Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Every month NetSquared volunteers hold free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to use technology for social good. How about learn ways to use technology to make better events? Washington, DC: Top Five Tips - Leveraging Technology for Social Good. Ever wanted to discover the art of transmedia?

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year. San Francisco, California: Sustainability Unconference (All Day). London, United Kingdom: Technology and Vulnerable Consumers. You like numbers? Saturday, May 6, 2017.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 5, 2010

Tomorrow morning, I’ll be leaving on a jet plane, to Atlanta, Georgia, for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference. I’m looking forward to the Unconference on Open Data organized by NetSquared, and getting to see lots of old colleagues. This will be my 7th NTC since 2001 (or, more accurately, my 5th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

People’s Guide to AI: This comprehensive beginner’s guide to understanding AI and other data-driven tech explains AI-based technologies so that everyone—from youth to seniors, and from non-techies to experts—has the chance to think critically about what the technology can do.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

UnConference and holiday discount | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – NonProfit 2.0 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C., UnConference and holiday discount | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – NonProfit 2.0 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C., NonProfit 2.0

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Will you be joining us in Austin for the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference ? Technology is providing the information needed to empower organizations to change this trend. NetSquared /Tech Club Organizer Mini-Unconference for Tech Club/NetSquared Organizers. We look forward to seeing you there! Friday, March 6 (Day 3).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

She's Geeky - Kaliya Hamlin, the expert of unconfernces, is putting together this unconference for women who work in technology, both nonprofit and for-profit. John Kenyon is doing a series of Webinars for NTEN on technology leadership. (In I'm going to try to make it. In this session, we???ll

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2010

For as long as I can remember, my mom was the one to step up first to any technology problem or opportunity in our house growing up. A huge, heartfelt thanks to you, mom, for always taking the stance that with enough trying and thinking, technology is mine for the mastering! My Ada Lovelace Day Story. What do you think?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2010

Unconference: NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. Folks from TechSoup Global will be presenting at several breakout sessions and activities during # 10NTC. Below is the best way to keep up with them on day one of the conference. Thursday, April 8, 2010.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NPTECH Punk June 19, 2008 Beth, of course, suggested this , and I’m jumping on her bandwagon. I realized, in being introduced to Edupunk , that I have been doing it for, oh, almost 20 years now.

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2013

Julia is no stranger to the nonprofit technology community. She loves facilitating unconferences and retreats, volunteering at Chicago farmers markets, and indulging both a longtime penchant for film photography and a newfound one for Instagram. Join me in welcoming Julia or send her a welcome !

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 30, 2009

I think this is my third or fourth Foo Camp, and the energy around public uses of technology was palpable. It's structured as an unconference, where the 300 or so folks showing up design the conference program of roughly 70 sessions in about an hour the first night. I just got back from Foo Camp 2009, which was a blast as usual.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2009

Here’s what David said : If you want to find out how social technology can be used collaboratively to solve neighbourhood problems, do join me and colleagues for a lively session on May 16 in London at the SHINE unconference for social entrepreneurs. You’ll find details here. “ If you want to do it quickly, do it alone.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yesterday was the 3rd annual Women Who Tech Telesummit , bringing together over 600 women (and men) from for-profit and nonprofit organizations and technology start, connecting developers and techies with those new to the field, igniting conversations and long-term collaborations. How do you set up an unconference?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

In Paris, France, WiserEarth launched its first WiserTuesday gatherings, face-to-face meetups for people interested in social change, sustainability and technology to meet, share ideas and experiences. WiserTuesdays have spread to London, UK and Monrovia, Liberia.

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2010

As a relative newbie here at Forum One, I wasn't sure what to expect when as I headed to my very first "unconference." The unconference was about connecting government managers and staff, public engagement experts, online tool developers, and citizens to encourage shared insights, decisions, and actions in government.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

I’m a writer – currently working on a novel that explores the dangers of too much science/technology, especially in the realm of extreme religious fundamentalism. I don’t work with nonprofits currently; however I do have a project that I’m working on that will eventually (ideally) turn into one.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Every month NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to use technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Thursday, February 20.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

That’s why NetSquared Twin Cities is co-hosting a happy hour this week for nonprofits and technology folk in Minneapolis-St. NetSquared Camp, an unconference for hackers and activists, was held on June 1 in Vancouver. San Francisco, CA: A Conversation with Computer Technologies Program. Event Reports. Monday, June 10.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2009

challenges in user experience, technology and monetization. The event will be an unconference format - leveraging users' interests to drive the sessions, and ensuring plenty of time for interactions. efforts to create standards and interoperability. REGISTRATION. Click here , and enter discount code: forumone to save $50.

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

Unconference where Beth did some learning at, see the summary Allyson Kapin provides over on the Care2 Frogloop blog. Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NPTech nten members. to NTEN member Wendy Harman of the American Red Cross , who Beth refers to in providing some key points she took away from. Wendy's Keynote. .

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Every month I bring you a roundup of free technology training events that will help nonprofit staffers like you build their skills. In partnership with NTEN, we brought together 50 volunteers to attend the 17NTC conference for dedicated workshops that will prepare them to be nonprofit technology champions. Monday, April 17, 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Open Space and Unconference Facilitation. In some facilitation methods, the participants do the documentation – for example the World Cafe where participants take notes of the conversation or Open Space Technology where knowledge capture is done by participants throughout. Innovation / Generating New Ideas. Strategic Dialogue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

The She's Geeky (un)conference will provide an agenda-free and friendly environment for women who not only care about building technology that is useful for people, but who also want to encourage more women to get involved. This is an unconference so it will have an agenda created by the people who attend. The goal is.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2014

Whenever I learn about a new concept or trend in technology, I try and think about how nonprofits and libraries could use it or benefit from it. The movement has huge potential for nonprofits and public libraries, but it still has some ways to go in the overall technology sector. VRM: A Quick Explainer.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2011

Some NTEN members deploy technology, others build it! One of the biggest traits of the nonprofit technology sector is a willingness to share experiences and knowledge. unconference. It's back now and here to stay. Read the announcement from Peter about the transition. Registration is now open. Get your ticket today !

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2011

Beyond (or perhaps more properly, before) the nuts-and-bolts business of making accessible technology and making technology accessible, comes the foundation of embracing why it needs to be prioritized. Luckily, resources abound for anyone wishing to learn more about how to develop more accessible technology. and Ottowa.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

If you're like me, then you swore that this year, you're finally going to learn to use technology to make yourself more productive at work. TechSoup's NetSquared is a global network of nonprofit technology meetups. Vancouver, British Columbia: NetSquared Camp: Nonprofit Tech Unconference. Keeping resolutions is hard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2007

It's unconference style, and very supportive atmosphere for women who work in technology and also want to encourage more women to get involved. I facilitated a session on working in the nonprofit sector, with colleague Liz Perry , who is a sketch blogger and works an instructional technology specialist in a nonprofit school.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs. To learn how I can apply technology to my cause or organization. Why Are You a NetSquared Member? Why Are You a NetSquared Member?

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Forum One

MARCH 1, 2009

There really are a lot of amazing people working on web technology, strategy and policy in the DC area. And the " bar camp " format, or unconference or "open space" approach, really leads to meaningful topics and peer to peer discussions. Tags: Events Technology Communication Collaboration Strategy. See the chart of sessions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

And, I wonder how that can be facilitated by the Internet and Technology. There are ways that technology allows us to look over each other's shoulder. Her dream: unconference. What we had unconference with over your shoulder and worked in pairs. It is informal knowledge transfer around using the tools.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

I've kind of become an open-data geek in the past few months, largely thanks to NetSquared's unconference at NTC. Tags: Accessible Technology Community Tech Centers Community Tech Centers Digital Divide Event Online Activism Online Recruitment Services Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

The photographs above were taken on the last day of Blogher, at the Unconference on Sunday morning facilitated by the talented Kaliya Hamlin who blogs about unconferences here. My first exposure to "unconferences" or Open Space Technology was during a week-long arts and education professional development seminar in 1997.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

That's why we're thrilled that NetSquared is joining TechSoup in having a strong presence at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, DC. Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 75 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Thursday, March 16, 2017.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2013

If you aren’t a hacker but still want an in-depth experience, join North Carolina’s Tech4Good group for their annual conference June 6–7 or visit lovely Vancouver, Canada for their NetSquared Camp unconference on June 1. Toronto, Canada: Technology, human rights & movement building around the world. Event Reports.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Six Lessons from #Untech10 – Engage365: "By now, you’ve all heard about how the UnTech10 unconference sprung out of the cancelled ASAE Technology Conference (and if not, here’s the scoop).As

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