Events

Ignite brings together geeks to do 5-minute talks in front of small audiences — with slides that rotate every 15 seconds. Global Ignite Week features 500 talks in 40 cities, including New York, LA, the Bay Area, Boston, Madrid, Manila, Paris and Sydney.

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Stanford University in Palo Alto is sponsoring an event - News and Inclusion: Journalism and the Politics of Diversity that will focus on the role of journalism in multicultural societies. Scholars from Singapore, Finland, Australia, The Netherlands, Canada, England, and the United States, will examine, in the context of journalism, the question posed by political theorist Iris Marion Young: "What are the norms and conditions of democratic communication under circumstances of structural inequality and cultural difference?

Free and Open to the Public - Regustration Required

The 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference will take place on April 8-10, 2010 in Atlanta, GA at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center!

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A New York Convening to Talk About Haiti's Future and the Role of the Diaspora

• Results of NAM (New America Media) National Poll of Haitians
• Panel of Haitian media and community leaders
• Q&A of community representatives

RSVP:

Anthony Advincula at aadvincula@newamericamedia.org or 212-929-2773 or
Mohammad Hehangir Khan at nycomm@indypressny.org 212-279-1442

Social Media Week conferences take place simultaneously in multiple cities around the world. The aim of each event is to advance uses of social media in the corporate, public and non-profit sectors.

The second annual conference will take place between February 1st – 5th, 2010 simultaneously in New York City, Berlin, London, San Francisco, Toronto and São Paulo. The five day conference will explore the profound impact that social media has on culture, business communications and society at large.

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Managing Nonprofit Technology Projects (MNTP) will examine the tools and best practices that help nonprofits deliver successful technology solutions - whether it be websites, packaged software implementations, or custom applications.

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TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is where the world’s leading thinkers and doers gather to share ideas worth spreading. TEDActive, a simulcast experience, takes place in Palm Springs. TEDx brings the TED experience to local communities.

Do you need a better grasp of the benefits and challenges of social media before jumping in? Join fellow educators and school administrators at edSocialMedia’s Summit this winter at Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, MA and dive into the theory and practice of social media.

The 2010 edSocialMedia Summit features leading social media strategists and practitioners in the independent school community.

RootsCamp is an incubator for fresh ideas, lively discussion and, most importantly, action-driven learning among diverse groups of passionate progressive activists. Held in Washington, D.C., RootsCamp is a dynamic participant-led event that brings organizers together to learn from each other's successes and failures.

The Social Enterprise Conference is one of the world's leading forums to engage in dialogue, debate, and expression around social enterprise with leaders from across the world. Over time, the Conference has become the arena to explore revolutionary ideas that challenge the prevailing status quo and inspire a call to action.