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Organizations ASTD of Massachusetts http://www.massastd.org/ http://www.LearningTown.com: Good for discussion and to get ideas http://www.linkedin.com Linked In has an ASTD Board: Good for discussion and to get ideas http://www.elearningguild.com eLearning Guild (free and paid memberships) Newsletters http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/ http://www.elearninglearning.com/elearning-guild/instructional-design/newsletter/ www.WorldStart.com - They have a great eNewsletter with technology tips and gadgets that are on sale. They also answer subcsriber questions. http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/ http://www.elearninglearning.com/elearning-guild/instructional-design/newsletter/  Images/Graphics www.morguefile.com - Free photos to use on Websites and presentations. Paint:  Does most of Photoshop[http://www.getpaint.net Free Vector Art: http://all-free-download.com Design Comics PowerPoint templates RedKid sign and image generators ImageAfter eLearning Art Stockvault Dreamstime Vuvox: collage maker Dipity: create timelines OpenPhoto PowerPoint Supplements Tom Kuhlmman 200 Tutorials http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/here-are-more-than-200-free-rapid-e-learning-tutorials Visual Bee Plug In http://www.visualbee.com Articulate Community Templates Books Presentation Design Resonate by Nancy Duarte Slide:ology by Nancy Duarte Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds The Non Designers Presentation Book by Robin Williams Software Supplements Audacity: Free audio recording tool http://audacity.sourceforge.net Audacity FLV Player: Plays FLV formatted movies http://www.applian.com  FLV Player VLC Media Player: Plays virtually all video formats and file types http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Format Factory: Convert media from one format to another http://www.formatoz.com The GIMP:Great image editor alternative to Adobe Photoshop http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ Photo Resizer Scale: photos before putting into courses. Helps retain quality. http://www.rw-designer.com    PowerBullet Freeware: PowerPoint to Flash Converter http://www.powerbullet.com  Websites http://www.slideshare.net/brainslides/burn-your-powerpoints Multimedia expert http://jonathanhalls.net/ Shopping www.half.com - Great site for buying used books, movies, and CDs. Like Ebay except not an auction. It's much cheaper than buying computer books from the big retailers. Other Font Conference Video: humourous video on font usage

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