Organizers' Collaborative

This year's theme was "Connect, Communicate, and Collaborate"; it focused on the new technologies and organizing tools available for connecting organizers and their communities. Check out the day's agenda.

We are helping presenters get their workshop materials posted online. Keep checking back as we continue to update.

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As always, the Grassroots Use of Technology conference is one of the only events that brings technology and endusers together, allowing us to learn from each other.

AGENDA OVERVIEW

Breakfast and Registration will begin at 8:30am. The conference will not actually start until 9:00 when we will have our Keynote Presentation.

There will be three workshop sessions, and each session will have about 4 to 5 concurrent presentations. Workshops will be identified by technical level; the program is designed to be accessible to beginners while offering options for tech experts.

Full schedule of the day.

The final program is online.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

The Organizers Collaborative is proud to announce that Nick Jehlen of Action Mill will be joining us this year to draw lessons from his recent work on the Winter Soldier campaign organized by Iraq Veterans Against the War. His provocative presentation is entitled, "Think Outside the Toolbox." Find out more.

CONFIRMED WORKSHOPS

• Full workshop listing with times
• Short bios for all conference presenters

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• Conference trifold brochure

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MAPS, DIRECTIONS, LODGING

The Umass Lowell Campus is about 30 miles northwest of Boston. It is accessible via the commuter rail and by rt. 93 or rt 495.

Full directions and hotel / dorm information.

HOW TO REGISTER

Prices:

• Registration is $75 Regular
• Limited Income $35
• $10 Discount for OC Members

Registration Policy
You may receive a refund of your full registration fee, minus a $5 admin charge, if you cancel before June 18. After that date we will not provide refunds.

LOOK WHO'S COMING (why not join them?)

(a selection of New England-based group)
Cambridge Community TV, Cambridge, MA

Community Software Lab, Lowell, MA

CTC VISTA Project, Boston, MA

Database Designs, Boston, MA

• Keynote Speaker
  Nick Jehlen, Winter Soldier Project
• Social Networks - Transforming Knowledge Creation
• Jump Start your Facebook/LinkedIn Presence with ODB
• Making Facebook and Myspace work for Organizing
• Strategies for Shaping the Media/Tech Future
• Building your own News site using Drupal
• Web Traffic: Getting the Clicks.
• Search Engine Optimization for Nonprofits
• Tools for Managing your Web Site
• Connecting with Youth: iMentoring
• Hands on Collaborative ELearning Tools
• Managing & Recruiting Tech Volunteers
• Helping your Computer System Grow Up
• Choosing the Right Software
• Everything You Need: The Nonprofit Internet Starter Kit
• Keeping It Simple: Low-Cost Tech Solutions
• HAVA Great Idea?: Using Voter Databases
• Movement Building: Organizing the "Organic" Internet

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