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Disrupting Social Change at Nonprofit 2.0 Unconference

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Unconference on June 26 th at SEIU headquarters in Washington, DC. Unconference is aimed at nonprofit practitioners and consultants who work in: Online Advocacy and Outreach. The Unconference is $36 (with the discount) for the entire day and includes continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks. Unconference this year?'

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Open311: What Nonprofits and Public Libraries Can Gain from Open Government

Tech Soup

A few weeks ago, I attended a panel discussion on open government data. The event was presented by Twilio and Open 311 , one of the organizations leading the charge to make government data public, accessible, and usable. Tim O'Reilly painted a breathtaking picture of the future of government.

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AI for Nonprofits and Social Good: Link Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The mission of A People’s Guide to AI is to open up conversation around AI by demystifying, situating, and shifting the narrative about what types of use cases AI can have for everyday people. It is funded by Open Society Foundations. AI Now Institute Co-Founder, Kate Crawford, shared the top line trends as a thread on Twitter.

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10NTC: Open Data and Transparency: What's the Carrot?

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This morning, NetSquared hosted a special unconference at NTC on open data. Jake Brewer talked about how his organization, The Sunlight Foundation , has played an instrumental role in the development of new data transparency standards in the US government.

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Transparency Camp West 09: Blogging and Tweeting An Open Board Meeting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Transparency Camp is an unconference designed to convene a trans-partisan tribe of open government advocates from all walks — government representatives, technologists, developers, NGOs, wonks and activists — to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make our government transparent and meaningfully accessible to the public.

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Nonprofit Technology Meetings In Your Community

Tech Soup

Wellington, New Zealand: Engage Your Community unConference. Warsaw, Poland: Open Access. Open Houston and The City of Houston drafted a group of volunteer designers, writers and data scientists to streamline the local government’s communication strategy. Saturday, February 22. Monday, February 24.

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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. Vancouver’s Stevie Vu asks if you’ve ever been to a conference with no agenda. This Week’s NetSquared Events. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map.