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TechSoup at NTC: Talk Back, Security, Online Communities, Tech Planning, and More!

Tech Soup

The 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) has begun. Some sessions are being broadcast live or presented via webinar through NTEN's site so even if you're not able to attend in person, you can still garner some useful info. Here are the details: Sessions Today: Building and Sustaining Vibrant Online Communities 1:30 p.m.

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Women in Technology: 2 Ways you CAN get Involved!

Amy Sample Ward

Women Who Tech TeleSummit: April 2009. The second annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit (which will take place in April 2009) is looking for panel suggestions. Have an idea for a fabulous virtual workshop that every woman working in online communications or technology must participate in? For more info check out [link].

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Cause Camp: From Humble Roots to Must-Attend Conference

NonProfit Hub

It all started twenty years ago when esteemed members of the Lincoln chapter of the American Marketing Association created a community project in 2001. After that, similar events called Brand Camp were held on and off annually through 2009. Check out Clover’s website for more info.

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How to find out about free and open source software

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

How do you go about finding out whether it’s the right software, and whether the project has a healthy community, since you don’t want to adopt a project that doesn’t? Look at ohloh.net – they have great info on most projects – how many developers, lines of code, how active development activity is.

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New FREE Services for Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Tech Soup

If your nonprofit or library works with supporters or community members who have difficulty hearing or are deaf, there's a cool new freebie out there to help ensure that people can communicate well by phone with you and everybody else. Tags: Community Tech Centers Digital Divide Services Telecom Services.

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Using Social Media to Share Research

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. It seems like the nonprofit sector is having great success harnessing technology to rally communities and drive donations. But what about using it to make social change more scalable?

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Technology providers and Linux

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

If you are a provider, please feel free to email me if you want more info or help and support in moving forward. Ubuntu also has also focused a lot of effort on building community, and has, hands down, the most vibrant, helpful and deep community of any Linux distribution. It has a vibrant user community.

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