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For my mom on Ada Lovelace Day

Amy Sample Ward

Here are a couple great ways to join the community: Women Who Tech Telesummit – “brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. What do you think? What is your Ada Lovelace story? What is your Ada Lovelace story?

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Is There a Community of #Tech4Good Activists Waiting for You?

Tech Soup

TechSoup's NetSquared community of Tech4Good meetups is growing! However, we aren't everywhere yet , so we're looking for community leaders to start new groups. As a NetSquared organizer, you will become known as someone who's a leader in the Tech4Good community. Monday, March 6, 2017. Tuesday, March 7, 2017.

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Women Who Tech: Tools and Apps to Energize your Base

Amy Sample Ward

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. Community Mapping. How do you set up an unconference?

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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.

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"Real Time Web" Summit - Thursday, October 15, Mountain View CA

Forum One

The real-time web is creating new opportunities in business, media, communication and collaboration. The event will be an unconference format - leveraging users' interests to drive the sessions, and ensuring plenty of time for interactions. If you will be in the SF Bay area you should really think about going! REGISTRATION.

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Basic Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Community Organizing. Open Space and Unconference Facilitation. Reflective Practice. Innovation / Generating New Ideas. Making Decisions and Getting Consensus. Strategic Dialogue. Organizational Development. Networked Facilitation. Participatory Gatherings. Any many more. Does it makes your eyes pop out?

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NTEN Members Online Round-Up: We're Back in Action, and So Are You!

NTEN

Peter Dietz and Christine Egger officially started the process this week of transitioning Social Actions – the community creating APIs and collaborations to make finding actionable opportunities easier across the web – over to its new home at GuideStar. unconference. Some NTEN members deploy technology, others build it!

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