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Live from Transparency Camp '09 in DC

Forum One

I had a great time yesterday at Transparency Camp '09 in DC - kudos to Peter Corbett , and Gabriela Schneider and Clay Johnson and others at Sunlight Foundation , as well as others for catalyzing it. There were folks there from NYC, west coast, and elsewhere, but about 2/3 were locals from DC. Twitter feed and Flickr pictures.

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Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook"

Forum One

These are the themes I heard while attending the interesting Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook" event this past Monday in DC, organized by the team of Lucas Cioffi , Stephen Buckley , and Kaliya Hamlin. Here are some insights I picked up: Open Government Directive: Coming soon? See Twitter on #opengovpb.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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It also offers an interactive opportunity to discuss key forms and governing documents(Form 1023 and Forms 990 and 990-PF.). National LGBTQ Task Force / Washington, DC / 475. The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2018 Creating Change Conference convenes in Washington, DC, January 24-28, 2018. The Corps Network / Washington, DC / $875.

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4Change Chat: Revolutionary social media - social tools for revolts, protests

Amy Sample Ward

Where: Twitter (search for #4Change ). From new forms of political campaigning in the United States, experiments in e-government and civic participation in England, from the fight against internet censorship in Australia and New Zealand and from start-ups in Canada and France. Twitter, I believe, provides us with such a platform.

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Online Strategies for Open-Government / Ideas from the Obama Team

Forum One

The incoming Obama administration is pledging to use some innovative internet strategies to expand citizen access to government information and processes. government CTO, spoke about how DC has created more than 200 data feeds on D.C. Quick scan - look who's already using Twitter: US "AIDSGov" Service [link].

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some wisdom from DC Nonprofits: JoesMovement : Joe’s Movement Emporium is the community performing arts center of World Arts Focus, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that was launched in 1992. While they had a relatively smaller number of followers on Twitter or Facebook, they had focused on engaging their community online.

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Join the conversation 4Change!

Amy Sample Ward

#4Change is a monthly Twitter-based conversation about how social media is helping to create change , and you can see it via the hashtag #4Change. Where: Twitter (search for #4Change). Twitter, I believe, provides us with such a platform. Details: Date: Thursday, June 11. When: 5 - 7 pm US Eastern Time. And beyond.