Bindering
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Bindering is the practice of keeping materials and papers organized in a 3-ring binder notebook for flyering and carding wherever you go.
Offline InformationBindering is an essential tool because there are many times when computer communications are not convenient. Not everyone has a notebook computer and not every location has wireless Internet access. Offline and printed capabilities are important for working in the field and on paper. Outdoors, sun glare is too great for screens and and battery power limits usage. Bindering is an important part of preparing materials for Tabling. Handing out an idea card or pamphlet with a web site address does not ensure people will read it. The document itself is better. Extending The School Experience"BINDERING: Your student must maintain a three-ringed binder with six dividers. The dividers are labeled with course names. Your student is responsible for bringing his binder to school each day. Ongoing assignments and homework are to be kept under the appropriate divider. Class rules, weekly lunch menus and other important documents are to be kept near the front of the binder." Most everyone remembers keeping binders organized while at school. Many of those study skills are still usefully applicable to activism. Archiving Web SitesOne way of taking information with you is to archive a static version. This article suggests a way to take a whole site static and might be useful. Printing BooksYou can click "printer-friendly version" in any book to produce a version that is formatted for printing to paper. Simply hole-punch and add to your bindering arsenal. Forms And Data EntrySaving static archives and printing booklets is all well and good for getting information, but what about inputting information or making more dynamic interactions? For this, you need paper forms, data entry and information hotlines. Paper forms allow you to get all the information you need to sign people up with Drupal accounts, mailing lists, groups, and the like. They let you collect donations, buy and sell merchandise, collect petitions, register voters, collect surveys, article submissions, and anything else you might need to share in the field. Data entry discipline is crucial to capturing all that paper data. Entering ContactsThe simplest example of this is collecting business cards and information about new contacts. Enter their information into your address book with enough description to remember who they are years later and send them a brief message touching on the subjects you talked about or you may never hear from them again. |
3 Ring Binders3 Ring Binders Multiple Idea KitsRecruiting Kits Clear pocket pages containing Infodiscs Business card pages containing Infocards 3-Ring Dividers for sections, one for each idea, group, document or chapter 
3-Ring View/Presentation Binders with Insertable Panels ($3): A way to collect papers of all sorts. Printed cover, spine and edge pages can be inserted to give the binder a unique design. 0.5" Presentation Binders (100 pages) ($4): Optimal for carrying a minimal amount of documents in a second-line notebook bag and for hand-out recruiting binders. 1" Heavy Duty Presentation Binders (275 Pages) ($6): Optimal for carrying more pages for extra copies of documents. Pens and paper
Hole Punch
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3 Ring Office Hole Punch
a tool (something you can use) posted by lxpk Mon, 2008-03-31 07:383 Ring Card Holder Sheets
a tool (something you can use) posted by lxpk Mon, 2008-03-31 07:15Precut Business Card Paper
a tool (something you can use) posted by lxpk Mon, 2008-03-31 07:02Precut Business Card Paper ($5/350 cards): Room for a dense 150 words per side. Cost is ¢7 per card!
3 Ring Binder Hole Punch
a tool (something you can use) posted by lxpk Mon, 2008-03-31 06:40
Boston 3 Ring Binder Punch #1520 $3: Quickly punches 5 20 Lb pages for use with three ring binders. Takes up 30 pages of space in the binder.
DOSPEC WIN: Boston 3 Ring Binder Punch #1520
Works reliably and captures paper dots if you put tape on the holes on the back of it. Every binder needs one of these. Buy extras in bulk to give out to binderers.
NOTSPEC FAIL: Swingline 3 Ring Binder Punch
Jams up, doesn't punch all holes cleanly, makes a mess, made of fail. Destroy on sight and replace with Boston binder punches.
Binder
a tool (something you can use) posted by lxpk Sun, 2008-03-09 10:34A binder is a tool that allows you to practice bindering to organize your materials in a portable form you can carry in your notebook bag. Get yourself a binder and start carrying your best materials!
Bindering is an essential tool because there are many times when computer communications are not convenient. Not everyone has a notebook computer and not every location has wireless Internet access. Offline and printed capabilities are important for working in the field and on paper. Outdoors, sun glare is too great for screens and and battery power limits usage.
Bindering is an important part of preparing materials for Tabling. Handing out an idea card or pamphlet with a web site address does not ensure people will read it. The document itself is better.
3-Ring View/Presentation Binders with Insertable Panels ($3): A way to collect papers of all sorts. Printed cover, spine and edge pages can be inserted to give the binder a unique design.
0.5" Presentation Binders (100 pages) ($4): Optimal for carrying a minimal amount of documents in a second-line notebook bag and for hand-out recruiting binders.
1" Heavy Duty Presentation Binders (275 Pages) ($6): Optimal for carrying more pages for extra copies of documents.