Using Google

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Google can be very useful tool in ministry.

It is constantly under development and adds features quite frequently.

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Patrick Douglas Crispen's Powerpoint Tutorials

Google 101: Stop Searching and Start FINDING

In this one hour presentation you'll learn the advanced searching tips and techniques that will help you actually FIND what you are looking for on Google.

Google 201: Advanced Googology

Topic(s): Internet Tools Last Updated: November 2005 Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.90 MB) | Flash presentation (2.17 MB) | Handout (requires Adobe Acrobat) (61 KB)

Ready to take your Googling to the next level? Beyond the world of plusses, minuses, and quotes lies a whole universe of secret Google tips, techniques, and tools. This quick, one-hour workshop introduces you to little known Google features like pipes, stop-word workarounds, full-word wildcards, and query modifiers—features that will instantly make you the envy of your friends and the center of attention at cocktail parties.

Google 301: Über Google

Topic(s): Internet Tools Last Updated: November 2005 Download: PowerPoint presentation (3.83 MB) | Flash presentation (4.58 MB)

Want to know what the evil Google scientists have been working on the past couple of months? In this fast-paced, one-hour workshop you'll see some of Google's latest creations—Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Print, Google Scholar, Google Video, and more—and even get a sneak peak at some new Google tools that will soon be released upon an unsuspecting world.

Google 70-20-10:

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Everyone's Favorite Search Engine

Topic(s): Internet Tools Last Updated: November 2005 Download: PowerPoint presentation (5.31 MB) | Flash presentation (6.40 MB)

Ready to take your Google-ing to a whole other level? In this three-hour, hands-on workshop [which is a combination of Google 201 and Google 301] you'll get a behind-the-scenes look at how Google really works, learn little-known Google tools and tricks that will change the way you search, and even see what Google has up its sleeve in the not-too-distant future. You'll even learn Google's 70-20-10 philosophy and see not only how Google Answers, Google Catalogs, Google Directory, Froogle, Google Groups, Google Images, Google Maps, Google News, Google Print, Google Scholar, Blogger, and Keyhole work also but how they fit into Google's overall search strategy.