Whether you are helping rebuild lives, building communities or growing networks, every nonprofit needs technology to underpin its actions. Whether its mobile phones, Facebook, fundraising databases, office networks, or this year’s buzzword ‘the cloud’, technology is a given in your world. But you don’t have to be a geek to make smart choices. 

Draw inspiration from speakers, both international and local. Meet other people working in the nonprofit sector. Share your stories, and strengthen each other.

This will be our largest conference yet! Find out more about the Connecting Up 2012: Unleash the Power of Your Nonprofit.

For potential speakers:

Are you passionate about technology, social media, marketing, and communications? Do you believe in promoting good and enriching our community? If yes, we'd like to hear from you! We are pleased to be bringing the eighth Connecting Up Conference to Sydney in 2012 and we are now inviting speakers and presenters to take part in this innovative event.

Find out how you could speak at Connecting Up 2012: Unleasing the Power of Your Nonprofit.

Key international speakers:

Allen Gunn (Gunner)

Allen (aka 'Gunner') is one of our international keynote speakers. He was the ‘hit’ of Connecting Up '09 (#CU09) in Sydney and we are delighted to have him back.

Allen ‘Gunner’ Gunn is the Executive Director at AspirationTech. He has over twenty years of software development, senior management, and capacity building expertise, and has spent the last fifteen years exploring how technology can most effectively empower and support social justice causes.

Find out more on AspirationTech

Nancy Schwartz

Nancy E. Schwartz, president of Nancy Schwartz & Company (NS&C), designs and implements marketing and communications programs to help nonprofit and foundation clients nationwide to maximize their impact and profits.

Combining strategic perspective, practical vision, and a broad range of technical skills, Ms. Schwartz provides NS&C clients with innovative approaches to meeting their goals.

Find out more on Nancy Schwartz & Company

Terry Stokes

Terry Stokes is Chief Executive of Lasa. Lasa helps empower and support thousands of third sector and government bodies across the UK each year by providing knowledge, support and resources. Its clients include Age UK, Shelter and Citizens Advice Bureau.

Terry also has considerable experience as a consultant on Citizens Advice and Information Services (CAIS) projects in a number of Eastern European countries, and has wide experience of partnership working across Europe, the US and Australasia. 

Find out more on LASA