[Hidden-tech] Grassroots use of Technology 2007

[Tom Murray]

Please take note of this local conference happening soon.  There are  
still seats available-- pass the word to colleagues in non-profit and  
social change organizations.


> Calling all nonprofit and social change groups:
>
> We are pleased to anounce the final list of workshop for the OC  
> annual conference, taking place this year just 30 miles from  
> Boston, in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts. This conference is an  
> opportunity, as the list shows below, to learn from some of the  
> experts in the field of nonprofit and community technology, in 24  
> workshops covering everything from email to databases to blogs to  
> GIS to videocasting to web 2.0.
>
> Also there is a special event hosted by Aspiration, Inc. on Friday  
> in concert with the OC event: Penguin Day.  Penguin Day is a  
> participatory event in which non-profit organizations explore the  
> range of issues and options involved using Free and Open Source  
> Software (F/OSS).
>
> The cost of the event is $60 either day, and includes food. Some  
> scholarships are available.  If you have any questions, please see  
> the conference web site:  http://organizerscollaborative.org/ 
> conference. Also feel free to email  
> conf07 at organizerscollaborative.org.
>
> Thanks!!
>
>
>
>
> OC 2007 Conference Agenda
> Grassroots of Technology -- Lowell, MA
>
>
> FRIDAY  (optional)
> Penguin Day 9am - 5pm -- Facilitated by Allen Gunn, Michelle  
> Murrain, Beth Kanter
>
>
>
> SATURDAY
>
> Keynote Speaker, Allison Fine, author of Momentum:  Igniting Social  
> Change in a Connected Age
>
> Workshops
>
> 1. Basic Technology Planning (Cheryl Jerozal, Netcorps, Durham, NC  
> & Martha Rogers, PACE, New Bedford)
> 2. Capturing Data in an Increasingly Connected Web World (Jon  
> Thorsen, Kintera, San Diego, CA)
> 3. Web 2.0 (Justin Perkins, Care2, Washington, DC)
> 4. Email Marketing Best Practice (Alec Stern, Constant Contact,  
> Waltham)
> 5. Digital Advocacy on a Small Budget (Alan Rosenblatt, Internet  
> Advocacy Center)
> 6. Boston Community Change:  A Pilot (Brian Goodman, Boston  
> Community Change)
> 7. Open Standards: A Discussion (Michelle Murrain, Nonprofit Open  
> Source Initiative, Amherst)
> 8. Helping Your Computer System Grow Up (Adam Frost, Consultant,  
> Roslindale)
> 9. What to Do with All of that Data! (Sarah Bennet & Eric Weltman,  
> Activists, Cambridge)
> 10. Creating a User-Friendly Website (Chris Leyda, Netpragmatics,  
> Narberth, PA)
> 11. From Quantity to Quality in Online Communication and  
> Collaboration:  Lessons Learned (Tom Murray, Online Communities  
> Project, Easthampton)
> 12. E-Organizing on $5 a Day (Jason Zanon, Democracy in Action,  
> Washington, DC)
> 13. Project Think Different:  Action Alert Network (Reginauld  
> Williams, Project Think Different, Boston)
> 14. Unhyped Web 2.0:  Buzzwords for Beginners (Ben Sheldon, CTC  
> VISTA Project & Rebecca White, California Coalition for Rural Housing)
> 15. Anything Microsoft (Timothy Elliott, Mission West Virginia)
> 16. Getting the Most out of Technical Volunteers (Dan MacNeil,  
> Community Software Lab, Lowell)
> 17. Getting Started with Online Donations (Laura Quinn, Idealware,  
> Portland, ME)
> 18. How to Effectively Use Change.org and MySpace to Fundraise and  
> Communicate your Message (Heather Mansfield, DIOSA Communications,  
> Oakland, CA)
> 19. Rethinking Nonprofit Communications in a Web 2.0 World (Steve  
> Backman, Database Designs, Boston)
> 20. Search Engine Optimization (Dave Chakravarti, Grassroots.org,  
> Chicago, IL)
> 21. Using Online GIS Mapping as an Environmental Organizing Tool  
> (Mike Patek and Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network, Philadelphia)
> 22. OurSpace:  Taking IT Local (Marisa Luse, SDI Dorchester)
> 23. Integrating ODB with Your Email and other Communications Tools  
> (Rich Cowan, Organizers Collaborative, Boston)
> 24. Getting our Communities on the Network (Ross Musselman,  
> Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network, IL)
>

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Tom Murray, EdD

Independent Consultant, Research, Knowledge Engineering, & Design for  
Cognitive Tools & Educational Technology

252 Chesterfield Road, Westhampton, MA 01027 (413) 529-2120

tommurray.us at gmail.com, http://www.tommurray.us, http:// 
www.perspegrity.com



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