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Welcome Julia Smith, NTEN's Community Development Manager!

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She came to NTEN after launching a Chicago-based consulting practice for nonprofits and artists. 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.

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NetSquared Local Events: Week of June 17, 2013

Tech Soup

Using NetSquared Camp as an example, he introduces readers to the participant-driven unconference model. Chicago, IL: Joint Networking Event W/Chicago Geek Breakfast. Vancouver’s Stevie Vu asks if you’ve ever been to a conference with no agenda. Tuesday, June 18. Saturday, June 22. That’s all for now.

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Where's the Care2 Team in June 2011?

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There are conferences, and then there are e-conferences.and unconferences. Cause Marketing Forum Chicago, IL. Unconference Washington, DC. and summits. conventions. rootscamp -- add these to the alphabet soup of acronyms and you've got a recipe for confusion! Event Dates Who's Going What We're Doing. June 1 - 3. Nonprofit 2.0

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NetSquared Volunteers Help Nonprofits Like You Master Technology

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San Francisco, California: Sustainability Unconference (All Day). Chicago, Illinois: Justice Data Lab: Unlocking Government Administrative Data. Chicago, Illinois: Knowledge Mapping for Greater Social Good. Chicago, Illinois: Is the Cloud Right for Your Nonprofit? Saturday, May 6, 2017. Monday, May 8, 2017.

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NetSquared Local: Week of June 10, 2013

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NetSquared Camp, an unconference for hackers and activists, was held on June 1 in Vancouver. Chicago, IL: June Outing: Crowdfunding for Nonprofits (HandsOn Tech). With 50 groups in 20 countries there’s probably a group nearby. Event Reports. What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? New Orleans, LA: MiniBar 2013.

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Learnings and Reflections from BlogHer about Mobile Phones for Video Blogging and Beyond

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While I was in Chicago, Ryanne Hodson , who I met at last year's BlogHer, is in Cambodia and Southeast Asia with Jay Dedman to document the work of Project Hope International. 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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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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Association of Advancement Services Professionals (AASP) / Chicago, IL / $400. Nonprofit Best Practices / Chicago, IL / Less than $700. It is run as an unconference, meaning YOU set the agenda. Grantmakers for Effective Organizing (GEO) / Chicago, IL / Not available. 2017 Chicago Nonprofit Conference. 10/24/2016.