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

MAY 24, 2010

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. I've kind of become an open-data geek in the past few months, largely thanks to NetSquared's unconference at NTC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2009

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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Open Government Statistics Unconference 62

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

The unconference/camp model of learning about technology issues is really great, but falls a little short when dealing with a specific tool, and an audience that is mostly unfamiliar with it. I learned a lot. link] Make sure it is really water soluable magic marker … 2 Tino Paz 06.21.08 Be Helpful.

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Care2

JUNE 27, 2014

Unconference we explored how to disrupt social change in the nonprofit sector. The playing field needs to be more open, and wider for more people. Unconference Storify here. Yesterday at the Nonprofit 2.0 The day began bright and early, bursting with energy. Majora Carter started us off as the first keynote.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2014

Open Space and Unconference Facilitation. ” - Drawing People Out: After you listen and paraphrase, you ask open-ended questions to draw people out. ”Tell me more …” is one of several identified in the book. Innovation / Generating New Ideas. Making Decisions and Getting Consensus. Strategic Dialogue.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2010

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights.&#.

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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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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

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. Tuesday, February 25.

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Burkina Faso San Francisco Houston Technology 64

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

How do you set up an unconference? Here are two great resources to get you started: unconference and open space technology. The best practice with geo-social tools is to practice “checking-out&# and not “checking-in&# which means to tag yourself at a location as you are leaving, and not necessarily when you show up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Maybe open Social Graphs will help ? Here's a few: She's Geeky , an unconference for women in technology, held a blog day on September 19th which generated many posts including a few from the nonprofit tech space ( here , here , and here ) Blog Action Day is October 15th. Here's a growing list.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2013

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.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Houston, TX: We’re Crushing on Open Technology this February and Open Houston’s Our Cupid! Wellington, New Zealand: Engage Your Community unConference. Vancouver, Canada: Video for Nonprofits Workshop: The Essential Elements of Storytelling. Toronto, Canada: How a Good CRM Implementation Can Propel Your Nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

On Thursday, I attended the unconference/open space portion of SOCAP09 (Social Capital Markets 2009). This post is cross-posted on my personal blog and on the NetSquared Blog.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2018

MuseumCamp is a professional development experience that is part retreat, part unconference, part adult summer camp. You will learn the theory and practice of how to open your organization to robust community participation. For the past five years, each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has hosted MuseumCamp.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2011

It will be open to all attendees, but it will include member recognition and the Member Awards. This year, we’re going to include a mix of educational and community programming to Day 1, starting off with a Welcome Reception. The Welcome Reception will be taking the place of this year’s Member Reception.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2011

unconference. Registration is now open. You can watch the video and hear how the American Red Cross is putting the social web to work! Speaking of conferences , NTEN members Geoff Livingston and Allyson Kapin are hosting the Nonprofit 2.0 Get your ticket today ! We'll probably share the link to this round-up on Facebook.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

The Science Fair is open Wednesday and Thursday. Big Data and Open Data Reuse by Nonprofits for the Creation of Sustainable Social Services — Wednesday, March 4, 10:30 a.m. While open datasets and Big Data are being used commercially to reap tremendous profits, the data is increasingly being used for social benefit too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

This is an open and transparent network. Holding unconferences to invite individuals and busineses beyond their staff and partners to participate - and this serves as a important research/feedback mechanism. Open conference callsWe are a laboratory for the organization - to pilot - we're first movers.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Nancy has a post about " Over the Shoulder Learning " I always try and promote the people and process stuff, but the reality is that tools are often the "door opener" to the process conversations because they are more tangible. Her dream: unconference. Connect with people who can advance our learning.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2011

Opening Hearts and Minds. As community member and Executive Director of Knowbility Sharron Rush points out , a culture of accessibility requires "open hearts and minds, the ability to listen and look in new ways, the willingness to lay aside basic assumptions, and a true commitment." online community channels. and Ottowa.

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Forum One

MARCH 1, 2009

And the " bar camp " format, or unconference or "open space" approach, really leads to meaningful topics and peer to peer discussions. See the chart of sessions. Craig Newmark, "a customer service representative" and supporter of Sunlight, speaking at the outset.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 17, 2017

Each summer, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History hosts MuseumCamp , a professional development experience that is part retreat, part unconference, part adult summer camp. The right person is a great event manager, creative collaborator, open communicator, clear writer, and possibilitarian thinker. Dear Museum 2.0 Apply now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The event also included plenary speakers, including a provocative talk about data methods from Alexandra Samuels and cross-track sessions from traditional panels to unconference. The culmination of these two and half very intense days was an Idea Accelerator Lab. How do you inspire people to be open to learning during a session?

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

San Francisco, California: Sustainability Unconference (All Day). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Burlington, Vermont: Working Board Lunch: Embrace the Future — Transition Planning. Saturday, May 6, 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and voting process. The panel picker process has opened – so you can vote for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program until August 27th. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

And, no the car was not on the road, we were parked and the window was open). At Blogher Unconference, Leslie Madsen Brooks (who works with university faculty to help them make their instruction more thoughtful and who is also a dog lover ) put up a session called "Slow Blogging. That's my favorite photo of her.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

London, United Kingdom: Uses of Internal, External, and Open Data for Charities. Wellington, New Zealand: Get a Digital Head Start for 2017 — NetSquared Wellington Unconference. Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Social Media Surgery — Hands-on Help with Social Media. Asia and the Pacific Rim.

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Burkina Faso Cameroon Benin Las Vegas 36

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Vancouver, British Columbia: 2017 Vancouver Open Data Day Hackathon. the Best of the Unconference. New Orleans, Louisiana: Hack Night — GNOCode — Net2NO: Meetup Extravaganza. Little Rock, Arkansas: QuickBooks Made Easy. Saturday, March 4, 2017. Monday, March 6, 2017. Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Tuesday, March 14, 2017.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2009

We are using a hybrid unconference/workshop model in which participants work collaboratively to explore and brainstorm a few pre-selected "wild ideas" for future museum initiatives related to audience participation. I'm working on a project to open an interactive museum/bar in Santa Cruz focused on social participation.

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Museum Unconference Skills California 20

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

CongressCamp was an unconference focused on the Congress side of Gov 2.0. The open format encouraged the constructive sharing of varying (and sometimes opposing) perspectives. Last weekend, Forum One participated in CongressCamp at George Washington University.

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Web Case Study Government Social Media 51

Forum One

APRIL 29, 2008

Read More » Letter from Participation Camp: The Digital Divide Aimee McLaughlin in Influence 5 May 2010 As a relative newbie here at Forum One, I wasnt sure what to expect when as I headed to my very first "unconference."

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Virtual Conference (aka UnConference). Host a virtual conference event aka an Unconference. Similar to the unconference, you could bring musicians together to host a concert or mini-festival benefitting your organization. Luckily, most liquor or wine stores remain open, even in places that have been hit the worst.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2006

I've seen this used frequently with "unconference" or "open space" technology-oriented conferences and workshops. For example, during the Global s London Summit, a wiki was used to capture a brainstorming session and then to help bring those ideas foward in the months following the gathering.

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Forum One

JUNE 4, 2008

Read More » Letter from Participation Camp: The Digital Divide Aimee McLaughlin in Influence 5 May 2010 As a relative newbie here at Forum One, I wasnt sure what to expect when as I headed to my very first "unconference."

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