| Connecting Up 2009 – ‘The Online Future of Nonprofits... Are we there yet?’ |
Conference May 11th, 12th and Workshop May 13th
Whether you’ve never been to a Connecting Up Conference before or you are a regular, 2009 in Sydney will be one not to be missed.
Connecting Up 08 in Brisbane this year received great feedback and Connecting Up 2009 will definitely maintain, if not surpass, the buzz. We have already attracted an exciting group of speakers, with more in the wings:
- We have the Managing Director of Microsoft Australia, Tracey Fellows, joining us as a speaker to talk about what Microsoft does in and for the community and some of their new directions.
- We have Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson – leading Video Blog experts from the US - presenting at the conference and also running a hands-on workshop on Wed 13th ( Book early for this one!) Check out their awesome site showing how it can be done - raise the profile of your community group! http://ryanishungry.com
- Allen Gunn from Aspiration www.aspirationtech.org – better tools for a better world
- Peter Dietz, founder of www.socialactions.com
- Workshops – have a go!
- Ever used Video conferencing equipment?
- Ever seen how a Blog works?
- Ever created a videoblog for Youtube or your site?
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And all of this is in a great venue, the Brighton Novotel – resort style, pools, gym – the works………………….. on the beach! Stay the weekend!
You will learn, share, meet, laugh, have light bulbs go on and hopefully connect some of the dots for your organisation on communicating, marketing, fundraising, and managing via the latest technologies.
This conference provides something for forward thinking community organisation, charity and nonprofit staff at all levels, including managers/CEO’s. It’s definitely not a geek-fest! It’s for those who want to learn enough about ICT to be in control of how technology is used in your organisation……….to take your organisation to the leading edge of the nonprofit sector!
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| Connecting Up 2009 |
With the buzz of Connecting Up 08 still lingering we have taken your survey responses about what you would like to see in the future and we are pursuing next year’s event – Connecting Up 09. We aim to bring you more world class presenters and exciting case studies, dig deeper into the issues of using the technology to build capacity and the management of all that “new information and communication media”. We will also build in some workshops to allow you to be “hands on” and “have a go” with some new and existing technologies.
One of the take away pointers from this year’s conference was that technology is the tool or medium which provides powerful ways for us to market better, to fundraise better, to manage better, to communicate better, to engage membership better, to research better, to measure better, to deliver services, to save time, to save dollars, to drive income more efficiently………and, and, and!
The challenge is to unlock the doors on how we can do all this, where to start and what are the ground rules for a world of fast and furious communication!
Stay tuned for more to come and please tell us your thoughts and burning issues at: www.connectingup.org or Feedback
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| Connecting Up 2009 and “New Media”
Connecting Up will be utilising "New Media" as an integral part of the conference to ensure an effective online presence around Australia and the globe. Those at the conference can participate in blogging, pod and video casting highlights and more, all live to the web. This will not only be demonstrated but we will be supporting you to learn about and access this sort of strategy for your organisation or community group.
Mike Seyfang will run a hands-on session on blogging and podcasting to get you started.
Stay tuned for more to come and please tell us your thoughts and burning issues at: www.connectingup.org or Feedback
Australian Community ICT Awards for 2009.
The Connecting Up 09 Conference dinner will be the venue for the third annual Australian Community ICT Awards presentation, where organisations just like yours are rewarded for their endeavour and creativity in the use of technology to bring about change. Check out this year’s winners at www.connectingup.org and start preparing your submission. Further details to follow.
So who’s behind all this?
Connecting Up 09 is brought to you by CISA Inc, trading under its new public name, Connecting Up Australia. We are an Adelaide-based community nonprofit organisation with a 27 year history in community information. We initiated and we have run the last five Connecting Up conferences. We also operate the DonorTec technology donation program www.donortec.com.au , in partnership with TechSoup Global. Connecting Up Australia is the nonprofit link to ICT Resources. Go to www.connectingup.org
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