For those of you in the non-profit and technology worlds, I highly recommend you join more than 800 fellow practitioners at the annual Non-Profit Technology Conference, March 22-24, in Seattle, USA.
In addition, PICnet, in conjunction with Aspiration, are putting on Penguin Day 2006, an amazing gathering of open source users and developers on March 25, the day after the NTC. You can learn more about Penguin Day below. Lots of Joomla! related sessions going on at both! These are really great opportunities to better understand the relationship between technology and non-profits.
The more Joomla people we can get there the better!
Best,
Ryan
The Penguins are heading to the Pacific Northwest!
Come to Penguin Days in Seattle on March 25th right after the Non-Profit Technology Conference (NTC)
Saturday, March 25th - 9am to 5pm
in downtown Seattle (right next to the NTC!)
Organized by Aspiration and PICnet.
Register at www.penguinday.org
What in the world is a Penguin Day?
Penguin Day Seattle will bring together non-profit technology staff and open source software (OSS) developers for a day of learning and conversation. We'll demystify open source for nonprofits, frankly address the challenges of developing open source tools for non profits, and celebrate strengths and successes of open source in the nonprofit sector. Leading open source innovators, including PICnet (SF/DC), CivicActions (SF), One Northwest (Seattle) and FreeGeek (Portland) will share their stories and knowledge.
If you are curious about open source software for your nonprofit organization, Penguin Days are for you!
Register at www.penguinday.org
Who is behind Penguin Days in Seattle?
Penguin Day Seattle is made possible with the help of Aspiration, PICnet, local partners and YOU!
What will I take away from Penguin Day?
Penguin Day Seattle feature a packed agenda of interactive workshops, round tables, and "speed geeks." Topics include:
- Introduction to Free and Open Source Software for Nonprofits
- Local resources and who’s-who in the Seattle Free/Open Source community
- Helping techies and non-techies communicate
- Overview of Free and Open Source desktop applications
- e-Advocacy platforms
- The Economics of Open Source: How free is "free?"
- Selecting an Open Source operating system
- Migrating your organization to Free and Open Source software
- Creative Commons and Open Content
- Speed Geek (a lively tour of projects and tools)
What Are Others Saying About Penguin Days?
"Penguin Day was great - I had an excellent day - made new friends, put a lot of faces to email addresses, had a whole load of fun - and got introduced to some new applications and distributions! Thanks again to everyone who organised the day, ran sessions etc - it made my 4,500 mile trip worthwhile!"
Ian, from London, UK
"Penguin Days are a fantastic opportunity to get together with a wide variety of people and understand more about the issues that surround open source. Unlike a lot of conference/gatherings, the emphasis in these is on meeting people and making connections that you carry out of them room. And that works."
Marnie from San Francisco
"Now on to Penguin Day… Wow. For my part I was impressed by the international scope of the audience, folks from Great Britain, Canada, Kenya, Turkey, Ghana, Chicago and all points in between. The energy was great and the range of topics on the agenda meant there was something for everyone….suffice it to say Penguin Day set the mark against which all other events will be measured in my mind."
John from Chicago
I Love It! How Can I Get Involved?
Come to Seattle and...
Register at www.penguinday.org
Background
Since 2004, Penguin Days have been held in Philadelphia, Portland, Oregon; London, England; Toronto, Canada, Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and Texas.
Hundreds of nonprofit staff, programmers, and activists have attended Penguin Days. Penguin Days feature humorous "speed geeks"
(modeled after speed-dating) to bring programmers and organizations together to change the world--one byte at a time.
The Penguin is the symbol adopted in the early days of Linux as the mascot of this growing software movement.
Register at www.penguinday.org
