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An organizer's unconference

Care2

While many of these conversations are already heard from political pundits and campaign strategists, where it really counts is when the organizers themselves gather together and hash out ideas, give feedback, share best practices, and renew their plans for victory. I met some great people who are doing great things in the world.

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Embracing Your Fearlessness at Nonprofit 2.0 Unconference

Care2

Unconference on June 15 th at SEIU's headquarters in Washington, DC from 8:30AM to 4:00PM. The hybrid unconference will begin with Case engaging in a town hall chat about the sector’s need to squash fears and to innovate. The keynote conversations will be followed by a full day of unsessions. There will be no powerpoints.

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Welcome Julia Smith, NTEN's Community Development Manager!

NTEN

Prior to that she spent years in New York and Washington, DC, where managed communications at Idealist.org; co-founded 826DC; organized with political campaigns and social justice collectives; and got entirely too familiar with the bus and train routes up and down the East Coast.

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Four Conferences Online Organizers Should Attend

Care2

Learning from Obama for Local Campaigners with Colin Delaney and Charles Lenchner. Unconference. Unconference in DC will lead a series of sessions and conversations about using social media to create networked communities and movements. Session include: State of the Netroots in the Age of Obama with Ari Melber and Nancy Scola.

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Women Who Tech: Tools and Apps to Energize your Base

Amy Sample Ward

Having tools in place to help you monitor, measure, and evaluate your work in real time will help you be more successful with your campaign, better engage with the community, and make more lasting change in the long run. How do you set up an unconference? Google Analytics – [link]. How do you find a developer to build an app?

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Tips to Humanize Your Social Media

Care2

Unconference this really resonated with me when Paul Young of charity: water said in his keynote, what if your online communications (website, social media, fundraising appeals) looked like how you talked. What campaigns do you run that resonate with them? During the 3 rd annual Nonprofit 2.0 Listen to your Community. Is it positive?

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Letter from Participation Camp: The Digital Divide

Forum One

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.