Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2010

Hosting unConferences across the United States, She’s Geeky aims to inspire women technologists in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, provide a space for women geeks to create enduring communities, and foster collaboration and innovation among peers.&#. What do you think? What is your Ada Lovelace story?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

In less than 24 hours, I will be boarding a plane bound for Mumbai to present at the NASSCOM conference called NASSCOM India Leadership where I'll be on a panel on NGO and Social Media as well as lead a discussion at an unconference on whether CEO/Executive Director's should use social media. Tags: india.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2009

Here’s what David said : If you want to find out how social technology can be used collaboratively to solve neighbourhood problems, do join me and colleagues for a lively session on May 16 in London at the SHINE unconference for social entrepreneurs. You’ll find details here. “ If you want to do it quickly, do it alone. Sign up here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. He notes with a trace of sarcasm, "???With

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

This will be an unconference where social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders and individuals will share and discuss innovative technology moving us towards a just and sustainable world. Tags: socialnetworks. From these WiserTuesday meetings spawned the creation of a Social Innovation Camp in Paris in June.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Unconference. Unconference in DC will lead a series of sessions and conversations about using social media to create networked communities and movements. Join Amanda Rose, founder of Twestival as she kicks off the unconference with a special keynote. Tags: Nonprofit Events. Date: December 5th. NonProfit 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2010

unconference on Friday morning in Washington, DC. Tags: Networked Nonprofit. The second is our live webcasted keynote session from the NonProfit 2.0 The keynote will be broadcasted at 8:45 on the NextGenWeb site – [link]. Please join us if you can. Once again, thank you for making The Networked Nonprofit a big hit!

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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. Tags: Networked Nonprofit case foundation Wendy Harman. 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

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Unconference where Beth did some learning at, see the summary Allyson Kapin provides over on the Care2 Frogloop blog. Members are in bold. Who's your Mayor? Wendy's Keynote. .

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

On Thursday, I attended the unconference/open space portion of SOCAP09 (Social Capital Markets 2009). Tags: Digital Divide Donors Fundraising Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Running Your Organization Social Networking Telecom Services Using the Web and Internet Volunteers Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

Conference , especially the “ unconference sessions “ in Washington, DC on Friday. I participated in two unconference sessions. Tags: Conferences Free Agent Listening nonprofit20 np20. I attend a lot of conferences , but mostly as a keynote speaker, workshop leader, or panelist. Here are my notes.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

In addition to choosing 6 breakout sessions from more than 90 possibilities covering the latest & greatest (as well as the tried & true), you'll be able to attend Affinity Group Meetings , Ignite Sessions , an Unconference on Open Data and APIs , and more. Tags: 10NTC NPTech NTEN. That's a lot o' learning! CFRE Credit !

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2009

The event will be an unconference format - leveraging users' interests to drive the sessions, and ensuring plenty of time for interactions. Tags: Communication. REGISTRATION. Click here , and enter discount code: forumone to save $50.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2010

Unconference: NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. Tags: Social Networking Staff Training Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 Folks from TechSoup Global will be presenting at several breakout sessions and activities during # 10NTC. Below is the best way to keep up with them on day one of the conference.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2009

This past Saturday at the SHINE09 unconferance , David Wilcox , Andy Gibson , Drew Mackie and I facilitated a version of what was called the Social Collaboration Game. Tags: events collaboration shine09 social collaboration game socialmedia.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 17, 2009

They have a great list of proposed sessions for this unconference event. Tags: shesgeeky womenwhotech. Another great event is coming up in the Bay Area this January: She's Geeky. Get down there and get to learning!

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Forum One

APRIL 17, 2009

At this "unconference," attendees will be setting the agenda. Tags: Events. We have nearly 200 people registered, but it's not too late to RSVP here. From Forum One, look for me, Andrew Cohen ( @andrewjcohen ), Chris Wolz ( @cwolz ), Michaela Hackner ( @kalabird ) and Mike Madison. Online voting or e-voting. Hope to see you there!

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2010

As a relative newbie here at Forum One, I wasn't sure what to expect when as I headed to my very first "unconference." The unconference was about connecting government managers and staff, public engagement experts, online tool developers, and citizens to encourage shared insights, decisions, and actions in government.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Back in September, Forum One was one of the sponsors of CongressCamp, an informal "barcamp" unconference here in Washington. Tags: Collaboration Government. I want to tell you about a fantastic new (and developing) resource for congressional staff. I know we all have something to contribute.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2009

The Online Community Report MeetUp is back this month, fresh from the Online Community Unconference and ready to discuss online community tools and techniques. Tags: Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 This month our guest speaker is Brad Selby from Flixster , an online community for movie lovers.

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Forum One

MARCH 1, 2009

And the " bar camp " format, or unconference or "open space" approach, really leads to meaningful topics and peer to peer discussions. Technorati Tag: TCamp09. Tags: Events Technology Communication Collaboration Strategy. See the chart of sessions. More followup thoughts later. Picture courtesy of stereogab.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

Holding unconferences to invite individuals and busineses beyond their staff and partners to participate - and this serves as a important research/feedback mechanism. Tags: transparency. Witzel says other transparent behavior includes: Creative commons licenses on the web site. Sharing internal presentations on slideshare.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Back in September, Forum One was one of the sponsors of CongressCamp, an informal "barcamp" unconference here in Washington. Tags: Influence Internet Strategy. For two days, attendees exchanged ideas on how social media and collaboration tools could increase citizen engagement with Capitol Hill.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

Even if you’ve never participated in an ‘unconference’ event like this, no worries! Tags: events 10ntc netsquared nten presentation. What : Learn how your organization could use open data and APIs to show your impact, coordinate volunteers, or inspire supporters to take action. Social Media Veterans (#smvets).

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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. This is particularly useful if there is a great volume material that has been tagged and could benefit from a more organized presentation than a "messy" tag stream.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

This morning, NetSquared hosted a special unconference at NTC on open data. Tags: Clients Consultants Digital Divide E-Learning Legal Considerations Online Activism Reporting Running Your Organization Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 Where are the reams of data from funders on the cost and ROI of projects they've supported?

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

I've kind of become an open-data geek in the past few months, largely thanks to NetSquared's unconference at NTC. Suddenly, many opportunities open for new and better government services without the usual price tag. The diversity of the team should reflect the diversity of the city," he said.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Day 1 of the conference saw 122 attendees volunteer to help 58 organizations during the Day of Service , while 50 of you attended the Open Data Unconference and 139 went to We Are Media Sessions. Tags: 10NTC Collaboration NPTech NTEN programs Program. We think this is a testament to the speakers knowing their material.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2009

Transparency Camp is an unconference designed to convene a trans-partisan tribe of open government advocates from all walks — government representatives, technologists, developers, NGOs, wonks and activists — to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make our government transparent and meaningfully accessible to the public.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Susan Tenby from TechSoup shares her notes from the Unconference. Tags: nptechtagsummary. WeAreMedia Webinar on September 23rd - A Choose Your Own Expert Format ! Registration here. Socap09 Still Buzzing : Last week, the SoCap Conference generated a lot of buzz. What was most sexy?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2008

A conference or unconference? Lemme know and keep adding to the Changeblogger list in the comments of this post, by emailing me at britt@brittbravo.com, or using the tag, "changeblogger". In terms of organizing a way for Changebloggers to meet and connect, what do you think the next steps should be? Should it be virtual, or in person?

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NTEN

JULY 17, 2009

Unconference: You want to learn more from your colleagues, have a chance to play with the latest ideas that we haven't included in the conference agenda, and have more chances than the pre-planned Affinity Groups to connect. We're looking a an unconference track or on the first day of the conference. Thanks to all who participated!

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

CongressCamp was an unconference focused on the Congress side of Gov 2.0. Tags: Events Government Transparency Strategy. Last weekend, Forum One participated in CongressCamp at George Washington University. Forum One was a Gold Sponsor of CongressCamp.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 13, 2014

MuseumCamp was inspired by other action-oriented professional development experiences, ranging from open-ended unconferences to tightly-formatted tinkering workshops. Tag Team the Facilitation. And if you want a more efficient approach to multi-vocal facilitation, try an unconference. Sleep on it. Yes, it can be inefficient.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2009

We are using a hybrid unconference/workshop model in which participants work collaboratively to explore and brainstorm a few pre-selected "wild ideas" for future museum initiatives related to audience participation. Tags: professional development. And I can't wait to hear what wild ideas you're going to bring to Newcastle!

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

On 8.16.08, the Museum of Art and History (Santa Cruz, CA) hosted FreelanceCamp, a free unconference that brought 150 designers and techies from the south bay area together to talk shop. I was at the last of these three events--the unconference in Santa Cruz. Tags: web2.0 marketing Museums Engaging in 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

There's an unconference called OpenFaced taking place in tandem with the conference. Tag your post with "net2thinktank." Policing Social Media These two items were both found in the nptech tag stream: Due to a new wiki launched by New Zealand police, members of the public can now contribute to the drafting of a new law.

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