Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2010

Wendy and I facilitated an unconference session on listening later in the day and I’ll share what we learned in a second post. Julie Rocchi, our copy editor, points out a typo in the book signing and corrects it! The next day, Allison Fine and I, keynoted the Nonprofit 2.0 Conference along with Wendy Harman.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. Even if you’ve never participated in an ‘unconference’ event like this, no worries! The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. Thursday, April 8, 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2007

It's unconference style, and very supportive atmosphere for women who work in technology and also want to encourage more women to get involved. I facilitated a session on working in the nonprofit sector, with colleague Liz Perry , who is a sketch blogger and works an instructional technology specialist in a nonprofit school.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

The photographs above were taken on the last day of Blogher, at the Unconference on Sunday morning facilitated by the talented Kaliya Hamlin who blogs about unconferences here. As always, I got a lot out of BlogHer, so I wanted to capture here in case anyone else is wondering about this topic. I remember being inspired by it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

And, I wonder how that can be facilitated by the Internet and Technology. Her dream: unconference. What we had unconference with over your shoulder and worked in pairs. I'm thinking about what we used to call "Shoulder to shoulder" learning in the old circuit rider days. So, this is the network effect of that model.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

The objective of the The Innovation Exchange is to facilitate rapid and widespread adoption of environmental innovation in business. Holding unconferences to invite individuals and busineses beyond their staff and partners to participate - and this serves as a important research/feedback mechanism.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2008

A couple weeks ago I asked you and the Have Fun * Do Good Facebook group for suggestions for Changebloggers, people who are using their blog, podcast or vlog to raise awareness, build community, and/or facilitate readers/listeners/viewers' taking action to make the world a better place. A conference or unconference?

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2011

Facilitate meet-ups and small group meals outside of conference lunches New to the NTC scavenger hunt New to the NTC Booth Insider’s Guide Blog to highlight the informal activities Social Events A speed-networking session Formal conversation time with other nonprofit tech professionals and vendors Organized dinners out, with RSVPs Space for yoga?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2006

I've seen this used frequently with "unconference" or "open space" technology-oriented conferences and workshops. For example, during the Global s London Summit, a wiki was used to capture a brainstorming session and then to help bring those ideas foward in the months following the gathering.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

TechSoup will be hosting a pre-conference workshop on Office 365; exhibiting at the NTC Science Fair; speaking at plenary events, breakout sessions, and a "Birds of a Feather" lunch; and facilitating networking opportunities. NetSquared /Tech Club Organizer Mini-Unconference for Tech Club/NetSquared Organizers.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

San Francisco, California: Sustainability Unconference (All Day). Seattle, Washington: Facilitating Great Board Meetings. Ottawa, Ontario: FYI: 3rd International Hockey Analytics Conference. Monday, May 8, 2017. Kitchener, Ontario: Offsite Hosting. Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

The “ Green Enterprise Unconference ” we’re hosting on December 3rd is looking extremely timely and interesting. The folks attending the Green Enterprise Unconference are going to be a fascinating group – top executives and environmental/sustainability managers and consultants from a range of organizations: Google. CarbonFlow.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Unconference sessions , featuring topics as diverse as "playing an ARG" (with real labyrinth adventures ), "engaging visitors who were dragged to the museum," and "measuring and defining success in participatory projects." Facilitator bits. Click any link above to see the video from the initial pitch and final report from each group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Jonny will provide live graphic facilitation of the highly interactive and fun panel. In addition to the graphic facilitation, there will be other interactive learning elements. Illustration by Jonny Goldstein of my SXSW panel proposal. Check out his illustration of the panel). Trust me.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2015

For example, a "voting tools" session facilitated by WeVote generated discussion among participants on the barriers to voting and how to reduce them. CityCamp was an "unconference," meaning that the agenda was defined by the participants, who pitched and voted on session ideas.

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