| If you follow me on twitter, you may have noticed a passion to help local non-profit organizations. Here in Austin, there are two events I am helping organize to help state and local non-profits discuss technology or learn from the crowd.
The first one is a totally free event on November 14.
Austin Non Profit Bar Camp
Saturday, November 14, 2009
10:00am - 4:00pm
ACC Eastview Campus
3401 Webberville Rd, Bldg 8500. Multipurpose Hall
What is a Non-Profit Bar Camp?
Austin Non Profit Camp is a FREE, facilitated and participant driven conference that will be the place in Austin for non profits to learn and troubleshoot their technology problems in a supportive, collaborative setting.
Non Profit Bar Camp is being spearheaded by David J. Neff, Jon Lebkowsky, Maggie Duval and Matt Glazer. Their goal is to take the successful Bar Camp model and apply it to expand understanding and awareness of free and Open Source technology within the non-profit community in Central Texas.
A Free lunch is provided by Pictoric and the fine folks at carinositalian.
How It Works:
Non profits and technology folks come together to have conversations about the issues that they face in a no sales, no cost environment. We bring tech experts together with nonprofits in a context that will facilitate mutual understanding. In addition to scheduled speakers, attendees will have the option to sign up to speak about issues and solutions they know best.
Nonprofit attendees collaboratively problem solve issues they face with running and promoting their organizations, workshopping with local technologists about the latest and most effective technologies and methodologies. These conversations will help nonprofits filter what's useful from what's not and keep their organizations humming and on track.
Topics will include (but are in no way limited to):
Google Apps, Data Exchange/Salesforce, Google Grants, Social Media, Marketing, Cloud Computing, Email Marketing, Fundraising in Social Media, ZERO COST Infrastructure, ROI of The Cloud and more.
Austin Non Profit Camp is sponsored by:
EFF-Austin, NTEN, 501 Tech Club, Plutopia Productions, Austin Social Media Club, 501derful.org, Social Web Strategies, GNI Strategies, Lights.Camera.Help. and Soma Vida. A special thank you/shout out to the Center for Community Based & Nonprofit Organizations at Austin Community College for providing the incredible space.
Visit the website or sign up at Eventbrite.
In addition to this free event next weekend, there is a non-profit communication training on December 10 being put together by Rowan Communication You can find out more information about this event here. Both give unique opportunities for the community to engage non-profits and for non-profits to learn from on the ground experts. |
