2022 Agenda

Aspiration events are first and foremost convened to strengthen the ties and social networks of digital practitioners across a range of civil society sectors.

The #npdev session list is co-developed with participants, facilitators, and partners in the time leading up to and during the Festival. We strongly encourage you to join in the fun at this unique and interactive gathering!

The agenda is designed and facilitated using Aspiration's unique participatory model, in an environment where powerpoint slides are not seen and dialogue and collaboration drive the learning.

Our philosophy centers around getting participants into small-group discussions where they can discuss topics they are passionate about and get answers to their questions and curiosities.

Wednesday November 16

Working Sessions I

• What EFF is up to and how you can get involved 2022
• Open data and open source strategies for reducing poverty
• Performance evaluations that do not suck
• Anticipating the death of corporate social media
• Developing meaningful virtual connections with remote work
• Data strategies to power divestment movements
• Exploring the meaning of the word LEADERSHIP in movements contexts

Happy Hour

Telegraph Beer Garden

Thursday, November 17

Working Sessions II

• Digital security practitioner circle
• Visioning and building the infrastructure we need
• Change management
• Mastodon
• Assistive technology for deep change
• Technology and mental health
• Comparing positive future visions
• Empowering pathways for learning

Working Sessions III

• Learning from your users
• Fundraising and power
• Building technology skills within your organization
• Navigating mid-career years
• The role of techies in decolonization efforts
• Commercial determinants of health
• Project management
• Building asynchronous relationships
• Re-decentralizing decentralization
• Narrative strategy

Self-organized dinners, drinks and other fun

Official Dev Summit dinner destination: Shan Dong 328 10th St, Oakland, CA 94607

Friday, November 18

Working Sessions IV

• Annual Cooperative worker/owner discussion 2022
• Building and maintaining healthy boards
• Working with youth
• CRM therapy and solidarity session
• Centering equity in program design
• Reimagining technology through a feminist lens
• Working in the Asian context
• Facilitating collective power

Working Sessions V

• Archiving and sharing undervalued knowledge
• CiviCRM
• Ethical hiring
• Introduction to CalyxOS
• Building data institutions that serve their communities
• Scaling local technology
• Developing your fundraising narrative
• Crowdsourcing community agreements
• The state of circumvention technologies
• Minimizing and managing burnout
• Building communities of practice in an isolating world
• Mapping practices for electoral efforts

Job Board and Book Recommendations

• Job Board

• Book Recommendations