Re: [libreoffice-marketing] PRESENTATION TEMPLATE TO PEOPLE NEW TO LIBREOFFICE.

2015-05-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) At a guess there might be something useful on the marketing wiki. I don't know my way around it, so hopefully someone else here can help! I think one of the features Impress does have that Microsoft's Powerpoint doesn't, is an app for Android (and iPhone?) to allow you to use the Android

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Fwd: contact LO Belgium-fr ?

2015-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Where i work when we go to events we take along old flyers even if we have newer ones but just put them at the bottom of the pile. It bolsters numbers, makes the stack look heftier (and therefore people are less reticent about taking one), it is a good way of using up older ones and a good

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] TDF Birthday video?

2015-02-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the fact that we all forgot says a lot about LibreOffice and TDF today. To me it says that you have all proven that LibreOffice and TDF are here to stay. It says that the whole project has matured. People used to question whether you all would still be around or if the project

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Conference Marketing: Upgrading LibreOffice/OpenOffice

2015-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) How about something shorter and catchier? All i could think of was What's new in LO (but with LO being replaced by the banner/logo) or Upgrade now!!! or the kitten gets it regards from Tom :) On 13 February 2015 at 11:52, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: Hi Robinson , Robinson

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Marketing ideas for SCALE in Los Angeles (and beyond)

2015-02-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) How about Tastic LibreOffice person but replace Tastic with whatever kids say about something they think is great. Back in my day in one place i lived everyone said Tastic about pretty much anything after a while but at first it had been only for truly awesome things like setting fire to

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-users] LinuxQuestions.org's Office Suite of the Year: LibreOffice!

2015-02-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 A huge congrats to everyone involved in making LibreOffice what it is today Many regards from Tom :) On 5 February 2015 at 21:09, Robinson Tryon bishop.robin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Grabbing over 86% of the vote, LibreOffice was announced to be the winner of the 'Office Suite

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-website] [LibreOffice Bugzilla Migration] We're done! Please visit the new site to reset your password!

2015-01-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A big +1 from me! I guess there might be teething problems but hopefully we can all be patient with those and just enjoy the advantages of the new system more and more :) Many thanks and regards from Tom :) On 25 January 2015 at 09:22, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] New templates contest

2014-12-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahh, just seen the announcement :) T-shirts sounds like better prizes to me for something like this. The t-shirts are much more unique and personal. My main points were; 1. Having some place holder to invite users to contribute their own templates 2. allowing non-US templates to be

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] definite article in the name “The Document Foundation”

2014-11-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 It is a good name. As a native English speaker i can confirm the little the gets dropped as Paolo described. I have a funny feeling there is some strange use-case where having The ... at the beginning creates problems but i think it's rare enough to be ignorable and anyway everything

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Weekly News #5 waiting for reviews

2014-09-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is a wiki-page. It's actually faster and easier for people to do the edits themselves. If you can post an email then you can edit a wiki-page. Doing the wiki-markup is a little trickier but just editing is like editing text in almost any very simple text-editor. While so many people

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-projects] Re: LibreOffice Weekly News #4 released

2014-09-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I agree that monthly would be easier for people to collaborate with. There is the other way around of people just contributing and if they miss one deadline for 1 week they hopefully catch the next weeks' issue. But people seldom think like that so a monthly release might be easier to cope

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Animation about LibreOffice

2014-07-30 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I guess the best thing would be if the spoken-script was available then anyone could translate it into their own languages. The proper translators team would probably do it better and faster. It does look great even with not being able to understand it. I echo others thoughts about this =

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] I think this article helps describe some marketing concerns that we avoid with Two Lines.

2014-05-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think fresh is the tag that is obscure and could be changed. It's the best one i have heard yet but it's still not quite expressing what the early releases of a branch really give. Most people understand stable. My ideas for replacing fresh would be Innovative branch New features branch

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] I think this article helps describe some marketing concerns that we avoid with Two Lines.

2014-05-16 Thread Tom Davies
' branch (which is not really unstable but just not quite as rock-solid) On 16 May 2014 13:38, Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Hello Tom, Le 16.05.2014 12:24, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) I think fresh is the tag that is obscure and could be changed. It's

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] I think this article helps describe some marketing concerns that we avoid with Two Lines.

2014-05-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) But the stable branch is more certain of being more stable than any releases in the Fresh branch. The Fresh branch releases have undergone a lot of testing using various tools. Also because they have been built on various real-world machines around the world. It's then undergone alpha and

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-users] Tips of the week -help needed

2014-05-07 Thread Tom Davies
of a continuous effort, so feel free to add even more to it. Thanks, Charles. Le 2014-05-01 10:49, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) There is no list or form. It's just a document. You see words on the web-page? Some in different colours, some with different colour backgrounds

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Brazilian LibreOffice Community at FISL15

2014-05-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Can someone add the event to the calendar? I think a live-streaming video of any lectures or presentation is asking too much but if we could do it and tweet about it to promote it then people might watch it. I suspect it's more likely that more people would watch a finished video on

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice pencil box

2014-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) What does the %20 in the url mean? Do we have to have it? Can we remove it to increase clarity? Regards from Tom :) On 16 April 2014 11:37, Daniel A. Rodriguez daniel.armando.rodrig...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] CeBIT 2014 impressions

2014-03-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the event gets covered by various podcasts and blogs as well as more mainstream press. So if you can't find the TDF video then just google-it (or duck-duck-go -it or whatever). It would be great to get featured on some well known shows next year. There is bound to be some

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] 10000 people on Ask LibreOffice

2014-03-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) So we need more people to get involved over there! Look like it's MUCH more of a success than many of us expected. Regards from Tom :) On 25 March 2014 16:09, Regina Henschel rb.hensc...@t-online.de wrote: Hi all, do you notice, that there are already 9988 people on Ask LibreOffice and

[libreoffice-marketing] Wikipedia entry for OpenOffice software

2014-03-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The wikipedia entry for OpenOffice seemed really quite biased towards Apache OpenOffice and somewhat confusing terminology that misrepresented the facts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice#Software So i just edited the introduction. Previously it said; OpenOffice.org (OOo) a

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Wikipedia entry for OpenOffice software

2014-03-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahhh, thanks for the warning! It could be fun or i might just let it go for a while longer and try to catch it sometime after they have moved on. Regards from Tom :) On 21 March 2014 16:06, Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Le 2014-03-21 16:48, Tom Davies

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Tip of the day tweets from @LibreOffice account

2014-03-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Is tip of the day tooo frequent? Perhaps do a tip of the week? Give more people a chance to find it and discuss? I've not been following this thread but there are many sources for tips. The published guides, the Faq. One point that cropped up on the Users List this week was how easy it

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Logo for this year LibreOffice Conference

2014-03-01 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It does look a lot better with the 3 or more fonts? This is for a single event isn't it? Is it still bad practice to use 3-4 fonts if the logo itself is not going to be around for long? It's more eye-catching with the mix of fonts. Regards from Tom :) On 1 March 2014 09:40, Robinson

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Need help - native speaker - CeBIT 2014

2014-02-22 Thread Tom Davies
.. On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 6:12 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) I don't think there is an adequate English expression. Yes, I'm afraid this might be the case... On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 3:23 AM, Thomas Krumbein thomas.krumb...@documentfoundation.org wrote: What it means

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Need help - native speaker - CeBIT 2014

2014-02-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I don't think there is an adequate English expression. Filling Station is fairly uncommon but implies Petrol Station. Usually people try to avoid filling-up their usb-sticks. So, the name you suggest might make people curious to find out more. Errr, it might be good to capitalise the S

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Who on Earth is the LibO installation target?

2014-02-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I agree that quite a few things could be made much easier for corporate users. However, I'm a bit confused by the No Stylist, no Navigator, missing settings.. Do you mean those things are not open by default? They seem to be there for me after doing an install but just not open and ready

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Giant opportunity for LibreOffice supporters

2014-01-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks for that!! I emailed it straight to both of my bosses Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 29 January 2014 13:59, goldf...@aol.in wrote: UK government plans switch from Microsoft Office to open sourceCabinet Office minister Francis Maude plans to standardise on open formats to cut

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Flyer about LibreOffice

2014-01-21 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is VERY different from the usual TDF flyers. It's bright, eye-catching and cheerful with lots of colours and almost no text. Looks nice! :) It's not A4 but that seems like a petty grumble. is it a standard flyer-card size? Thanks and regards from Tom :) On 19 January 2014 22:04,

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Ah, those release notes...

2013-11-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) My thoughts are that the wiki is the best place for them. 1. They might need editing at the last minute or people might realise something after the release has already happened. The wiki might be easier to edit on the fly more easily. 2. It's a good way of introducing people to the

[libreoffice-marketing] Donation options.

2013-09-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) We just had a suggestion on the Users Mailing List that bit-coin might be another good option to add to help more people be able to donate more easily.  I don't know if it's difficult to set-up.  My guess is that if it hasn't already been done then it's probably more difficult than it

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibOCon: number of talks per day

2013-08-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A coffee break in the morning might be a good plan?  Regard from Tom :)  From: Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org Cc: Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, 26 August 2013, 21:17

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibOCon: number of talks per day

2013-08-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think psychologists have found that it's difficult for people to maintain focus for more than 40mins.  Minds start to wander or drift off.  Some people have tricks to give their mind a break earlier.  Things often don't start bang on the time they are supposed to, especially in

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] [Q] Best Route from Munich to Milan for LibOCon

2013-08-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think this is the right list because people here are aware of the event and what is going on and may be heading the same direction too so they might know.  Sounds quite impressively brave!  Good luck with all this! Regards from Tom :)  From:

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Subject: Digest of annou...@documentfoundation.org issue 145 (160)

2013-08-17 Thread Tom Davies
From: announce+h...@documentfoundation.org announce+h...@documentfoundation.org To: tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Friday, 9 August 2013, 17:22 Subject: Subject: Digest of annou...@documentfoundation.org issue 145 (160) Topics (messages 160 through

[libreoffice-marketing] icon theme for Linux Mint

2013-08-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I'm just forwarding this to the Design Team and Marketing at the same time.  Please could either list make sure Bamm is CC'd into any responses as they may not be on your lists.   I found these sets og icons for the individual apps/modules

[libreoffice-marketing] Portable Usb/Cloud installs of LO

2013-08-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) At the moment we recommend a 3rd party called Portable Apps but it seems they are sometimes quite slow about getting the new versions of LibreOffice onto their systems.  WinPenPack seem to do the job a LOT faster and they cover every release but we don't even mention them. 

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Portable Usb/Cloud installs of LO

2013-08-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi again Tom Thank you for keeping me updated. I just jumped to the Italian portable page. It's just a matter of translating the top part of the page... http://it.libreoffice.org/download/portatile/ If TDF acknowledges the releases by winPenPack (X-LibreOffice è realizzato per uso portatile

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Portable Usb/Cloud installs of LO

2013-08-05 Thread Tom Davies
Hi Tom Can you please answer to krackedpress that he just needs to get a zip file from http://sourceforge.net/projects/winpenpack/files/X-LibreOffice/releases/ and unpack it anywhere on the pen drive? There is no installer for using just the portable LO (unless he wants to get the whole

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community on FOSS projects

2013-07-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the QA team's recent competition was good for building up the community spirit.  People on the User List seem to quite like it when they get invited to join in other lists or other teams.  They don't always join in straight away because it's a bit intimidating and they seem to

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Flyer about LibreOffice

2013-07-26 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) WOW!!!  Really attractive! :)  Nice images.  Gives plenty of hints and teasing tasters to make people want to find out more by visiting the website you give.  I can imagine people glancing at this and then visiting the website even if they lost the actual flyer itself.  I like the way

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Microsoft 8 business priorities

2013-07-25 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think a lot of this depends on which country.  I've just heard from someone at an Iranian University that encourages people to use TeX as an alternative to Word.  Sadly they don't yet support Odt at all but that seems open to change.  Here in the Uk it seems that all institutions force

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Campaign for ODF file formats?

2013-07-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) If we were to target certain companies to try to get them onboard with ODF then it might be good to start with our own supporters.  Low hanging fruit should be easier, right?  Google-docs doesn't allow people to use ODF!!  Actually i think ODF usage has improved quite a bit now that MS

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Developer-specific brochure

2013-07-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) QR code anyone? It's just occurred to me that i've never seen a QR Code so that people can effectively 'click' on the leaflet with their smart-phone and be taken to a useful wiki-page or something.  Different QR Codes could take people to different parts of the site.  Perhaps 1 for the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Developer-specific brochure

2013-07-02 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Here is a QR Code i generated from that nabble_a href=LibreOffice-Dev-GetInvolved.pngLibreOffice-Dev-GetInvolved.png/nabble_a I tried to get it as small as possible but it might be too large to cram into the current flyer.  You can reduce the size but once grey areas appear then it's

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Facebook invoices

2013-05-31 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought the daily thing was just for the trial run so we could keep tight control over what was going on and could stop it quite quickly if required?  I think that's over and the Facebooks Ads got approved for longer-term usage/experimentation?  Regards from Tom :) 

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Making use cases videos

2013-05-27 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The Video Tutorials are at http://spoken-tutorial.org/ and although they already have quite a lot i am fairly sure they would welcome people joining in.  I started working my way through at a very low level and just and only very occasionally but they seem excellent.  As a native

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information

2013-05-17 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Given how close to completion i think stick with the font being used to avoid having to re-word anything and avoid that whole fuss with hyphenation again.   It looks good as it is! Regards from  Tom :) From: Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com To:

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think that practicality demands we give people the Pdf versions so that we know how it will look after thy print it.  Many places give 2 formats.  1 editable as well as the fixed Pdf.  Most claim the editable one is Word format. as though there was only 1 of those and that it was the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Davies
still see sites advertising Adobe Reader and telling you to download install it in order to read their Pdfs.  No-one questions it.  We could do the same.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: An early report on the Facebook ads

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Mind-share or more recent terms.  The aim of mind share is to establish a brand as being one of the best kinds of a given product or service, and to even have the brand name become a synonym for the product or service offered, err quoting from wikipedia rather than going to original

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Posts on the marketing list

2013-05-15 Thread Tom Davies
or careful misinterpret what i am trying to say.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org marketing@global.libreoffice.org Cc: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Wednesday

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That looks fine.  Both look great actually.  It looks like some of the spacing between paragraphs has been sorted so they are not so badly cramped.  I'm still worried about how is going to take responsibility when people lose data in Base.  Pretty much everywhere else is advising people

automatic hyphenation Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Brochure-type: General Information

2013-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I finally found it!  From the menus  Format - Paragraph - Text Flow - top tick box UNtick it to turn of automatic hyphenation Regards from Tom :)  From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com Sent: Saturday, 11 May 2013, 2:06 snip / * It would look a lot

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-conference] LibOCon videos

2013-05-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  I think it's best to think o things like that as works in progress.  Some people would rather have someone proof-read thir work before posting it up for all the world to see.  Also some of us don't have all the skills (or time) needed to finish a job in one go so it's better to have it

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information

2013-05-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) YES, that's solved it!!  :D   The Base bit is still a bit too wordy for something where we only want a brief mention of Base and the word also still really bothers me a LOT.  Fixing that just means changing; Base can also be used as a front-end to Base is a front-end or even better

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information

2013-05-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Tbh i can't see the differences in the png or the odt.  My immediate thought is that having some things centred (such as most of the headings and the small stray, isolated paragraphs) does help a lot even though it might be inconsistent with other formatting.  It makes it more

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Spain's Extremadura starts switch of 40, 000 government PCs to open source

2013-05-12 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good work on this!  Thanks for letting the list know Regards from Tom :)  From: Fabian Rodriguez magic...@member.fsf.org To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org marketing@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Thursday, 2 May 2013, 3:52 Subject: Re:

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Brochure-type: General Information

2013-05-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Bullet-points are still oddly indented.  Almost all the split words have been fixed though.  Only about 4 remaining and even those are split in more logical places.  Please can we change the Base wording from Base can also be used as a front-end ... to something like Base is best when

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Brochure-type: General Information

2013-05-11 Thread Tom Davies
of the 2nd page it looks more deliberate but the rest looks accidental.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: marketing@global.libreoffice.org marketing@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Saturday, 11 May

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information

2013-05-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Errr the bullet-points issue is fairly minor if no-one else is noticing what i mean.  It's a bit like kerning. Sometimes it's too trivial to be worth fixing but sometimes it's really horrible.  In this case the bullet-point indent looks fine as it is.  It might be a minor improvement but

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information

2013-05-10 Thread Tom Davies
can, and let the developers work on the thing they can, On 05/10/2013 12:39 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) So when people suffer data-loss due to using the internal back-end what is the Users List supposed to say?  I guess we just blame it on marketing not knowing about a known issue. Regards

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information -- Updated to v.4 (still in edit stage by the marketing team)

2013-05-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Looks fine! :)  Nice work there :)  I was trying to think of a better way of saying The LibreOfficeuser interfaceis available in many languages, even in languages for which cost of localization for commercial software is not available.   but i couldn't come up with anything that

[libreoffice-marketing] Brochures from other orgs

2013-05-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A quick google search gave me https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=marketing+brochuresclient=ubuntuhs=fnbchannel=fsgl=uktbm=ischtbo=usource=univsa=Xei=22iNUffaHomX0AXx8IC4CAved=0CGYQsAQbiw=1861bih=933sei=7WiNUe3QHue90QXYwIHgBw another gave

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information -- Updated to v.4 (still in edit stage by the marketing team)

2013-05-10 Thread Tom Davies
-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information -- Updated to v.4 (still in edit stage by the marketing team) Hi Tom, Some good points ... Le 10/05/13 12:42 PM, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi:) Looks fine!:)  Nice work there:) I was trying to think of a better way of saying

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Brochure type: Community

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) So, again it will be people that have already been attraced to the product and just want to learn more?  It doesn't have to be eye-catching in it's own right? Regards from Tom :)  From: Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
the MySql/MariaDB or PostgreSQL also shows that it is extensible. Cheers, Marc Le 06/05/13 12:00 PM, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) +1 Perhaps remove also as Base is at it's strongest when used as a front-end.  It seems to be  the default way of using Base and it's much easier to get Base to co

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
, I think your phrasing is good. The also definitely is appropriate and needed. --Jean On 10/05/2013, at 14:08, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) Yes, i took also out because when used with the internal back-end Base is a horribly broken nightmare.  It's only when used

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Brochure type: Community

2013-05-09 Thread Tom Davies
: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: marketing@global.libreoffice.org marketing@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Friday, 10 May 2013, 5:04 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Brochure type: Community For my purposes, this brochure needs to tell people how

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Official/Community pamphlet types proposals

2013-05-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It is possible to stop the underlinings and blue links.  I do it by brute force just by reformatting the links to force them out of having underlinings.  I could do a more elegant way by changing the settings in Tools - Options - Appearance but that might mess up other things for me so i

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Official/Community pamphlet types proposals

2013-05-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahhh, cool!  That is a LOT more elegant :)  Thanks Jean :) Regards from Tom :)  From: Jean Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com To: Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: marketing@global.libreoffice.org marketing@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 8 May

[libreoffice-marketing] Open Help Conference Sprints 2013

2013-05-06 Thread Tom Davies
. In case anybody is considering coming, I want to mention that the hotel room block is only available until May 14. Hotel rooms downtown will be hard to find after the room block is released. Let me know if I can do anything to help. Thanks, Shaun On Tue, 2013-04-30 at 20:58 +0100, Tom Davies

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure-type: General Information

2013-05-06 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Perhaps remove also as Base is at it's strongest when used as a front-end.  It seems to be the default way of using Base and it's much easier to get Base to co-operate with that than it is with Access.  So, perhaps Writer is a full-featured word processing application, which can

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Spain's Extremadura starts switch of 40, 000 government PCs to open source

2013-05-04 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I get the impression that all 5 areas use GnuLinux (and therefore probably LibreOffice) already in some areas.  So i suspect this is not so much a switch away from MS Windows and MS Office but more a consolidation onto LibreOffice.  So, not a trial period or bunch of noobs with no

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Indian academic institutions forced to use MS Office

2013-04-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) They are kinda like a reverse Robin Hood.  Taking from the poor and giving to the rich.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 17:00

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: End of Life support for MSO 2003 countdown ?

2013-04-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Brochures are useful if used properly but they are definitely not a one-thing-fits-all answer.  I was sent to a seminar once and got there desperately late, so late that everyone had already gone in and while walking through the cafe/reception area i put a neat and attractive little

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] II LibreOffice HackDay Brazil

2013-04-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) WoooHooo, all friendly faces and 1 man in a suit and looking very professional too.  Kinda looks like someone that might be working in the office here.  Regards from Tom :)    From: Klaibson Ribeiro klaib...@gmail.com To: Charles-H. Schulz

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-users] 4.0.2 DVDs are online - both the English NA-DVD and the German one

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks Tim :)  Good work chap! :)  Regards from Tom :)  From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster webmas...@krackedpress.com To: LibreO - Marketing Global marketing@global.libreoffice.org; LibreO - Marketing US market...@us.libreoffice.org; LibreO - Users Global

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Official/Community pamphlet types proposals

2013-04-13 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  Ahah, i vaguely remember reading that note in his books.  perhaps we could have something similarly short for other authors to use if they want to?  CC-by-SA for when they find a better way to word it!  Regards from Tom :) From:

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Increasing Donations

2013-04-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Imo we have just had a good review after a reasonable trial-period.  The results are 1.  That we are already doing the best we can 2.  We are already doing better than most places and same as others.  Only 1 place beats us but they haven't been doing it long 3.  When/if technology

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Increasing Donations

2013-04-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) The Dvd is a tad different!  The way you have it is perfect for the Dvd imo.  This thread is about online browsers getting hooked in, or not.  With Dvd they have already been snared and less likely to go wandering off at the slightest thing.  Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Increasing Donations

2013-04-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think the point that is being made is that we are doing it the wrong way around.  That by switching it around so that the download starts first and THEN the donate page appears seems to be generating more donations.  The way we do it 1.  implies that people have to donate otherwise

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Increasing Donations

2013-04-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I like Christian's idea.  Even better if refreshing or reloading the page or pressing back-arrow or something simple like that gets back to the downloads button.  There was another idea that i liked too but lost track of it. Regards from Tom :) 

[libreoffice-marketing] Joining the community

2013-04-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :)  I think we all agree that just downloading or even just noticing LibreOffice exists effectively makes a person part of the wide LO community.  In other communities, where noobs have clearly felt a bit like outsiders, i tend to include a Welcome to the team after they successfully

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Certification and accreditation

2013-04-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Now that banner logos and strap-lines have been created and usage agreed it makes sense for newer courses to use the community banner/logo.  So i think the newer course can start using this one straight away

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Increasing Donations

2013-04-09 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I really like that! :)  It's much more polite plus it catches people while they are waiting.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org marketing@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 9 April

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] quick AdWords update

2013-03-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Does the English one mention the word Free perchance?  Doing so would significantly reduce any clicks in my country.  Avoid it and watch the click rate rise.  Regards from Tom :)  From: Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org To:

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] quick AdWords update

2013-03-28 Thread Tom Davies
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] quick AdWords update Not clear - why do the British not like free things?  Do they think that those of poor quality? Kannan On 28/03/13 4:08 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) Does the English one mention the word Free perchance?  Doing so would significantly

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Photos DFD 2013 - Brazil - Rio de Janeiro

2013-03-28 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A well earned rest!  Always good to see a lady sleeping anyway so don't worry.  Sorry there weren't more people but at least there were far more there than were here!  Regards from Tom :)  From: Eliane Domingos de Sousa

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Interview at SCALE 11x

2013-03-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I thought you were fine. It is difficult with a single camera. I think professional camera workers make sure the camera is positioned so that the interviewee is looking directly, or rather, nearly directly at the camera so that it's easy for the interviewee to look directly into the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Document Freedom Day in Brazil

2013-03-23 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Nicely done! Looks great :) Thanks for the reminder too! Regards from Tom :) --- On Sat, 23/3/13, Eliane Domingos de Sousa elianedomin...@libreoffice.org wrote: From: Eliane Domingos de Sousa elianedomin...@libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] Document Freedom Day in

[libreoffice-marketing] 3rd party training

2013-03-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) A local organisation is training people in MS Office 2010 but also makes brief mention of alternatives.  I've suggested they name LibreOffice as one of those alternatives.  On their marketing poster which TDF or LibreOffice logo should they use?  Can they also use logos for the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] 3rd party training

2013-03-19 Thread Tom Davies
:)  From: Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 16:07 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] 3rd party training Le mardi 19 mars 2013 à 15:59 +, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Android Remote for Impress: first official keynote

2013-03-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Good luck Charles or should i say break a leg.  It's a lot like theatre isn't it?  Creating an atmosphere of excitement and awe?  So Italo's may have been the first in Italy but yours is the first in Germany?  There are a lot of firsts to claim! :)  Regards from Tom :) 

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Another award :-)

2013-03-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Could there be an announcement across a lot of lists, including documentation, translators and accessibility with a few of these awards mentioned? Errr, if you have already dne it then please fogive me as i'm having trouble getting through all my emails these days.   Regards from Tom :)  

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice is offered to recycled-computer program for schools in Quebec, Canada

2013-03-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Perhaps just point out a few of the other OpenSource programs to whoever is setting-up the machines.  Keeping it under the radar can often be very effective.  Once the programs are out there and being used and enjoyed then inquiring about policy decisions and management's stance is less

[libreoffice-marketing] About.com Readers' Choice Awards 2013 for Office Software

2013-03-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Just wanted an update on this so i put it together.   If LibreOffice is not offered as a choice then on one day i vote for Google-docs but on another i vote for AOO and the next for NeoOffice.  So, i alternate  The tricky one is Blackberry because LibreOffice is given as a choice but

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Java dependencies

2013-03-11 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) It's still Base and some Wizards and some Extensions.  Something like 12% of the code is written in Java but it's in those areas that people rarely use.   Base can mostly be used without needing Java but only if you use an external back-end rather than the in-built one.  I think the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Another award :-)

2013-03-11 Thread Tom Davies
flo...@documentfoundation.org To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Monday, 11 March 2013, 13:13 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Another award :-) Hi, Tom Davies wrote on 2013-03-11 14:10: Could there be an announcement across a lot of lists, including documentation, translators

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Something im working on

2013-03-10 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I've lost contact with the person that did the voice over for Leif's first CMIS video.  Now that you said about making it a slide-show that does sound like the best idea.  With all that writing it's difficult to get the timing right as people all read at different rates.  Apols and

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