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Posted by Dale T. on 2008/11/09 1:11 pm
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Mike Chapman will be presenting on Politics and your non-profit. The
growth of Social Media in Politics. http://everydotconnects.com/
5:30 PIZZA
6:00 - 7:00 Presentation
Austin Free-Net Offices
2209 Rosewood Ave, Room 213
Austin, TX 78702
RSVP if possible: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/212530685
Mike Chapman
Mike Chapman is proof that professionals from non-tech sectors can adapt and even thrive in the new media landscape. The principles of being open and genuine, considering customers as humans, remaining open to constant feedback and criticism, and being completely willing to trade old ways of thinking for new ones, have made Mike an enthusiast for social media. It may sound ironic that a former Washington lobbyist and Congressional staffer would be eager to specialize in communications based on honesty and authenticity rather than promotion, but those are the exact qualities that drew him into the field of new media and communications.
Mike is a cofounder of the Austin Social Media Club and the international Social Media Club. As a principal and founder of Every Dot Connects - a social media consortium - Mike works with clients who have an interest in governmental affairs and some who do not. In either case, Mike brings his enthusiasm for finding new and better ways to communicate, remembering that the very best communicators he has worked with were those who knew how to listen most effectively. Mike’s career started with the late J.J.”Jake” Pickle as part of his Washington D.C. staff, and has included stints with current U.S. Senator Tim Johnson, the National Association of Realtors, the American Medical Association, and Texas State University. His roles at Every Dot Connects include communications strategist, blogger and online community addict.
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Posted by Dale T. on 2008/10/15 12:11 pm
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Same as last month, which got cancelled due to Ike.
Small World Labs on Community and Social Media - Sam Eder
No reservation required.
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Posted by Dale T. on 2008/09/08 2:29 pm
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Community and Social Media
Check out Small World Labs at the September meeting of the Austin 501
Tech Club
When: Monday, September 15, 2008
5:30 - 7
What: Sam Eder, Director of Marketing
Small World Labs
http://www.smallworldlabs.com
Where: Austin Free-Net - DeWitty Center
2209 Rosewood Ave, Room 213
Austin, TX 78702
5:30 Pizza, brownies, beverages, general camaraderie
6:00 Presentation
RSVP requested but not required: http://501techsept08.eventbrite.com
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Posted by Dale T. on 2008/08/12 2:47 pm
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5:30 pm Pizza, brownies, beverages
6:00 Presentation - Sandy Dochen, IBM, Manager, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, Texas and Oklahoma
Topic: How IBM parlays its innovation technology for community improvement and philanthropy.
Things you may not know about IBM:
By this meeting date, we may know more about the new Forbidden City project which will use Second Life to zoom around that part of Beijing!
Where:
Austin Free-Net
2209 Rosewood Ave
2nd Floor
Austin, TX 78704
Contact if you need more info: Dale Thompson, 236-8225 x10
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Posted by Dale T. on 2008/06/30 8:03 pm
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5:30 Pizza, brownies, beverages
6:00 Presentation and Q&A
July 21 meetup - Kimbia!
Presenter: Thon Morris, President, Kimbia Software
http://www.kimbia.com/
Kimbia is founded on the belief that online fundraising software should integrate seamlessly and effortlessly with your existing web presence. Their web-based service plugs directly into your existing website and works with your existing software platform or any email, CMS, and CRM systems. And they are in Austin!
August 18 Meetup - IBM!
Presentation - Sandy Dochen, IBM, Manager, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, Texas and Oklahoma
Topic: How IBM parlays its innovation technology for community improvement and philanthropy.
Things you may not know about IBM:
By this meeting date, we may know more about the new Forbidden City project which will use Second Life to zoom around that part of Beijing!
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Posted by Dale T. on 2008/05/22 1:34 pm
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JUNE 16, 2008
Presenter: Ben Finklea, the CEO and founder of Austin-based SpryDev Online Marketing
Ben will talk about how search engines can help connect non-profits with donors. As a special bonus, he will talk about the work that SpryDev did for the Austin Ronald McDonald House's website that simplified their donation system and streamlined donor communications.
http://www.sprydev.com
RSVP if possible: http://501techjune08.eventbrite.com
Not required.
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JULY 21, 2008
Presenter: Thon Morris, President, Kimbia Software http://www.kimbia.com/
Kimbia is founded on the belief that online fundraising software should integrate seamlessly and effortlessly with your existing web presence. Their web-based service plugs directly into your existing website and works with your existing software platform or any email, CMS, and CRM systems. And they are in Austin!
RSVP if possible: http://501techjuly08.eventbrite.com
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Posted by Dale T. on 2008/05/14 10:48 am
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RSVP to dale@austinfree.net if possible
- May 19 – David Reinarz from Convio. He will discuss OpenConvio, their Fundraising Software and their Interactive Strategies Team http://open.convio.com/
- June 16 - Ben Finklea, the CEO and founder of SpryDev Online Marketing, will talk about how search engines can help connect non-profits with donors. As a special bonus, he will talk about the work that SpryDev did for the Austin Ronald McDonald House's website that simplified their donation system and streamlined donor communications.
http://www.sprydev.com
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Posted by Dale T. on 2008/04/02 2:52 pm
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Date: Monday, April 21, 2008
Time: 5:30 - 7 pm
Where: Austin Free-Net, 2209 Rosewood Ave, 2nd Fl, Austin, TX 78702
5:30 Pizza, brownies and beverages
6:00 Special meeting - 2008 Nonprofit Technology Conference Take-Aways
For this month's meeting, NTEN is inviting anyone in Austin who attended the March conference to attend our meetup, based on their records, plus any other local NTEN members.
If you attended the conference, you are asked to bring your top 3 take-aways. We’ll have a laptop and projector if you want to call-up a particular web site, etc.
If you didn't attend, come with 3 questions. You may want to look over the conference wrap-up and session materials posted at: http://www.nten.org/ntc
BONUS: NTEN is providing give-aways for a drawing: webinar coupons, membership discounts and books!
They want pictures to post on Flickr, tagged "501techclub" and "NTEN", and we will re-cap the meetup to this e-mail list afterward to continue the discussion.
Contact me if you have any questions,
Dale Thompson, Financial Manager
Acting Executive Director
Austin Free-Net
2209 Rosewood Ave
Austin, TX 78702
512.236-8225 x10
Fax: 320.8240
www.austinfree.net
dale@austinfree.net
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Posted by Dale T. on 2008/03/06 2:20 pm
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5:30 Pizza, brownies and beverages
6:00 Al Perez from Social Solutions demonstrates Efforts to Outcomes software
Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) software is an easy-to-use, secure, flexible, comprehensive, web-based software for human services organizations. It is used to create, edit and report on progress toward an outcome at any time. It is currently being used to manage program needs in the following areas:
At-Risk Youth * After-School * Workforce Development * Mental Health Services * Mentor & Volunteer Management * Disability Services * Family Services * Charter Schools * Homeless Services * Legal Services * Grants Management * Technical Assistance*
RSVP at: http://austin501techclubmarch08.eventbrite.com
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Posted by Dale T. on 2008/02/14 1:01 pm
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Passing along for ChannelAustin (formerly Austin Public Access Community TV). A chance to have some fun and support a good cause. I know everyone on this list works for a nonprofit that has fundraisers and I wouldn't want to see every one of them posted here, but ChannelAustin has hosted the 501 Tech Club and helped us out in a number of ways. Dale
channelAustin presents
EXSE Music Showcase
at the
Flamingo Cantina
516 E. Sixth Street 78701
February 19th
Doors Open at 6:00 pm
7:00 pm The Cheryl Hill Band
9:00 pm Mopac and the Blue Suburbands
Suggested Donation: $5 minimum
http://www.pactaustin.org/
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Posted by Dale T. on 2008/02/05 4:36 pm
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Sign up to attend at:
http://www.sporg.com/registration?link_type=form&form_id=101944&returnURL=http%3A//www.austinfree.net
Signing up is not required, but it helps us order the right amount of pizza.
Come, share, learn
Presenter: John Neale, Austin Free-Net Technical Services Manager
5:30 Pizza (thank you N-TEN), networking, catching up with friends
6:00 Setting up public computers for your clients while keeping your network safe
John's been setting up public computers since 1996 starting with the Austin public libraries' and following with every kind of organization, school, community center or nonprofit lobby you can imagine. Aside from being a very nice guy, he's been through it all. He has some good tips and possibly a funny story or two.
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Posted by Dale T. on 2008/01/13 8:24 pm
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Austin 501 Tech Club Meetup - Monday, 1/28/08, 5:30 - 7:00 pm Moodle and Pizza
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Austin Free-Net World Headquarters, DeWitty Center
2209 Rosewood Ave, 2nd Fl (corner Rosewood and Northwestern), Austin, TX 78704 US |
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Monday, January 28, 5:30PM |
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E-mail dale@austinfree.net if you are coming so we'll have enough pizza.
5:30 Pizza and networking (free thanks to N-TEN)
6:00 - 7:00 pm Demo:
Moodle (an open source solution to creating and managing online classrooms) is our topic again since we didn't really get a full presentation in August.
Demo by Rich Vazquez, CISSP (http://www.opensourcecurrency.org)
Interesting URLs on Moodle: http://moodle.org/ or
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle" mce_href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle
There is a new training on Ruby programming that just started using Moodle at:
http://www.rubylearning.org/
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Posted by Dale T. on 2007/08/24 4:13 pm
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| Presenters: David J. Neff, CIW, Director of Online Communications, and Jerry Markham, Manager of eCommerce-High Plains Division, American Cancer Society, Austin Corporate Office
5:30 - 6:00 Pizza and Networking
6:00 - 7:00 David and Jerry will show you around their virtual compound and explain the basic concepts of the Second Life Relay for Life.
Location: Austin Free-Net Offices and Community Computer Lab at the DeWitty Center, 2209 Rosewood Ave, 2nd Fl, Austin, TX 78702
From Jerry Markham:
Although the ACS involvement with SL goes back to 2005 when the first ever Second Life Relay For Life was held, we recently established a more permanent location by building a compound with a main office, a large room for presentations as well as places for support groups to meet. There are big plans for this office to provide cancer information with docs and brochures people can download, early detection and prevention messages (posters and streaming video PSAs), hosting fundraising or educational events, and much more.
In real-world Relay For Life events, it matters how far a person walks; participants traditionally get sponsors to pledge a per-lap donation.
That's not the way it works in the virtual arena. Along the Relay pathway are short, white posts called luminaries. When a walker clicks a post, a prompt comes up encouraging a donation. There are also many other fundraising activities going on before the event offering RFL Kiosks to make donations. Payment is made in Linden Dollars, the currency of Second Life, but since the company behind the whole program, Linden Labs, supports a real-world currency exchange it can be turned into U.S. dollars for the American Cancer Society.
The first SLRFL was attended by a few hundred avatars and raised almost $5000. 2006 got much bigger and raised over $40,000 from more than 1,100 participants. 2007 took place on July 27 and was expecting nearly 2,500 individuals to attend. Hopefully, we'll have the results in time for the meetup.
There is some great information about other ways the ACS has created unique events for fundraising at the website www.slrfl.com. The majority of these are participant driven, as is the entire Second Life virtual world. Basic memberships are free and the Search button along the bottom allows you to look up places and events by name, then you simply "transport" to them.
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Posted by Dale T. on 2007/08/13 10:58 am
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Registration is requested, so we'll know how much pizza to get, but not required: https://www.sporg.com/registration?link_type-form&form_id=92502&view_type=windowed
501 Tech Club - Austin Meetup for July 2007 (see notes below on September)
Date: Monday, August 20, 2007, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Place: Austin Free-Net Offices, DeWitty Center, 2209 Rosewood Ave, Room 209, Austin, TX 78702
MAP available at:
http://www.communitywalk.com/map/6494
5:30 Pizza and networking (free thanks to N-TEN),
6:00 Double Demo: Joomla (another content management system like Drupal) and Moodle (an open source solution to creating and managing online classrooms).
Demo by Rich Vazquez, CISSP (www.opensourcecurrency.org)
9/17/07 How the American Cancer Society in Austin used Second Life for a fundraiser - David Neff, CIW, Director of Online Communications, and Jerry Markham, American Cancer Society - Austin Corporate Office
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