch, E-Mail Lists
- September 2000--Reading Aids Writing Skills, % vs. percent, Public
Speaking Basics
- August 2000--Disassembling vs Dissembling, Rye vs Wry,
Define Audience and Goal
- July 2000--Colon vs Semicolon, ics words: singular or plural?
Proclaiming a Copyright, Enclosures
- June 2000--NDSU Flood Response, Intents vs Intensive, a.m. - p.m.,
Tech Tips
- May 2000--Keeping items in a Series Parallel, Overcapitalization,
Citations and Copyrights
- April 2000--Sewn/Sown, Fair Use Is Not Forever, Avoid Typing Injury
- March 2000--The Solitary "Help," BTW and smiley faces, Let
Voice Mail Help You
- February 2000--Tact/Tack, Pupa/Pooh-Bah/Puba, Be a Better
Speaker--Prepare
- January 2000--Punctuation redundancy, Super Bowl Advertising
- December 1999--Exclamation points, however, Extension Service
materials are not in the public domain
- November 1999--Rout/route, developing your "ear" for
language, comma, digital cameras
- October 1999--Quotation marks, less/fewer, Communicator of the Year,
News Archives
- September 1999--Irradicated/eradicated, parenthetical elements,
Coping with Floods, National Farm-City Week
- August 1999--Preparation, pronouns, antecedents, PLAGUE of
appreciation, reader friendly Web Sites
- July 1999--Writing paragraphs, short sentences, Mark's journalism
course
- June 1999--Simple (seven-cent) words, resigned/re-signed, display
tips, Web page awards
- May 1999--Poured/pored, people/persons, flower/flour, E-mail
Commandments
- April 1999--Inverted pyramid, onerous/erroneous, free critiques
- March 1999--Lead/led, apostrophes, AP Stylebook, email attachments
- February 1999--Sight/site, mediums, ough, "seed" words, CBE
manual
- January 1999--Writing Guides, muted, mouse, niggardly
- December 1998--The Elements of Style, breaking sentences in two,
mute/moot, Mark Dillon's speech
- November 1998--Editor, rocket surgery vs rocket science; Presentation
Graphics
- October 1998--Split infinitives; peak vs pique; pick your Home Page
- September 1998--Sound alike words; Voicing Your Message; Getting
Computer Help
- August 1998--Orientate; singular their; stocky or stalky; flare or
flair; bullet lists
- July 1998--Diffused vs Defused, a Web of dictionaries
- June 1998--Less and fewer, heteronyms, current edition, government
and copyright
- May 1998--Passive and Active Voice
- April 1998--That and which; "repel"ant
- March 1998--State abbreviations, all...are not...,visualizing,
sharing disks
- February 1998--Irregardless, flammable/inflammable, lost positives,
sign e-mail, comics & copyright, phone savy
- January 1998--Comprise, Mondegreens, copyright and the Internet,
respond to phone messages
- December 1997--Impact for effect, very excellent, i.e. and e.g.,
public domain
- November 1997--Bullet lists, toward or towards, Internet copyright,
voice mail
- October 1997--Illicit and elicit, alternative, semicolons, voice mail
greetings
- September 1997--Conscious and conscience, GHOTI, capital and captiol,
justification
- August 1997--However, lend and borrow
- July 1997--Amperand, parenthetical commas, myself, preventive
maintenance
- June 1997--Wandering adverbs, data, software piracy, displays
- May 1997--cite, site and sight; squinting modifiers; serial comma,
carpal tunnel
- April 1997--Punctuation, every one and everyone, Internet glossary
- March 1997--Common questions, a or an
- February 1997--Farther and further; assure, ensure, insure; a or an;
attachments
- January 1997--Word useage bits and pieces
If you have questions or comments, or would like to submit information or make a
suggestion, contact:
Agriculture Communication
Attn: Becky Koch
7 Morrill Hall
Phone: 231-7875
FAX: 231-7044
e-mail: bkoch@ndsuext.nodak.edu
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