Technology

I'm incredibly inspired by the worlds of Vikki Sprull in her remarks to the Council on Foundations in San Jose this week.  She points out that being agile in the face of rapid change is the future of philanthropy, and we couldn't agree more.  I especially love her re-framing of the Council of Foundations as a hub in a network, rather than as a terminus.  This is the right kind of thinking for the networked age in which we find ourselves living.

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CivicActions was honored to once again host the Ignite Reception at the Nonprofit Technology Conference. Ignite is a presentation style where participants have exactly five minutes to speak on a subject, accompanied by 20 auto-rotating slides displayed for 15 seconds each. Special thanks to all the amazing presenters and Master of Ceremonies Gregory Heller for coordinating this amazing night!

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Last week I participated in the Ignite reception at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, DC. Ignite is a unique format in which the presenters have just 5 minutes to "enlighten" the audience using exactly 20 slides which auto-rotate every 15 seconds.

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Last Thursday I attended a taping of the Al Jazeera English show, "Empire" at the Columbia University Journalism School. The discussion featured Amy Goodman, Carl Bernstein, Emily Bell, and rivals Clay Shirky and Evgeny Morozov. While the role of technology was the launching point of the discussion; it was not limited to a narrow review of the uses of Facebook and Twitter. Here are a couple of important takeaways from the event:

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No, Code for America isn't looking for a couple thousand gentlemen.  They're looking for geeks (of any gender) to award yearlong Fellowships (living wage, health insurance, travel expenses) starting in 2011 to build Government 2.0 apps for a number of local governments. 

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Both Ian and Jenn have recently blogged about our sponsorship and planned attendance at the upcoming She's Geeky unconference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California January 29th and 30th (that's nex

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This year will be the first time I have been able to attend the She's Geeky Regional Un-Conference, and Girl am I excited! She's Geeky brings together women from all walks of technology, including those working in non-technical fields within technology. 

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Miley Cyrus closed her account and quit Twitter with an apparent DIY Youtube rap video called "Goodbye Twitter," wherein she oh-so-eloquently extolls the value of quality in-person time over endlessly updating a stream of personal trivia as the reason for leaving the service. Does Miley's move foreshadow the complete abandonment of social media for tweens and teens?

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In Seattle, our local Drupal User Group is organizing a Drupal conference called the Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit.  This event includes technical and business oriented talks.  It's going to be a great time, and I recommend signing up now before it fills up. 

We are limited to 150 people, and we already have about 50 people signed up. 

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