The weather is getting better now that we're firmly into spring. No more excuses are allowed about your New Year's resolution to power up your nonprofit tech skills - it's time to join a meetup and find your tribe! There are free workshops and networking events happening in cities across the globe this month. Just search at NetSquared.org and start leveraging tech to do more good.
Storymakers
TechSoup's annual Storymakers campaign is in full swing!. We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. We also have a contest in which we're giving away $5,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. And if you need some help with your video you can take our short, free online course or sign-up for help from one of our experts.
Wednesday, May 11
- Bamenda, Cameroon: How to create digital stories
Saturday, May 14
- Abuja, Nigeria: A well-told Digital Story is powerful
Monday, May 16
- Birmingham, UK: Video skills + Telling Social Stories
Tuesday, May 17
- Burlington, VT: Digital Rights/Digital Responsibilities Workshop for Nonprofits
Wednesday, May 18
- Research Triangle, NC: How to create digital stories to raise money & more
- Toronto, Canada: Professional Blogging: Finding your Niche in a Digital World
Wednesday, June 8
- Bamenda, Cameroon: How to create digital stories
Wednesday, June 22
- Cleveland, OH: Sharing your Story
Upcoming Events
Storytelling is our focus for May, but every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 50 cities. Join us!
This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared, NTEN's Tech Clubs and HandsOn Tech. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community let me know and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group.
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North America
Monday, May 2, 2016
- Mississauga, ON: HUSTLE HOUR - Tech Entrepreneurs Mastermind
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
- Brooklyn, NY: NPower New York Joins Give Local NYC 2016
- Naples, FL: Your Organization Can Run Smoother, Faster, Cheaper.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
- Pittsburgh, PA: Bagels & Bytes - Allegheny
- San Francisco, CA
Monday, May 9, 2016
- Kitchener, ON: Acquiring Hardware
- Vancouver, BC: Office 365 for Nonprofits
- Seattle, WA: Preparing for FLSA Overtime Rule Change
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
- Columbus, OH: Nonprofit IT Forum: Digital Storytelling
- Ottawa, ON: Review progress on data analysis projects
- Houston, TX: What's your story? Tips and Tools for Powerful Story Telling
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
- Pittsburgh, PA: Bagels & Bytes - Butler
- San Francisco, CA: Code for America Civic Hack Night
- Los Angeles, CA: Startups for Social Impact: The Pains and Rewards
Thursday, May 12, 2016
- Victoria, BC: Branding As a Non-Profit: Putting Your Brand to Work for You
- Austin, TX: VolunteerSpot | Harness the Power of Volunteers | Product Spotlight
- Washington, DC: May NTEN Happy Hour: Google Grant + Google Analytics = Better results, Nonprofit Grant for Free Advertising
Friday, May 13, 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
- Burlington, VT: Digital Rights/Digital Responsibilities Workshop for Nonprofits
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
- New York City, NY: Don't Stop A/Believing: Using Testing to Improve Your Newsletter & Website
- Raleigh, NC: Storymakers 2016 - How to create digital stories to raise money & more
- San Francisco, CA: Code for America Civic Hack Night
- Boston, MA: TNB Roundtable: Mobile Tech for Nonprofits - A Global Health Success Story
- Denver, Co: Navigating Your Data | Putting it all Together
- Toronto, ON: How to Run a Professional Blog: Branding & Finding your Niche
Thursday, May 19, 2016
- Seattle, WA: Tableau for Nonprofits
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
- Vancouver, BC: Tech for Good, Blackbaud is coming on May 24
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
- San Francisco, CA: Code for America Civic Hack Night
Thursday, May 26, 2016
- Arlington, TX: DFW Nonprofit Geeks
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
- Pittsburgh, PA: Bagels & Bytes & Critters
- San Francisco, CA: Code for America Civic Hack Night
Thursday, June 2, 2016
- Morrisville, NC: Happy Hour Reception
Saturday, June 4, 2016
- Victoria, BC: Social Media Surgery: Hands on advice & help
Monday, June 6, 2016
- Mississauga, ON: HUSTLE HOUR - Tech Entrepreneurs Mastermind
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
- Naples, FL: Email Marketing for Nonprofits - Segmentation & Personalization
- Portland, ME: Portland: QuickBooks Made Easy
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
- San Francisco, CA: Code for America Civic Hack Night
- Los Angeles, CA: Happy Hour with informal NTC reports
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Friday, June 10, 2016
- Saint Paul, MN
- Free and Inexpensive Communications Tools | MCN (free)
- Communications Networking Lunches
Monday, June 13, 2016
- Kitchener, ON: External services and consultants
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
- Vancouver, BC: Testing Makes Perfect - How to Optimize Your Campaign through A/B Testing
- Columbus, OH: Nonprofit IT Forum: E-Recycling
- Houston, TX: Monthly Meet-Up with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE!
- Toronto, ON: Online Branding (more details to come!)
- Austin, TX: Austin: QuickBooks Made Easy
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
- San Francisco, CA: Code for America Civic Hack Night
Africa + Middle East
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Monday, May 2, 2016
- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of local members
Friday, May 6, 2016
- Busia, Kenya: Netsquared kenya combatting cyber violence
- Mukono, Uganda
Saturday, May 7, 2016
- Lusaka, Zambia: How to Launch a Nonprofit Crowdfunding Campaign
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
- Bamenda, Cameroon: How to create digital stories
Friday, May 13, 2016
- Mukono, Uganda
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
- Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup
Friday, May 20, 2016
- Busia, Kenya: netsquared kenya supporting -encryption and journalism
- Mukono, Uganda
Friday, May 27, 2016
- Mukono, Uganda
Monday, June 6, 2016
- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of local members
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
- Bamenda, Cameroon: How to create digital stories
Europe
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
- Lausanne, Switzerland: Lausanne: Odoo 9 step-by-step (en Français)
Saturday, May 7, 2016
- Lausanne, Switzerland: Genève: Les Making Goûters KidiMake "BIDOUILLES EN PAILLES"
Monday, May 9, 2016
- Oxford, United Kingdom: Machine Intelligence for Mobile Devices
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
- Cambridge, United Kingdom: Social Media Surgery - hands on help with social media
Friday, May 13, 2016
- Lausanne, Switzerland: Lausanne: Assemblée générale ICT-a.ch
Saturday, May 14, 2016
- Lausanne, Switzerland: INTERGEN DIGITAL @Pully
Monday, May 16, 2016
- Birmingham, United Kingdom: Net Squared Midlands May Meetup - Video skills + Telling Social Stories
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
- Paris, France: Demo Day : Présentation des Projets Data for Good
Saturday, May 28, 2016
- Lausanne, Switzerland: Genève: Les Making Goûters KidiMake "BIDOUILLES EN PAILLES"
Saturday, June 4, 2016
- Oxford, United Kingdom: Ox4Data2 - The Data Framework Event
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
- Lausanne, Switzerland: Lausanne: Odoo 9 step-by-step (en Français)
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
- Cambridge, United Kingdom: Social Media Surgery - hands on help with social media
Saturday, June 11, 2016
- Lausanne, Switzerland: INTERGEN DIGITAL @Pully
Central and South America
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
- Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
- Guatemala City, Guatemala; Lab4U Guatemala en Watsoncoffee Cayala
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
- Guatemala City, Guatemala: Internetday en Guatemala 2016
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
- Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup
Asia and Pacific Rim
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
- Hamra, Lebanon: Tech+Innovation for Refugees Meetup #2
Saturday, May 7
Quiapo, Philippines: MapPH Walking Tour and Mapping Party
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
- Wellington, New Zealand: Getting stuff done: essential online tools for good causes
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
- Wellington, New Zealand: Delivering value online: The What, Why and So what of your web presence.
Photo Credits: Balloons at The Digital Nonprofit 2016: Michele Mateus via Elijah van der Giessen / cc