Posted on 15/06/11 by Ben Teoh
Volcanic ash clouds, uni exams and end-of-financial-year busy-ness couldn’t keep us from meeting!
Posted on 06/06/11 by Ben Teoh
Compiling two days worth of tweets from Connecting Up 2011 was a huge task! Thankfully, the great people at Storify run a free online service which pulls in information from various sources to create online stories. Here's how we used it.
Posted on 06/06/11 by Ben Teoh
We'd like to say a huge thanks to Pro Bono Australia who were our official media partner for Connecting Up 2011. It was great to have Asha and Ryan there taking photos, contributing to the #CU11 Twitter stream and also reporting from the conference.
Posted on 02/06/11 by Ben Teoh
Connecting Up 2011's day 2 keynote speaker, Heather Gold will be staying in Australia a little longer after the conference is over. Part of her schedule will be to take part in Gathering 2011, but also run her popular UnPresenting Workshop. (Keep reading for a discount code for Connecting Up 2011 attendees).
Posted on 01/06/11 by Ben Teoh
Connecting Up 2011: Reboot Your Nonprofit is well underway here at the Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne. With nearly 400 delegates from nonprofit organisations across Australia, there’s an electric feel here as people are talking about and discovering new things together.
Posted on 30/05/11 by Ben Teoh
Connecting Up 2011: Reboot Your Nonprofit is only a couple of days away. With over 40 guest speakers coming along, and over 400 delegates from nonprofits around Australia, it's going to be a fantastic event.
Donnie Maclurcan is one of our speakers and will be running a breakout session named "The Big Picture, Online and on the Ground." During his session, he'll be looking at his 25 favourite online tools and also address how they'll be used for economic change. Donnie is the Founder and CEO of the community development oragnisation, Project Australia. He is also the Co-founder of the Post Growth Institute - an international group inspiring and equipping people to explore path sot global prosperity that don't rely on economic growth.
To learn more about Donnie and what he'll be addressing, check out his answers to a short interview we did with him.
Posted on 27/05/11 by Ben Teoh
Connecting Up 2011 is just days away and with well over 300 delegates and over 40 speakers coming to the conference, it's sure to hit! With just days away, we have a mix of news, but we are excited about a special guest speaker joining us from Canada!
Posted on 27/05/11 by Ben Teoh
Jean Roberts is Director of Roberts Management Concepts Pty Ltd of Melbourne. She has worked with a wide range of nonprofits in Australia as consultant, trainer, facilitator, mentor, writer and publisher. She wil be joining over forty other speakers at Connecting Up 2011 where she will be challenging nonprofit boards to look at how they implement technology.
Posted on 27/05/11 by Ben Teoh
Lisa Harvey, CEO of non-for-profit- service provider, Energetica will be coming to Connecting Up 2011 to talk about being "Open." She will be talking through the challenges and opportunities that can arise from a more open society. She will also look at now nonprofit organisations can benefit by both using Open and by being Open.
Read Lisa's responses to our short interview to find out more on what she does, and what she's bringing to Connecting Up 2011.
Posted on 27/05/11 by Ben Teoh
Sarah Pulis from Media Access Australia will be discussing the importance of creating accessible websites, especially in light of government legislation. Sarah also recently received a scholarship from Connecting Up Australia to attend NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington DC.
