I’m thrilled to have Net Tuesday friends Darren Barefoot (coming from France!) and Theo Lamb kicking off the 2012/13 season.
Category: Net Tuesday
A monthly meetup in Vancouver that connects nonprofits and their allies with technical chops. http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-social-media-nonprofits-social-change/
OH @NetTuesdayYVR last night: “I’ve learned more here in an hour & half than at three days of the AFP conference. And this was free.” #ntvan
— Chad Leaman (@chadleaman) April 4, 2012
HUGE thanks to Darian Kovacs for putting the event together. This is the first time that a monthly meetup was planned, promoted and hosted without my involvement, and I couldn’t be happier that Net Tuesday is evolving from a solo project into a self-sustaining volunteer-led institution.
– Eli
P.S. I’m also grateful for Chad Leaman‘s good ears.
Net Tuesday is proud to have Communicopia’s Jason Mogus presenting at our February 7 meetup. NOTE: We expect this event to be very popular, so registration is capped. Please RSVP to confirm your attendance.
There has been a sea change recently creating new models for how social change organizations (or start up businesses) structure themselves to accomplish a social good. Network organizations, typically those “born after the Internet”, are smaller, nimble, less hierarchical, highly collaborative and deeply social by nature. Their leadership, culture, structure, programs, and outcomes are often quite different from those of traditionally structured NGO’s.
As these structures are more aligned with the fundamental organizing principles of the web, done right this enables these organizations to punch far above their weight online. In this session we will discuss:
- the differences between network orgs and more traditional NGO’s
- why network orgs are an adaptation to the unique challenges and opportunities of our times
- why traditional NGO’s struggle with managing digital innovation
- why network orgs create better online campaigns – including many examples!
- some fundamental principles of network centric campaigns
Come with your own examples and expect a fulsome discussion on the benefits and limitations of this controversial hypothesis.
LOCATION
W2 Media Cafe
111 W Hastings, Vancouver, BC
DATE AND TIME
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Doors at 5:30 PM
Starts at 6:00 PM
Wraps at 7:30 PM
Jason Mogus is the principal strategist of Communicopia, a Gastown based firm that has been leading transformative digital projects for social change institutions since 1993. Jason has worked with some highly successful network orgs, including the TckTckTck climate coalition, Nothing But Nets campaign, and Web of Change, as well as for many large NGO’s, governments, and sustainable businesses both locally and globally. For a full bio: http://communicopia.com/company/jason-mogus
Suggested background reading:
Could you do more with Google Analytics? Non-profit website publisher Jeannine Mitchell shows how she got a new perspective on raw data from the Google Analytics module installed on her (Drupal CMS) website after local web analytics expert Behdad showed her how to create custom measurements known as ‘segmentation’. Behdad will be present to field people’s questions about web analytics.
When
Tuesday, January 10 2012
DOORS AT 5:30 PM
EVENT STARTS AT 6:00 PM
WRAP AT 7:30 PM
Where
W2 Media Cafe
Admission
Free, with $5 suggested donation.
Presenters
Jeannine Mitchell, an award-winning finance writer, heads the non-profit Student Finance 101 Society, helping students manage student loans and other debt at www.debt101.caBehdad Barati
A well rounded IT expert, Behdad has been involved in Web Analytics for close to four years.
Behdad is also the organizer of the Web Analytics Champs meetup. http://www.meetup.com/Web-Analytics-Champs-WACH/OUR SPONSOR
Net Tuesday is thrilled to have the W2 Media Cafe as our venue sponsor for the 2011-12 season.
They do cool things. Check them out!
Here’s Susanna Haas Lyon‘s slides and video from the November 2011 Net Tuesday.
Slides
Flexing Facebook’s Civic Muscles
View more presentations from Susanna Lyons
Presentation
Q&A
It’s not just your Communications and Fundraising teams that should be leveraging online tools. Many non-profits are looking at new ways to use technology to fulfill their mission, including the delivery of programs through technology. Just as many universities have focused on e-Learning to deliver education to students, non-profits organizations can also utilize e-Learning to deliver association services.
This session will share tools and techniques that can be used to deliver non-profit services online. Looking beyond facebook and twitter, this session will cover both synchronous (webinar) solutions as well as asynchronous tools that are available. There will be a focus on sharing best practices, lessons learned from the education sector, and how your non-profit can get started with e-Learning to deliver association services.
When
Tuesday, December 6 2011
DOORS AT 5:30 PM
EVENT STARTS AT 6:00 PM
WRAP AT 7:30 PM
Where
W2 Media Cafe
Admission
Free, with $5 suggested donation.
ABOUT OUR PRESENTER
Chad Leaman is the e-Learning Manager for the Neil Squire Society, working directly with people with disabilities and empowering them through technology. Over the last eight years, he has led the organization’s growth of online learning and connecting the association to various rural and aboriginal disability centers. He has spoken at numerous conferences on themes of e-Learning and accessibility, including the Innovative Professor Conference, MoodleMoot, and the Justice Institute Online Course Showcase. His current projects include running a network of free-computer sites in Burnaby; creating an online one-on-one computer tutoring program; and supporting the technology enabling an online employment program that reaches across Canada. Chad also sits on the other side of the online learning environment, completing his Certified Association Executive certification through online learning.
chadl@neilsquire.ca | @chadleaman
OUR SPONSOR
Net Tuesday is thrilled to have the W2 Media Cafe as our venue sponsor for the 2011-12 season.
They do cool things. Check them out!
RSVP
LOCATION
W2 Media Cafe
111 W Hastings, Vancouver, BC
DATE AND TIME
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
- Doors at 5:30 PM
- Starts at 6:00 PM
- Wraps at 7:30 PM (but stay for drinks!)
Governments around the world are experimenting with social media as a site of civic engagement. Online public participation is a young field however, and little is known about the benefits or limitations of these projects. Key issues that must be considered include anonymity, privacy, government activity in privately operated spaces, demographic diversity, delineating between crowd-appropriate and expert-appropriate tasks, community building and more.
Vancouver was recently the home of an innovative Facebook based public conversation. Hundreds of Vancouver residents and commuters participated in a July 2011 Facebook conversation about the City of Vancouver’ Transportation Plan. Using a uniquely developed Facebook app, this ground breaking social media conversation asked Vancouverites to share their own commuting stories, learn about key issues, propose transportation recommendations to the City. This project was both an innovative engagement exercise in partnership with the City of Vancouver and it was the focus of Susanna Haas Lyons’s masters thesis research with the University of British Columbia.
The City has already written a response to recommendations resulting from the conversation, and these ideas will be considered for integration into the City’s draft transportation plan. Results of the research are emerging.
ABOUT OUR PRESENTER
Susanna Haas Lyons is a public engagement specialist who develops strategy and provides training for better conversations between the public and decision makers. Bridging online and face-to-face methods, Susanna has worked on some of North America’s largest and most complex citizen engagement projects. Currently, Susanna is researching collaborative policy development, with a focus in digital engagement practices, at the University of British Columbia’s Institute for Resources, the Environment and Sustainability. She is also a senior network associate with AmericaSpeaks, a global leader in large-scale public participation. Previously, Susanna was project coordinator with the British Columbia Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform, which was shortlisted for the prestigious Mohn Prize. She holds a certificate in Public Participation from the International Association for Public Participation, and is an advisor to the Alberta Climate Dialogue project.
OUR SPONSOR
Net Tuesday is thrilled to have the W2 Media Cafe as our venue sponsor for the 2011-12 season. They do cool things. Check them out!
We’re thrilled to have Lauren Bacon of Raised Eyebrow web studio presenting the October 2011 Net Tuesday.
RSVP
LOCATION
W2 Media Cafe
111 W Hastings, Vancouver, BC
DATE AND TIME
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
- Doors at 5:30 PM
- Starts at 6:00 PM
- Wraps at 7:30 PM (but stay for drinks!)
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When it’s time to overhaul your website, the task at hand can feel overwhelming. Where do you start? Content, functionality, and design are all vying for first place, and everyone in your organization probably has a different idea of what’s top priority.
In this one-hour session we’ll share tips for how to corral your team, clarify your needs, and set the stage for a successful redesign project. Our specialty is working with nonprofits and public sector organizations, so we will bring that focus to this session.
You’ll learn:
- Key questions to ask yourself & your team
- Who within your organization to involve in the process
- How to write a better RFP
ABOUT LAUREN BACON
Lauren is a veteran web designer, who co-founded Raised Eyebrow Web Studio, Inc. with her business partner, co-author, and all-around right-hand woman, Emira Mears. The two have been in business together since early 2000, and are advocates of values-based business and of sustainable growth. From humble beginnings in a corner of Lauren’s bedroom, to a small office in Vancouver’s historic Gastown district, Raised Eyebrow has expanded gradually to include a staff of five.
OUR SPONSOR
Net Tuesday is thrilled to have the W2 Media Cafe as our venue sponsor for the 2011-12 season. They do cool things. Check them out!
This is the year I get off my duff and put some effort into my Net Tuesday meetups.
I’ve committed to one per month for the year, and I’ve brought on an organizing team to help. I’m super jazzed for the first event of the season:
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How nonprofits win with word of mouth marketing with Darren Barefoot
with Darren Barefoot
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If you only engage in ordinary outreach activities – petition asks,
email marketing and Google AdWord buys – you won’t get noticed in a busy landscape where every nonprofit is vying for attention and support. Why? When everyone does the same thing, no one organization shines.
Truly remarkable organizations get their marketing done for them – for free – by their most excited, committed, passionate and devoted fans. They earn it by providing exceptional member experiences, by being unique, bold and creative. Word-of-mouth isn’t just about one-off gimmicks or “viral” campaigns. It’s an overall approach to movement building based on a new online reality where everyday people have become the most powerful marketing department on the planet.
In this session, we’ll discuss how nonprofits and charities are creating
remarkable online campaigns based on the theory and philosophy of
movement marketing. You’ll learn from experienced practitioners how to augment limited budgets with creativity and technology that will help your nonprofit get talked about.
DATE: Tuesday, September 6
DOORS AT 5:30 PM
EVENT STARTS AT 6:00 PM
LOCATION
W2 Woodwards
#250 – 111 West Hastings
Vancouver, BC
RSVP
ABOUT DARREN BAREFOOT
Darren Barefoot is internet famous. He has an honest-to-goodness wikipedia page.
He likes to play on the internet. He’s tweeted more than 17,444 times and it has been suggested that he’s Reddit’s biggest booster. Plus he’s co-written several books, the latest of which is Friends with Benefits: A Social Media Marketing Handbook.
For the official bio: http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/about.php
ABOUT OUR SPONSOR
The venue is generously provided by W2 Community Media Arts. They’re lovely!
Elijah van der Giessen 