Who doesn't want a few fast tips on how they can better use technology? I've been at the ASAE and the Center's conference for the past few days, and one particularly fun session consisted simply of an expert panel giving tech tips. Here are the ones I found most useful.

1. Use Skype for free VOIP phone calls anywhere, and if you want to record your conversations, to make a podcast for example, try HotRecorder.
2. If you or your organization wants to sell video content, consider Payloadz. It allows you to upload content and sell it through PayPal.
3. Want to know everything that goes on the Internet about you, your company, or something else? Set a Google Alert to email you all the new mentions of that key word.
4. Find out how many people subscribe to your blog or website's feeds with Feedburner, a free tool to track your feeds' traffic.
5. Use instant message. Many organizations are still trying to figure out if IM is professional, practical, and secure. The answer is yes, and it will make workers more productive.
6. Ever want to show someone outside of your office how to do something on her computer? CoPilot lets you take control of someone else's desktop, making it a great tool for training and troubleshooting.
7. If you're not already using it, test run BaseCamp, a web based project management system. It's free to try out for one project.