2011 Agenda
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Verily, what lies below is a work of sincere fiction. Session times will change, session titles will morph, new sessions will come and and existing ones will go. But this is the latest we know, and we invite your feedback and contributions.
You are welcome to add a session, but make sure to place the link here.
Please do not change the time of any session that you are *not* facilitating :^)
Wednesday 16 November
9:00am - Opening Circle
9:30am - Interactive Participant Plenary
10:30am - What is the State of Nonprofit Software in 2011?
12:00pm - Lunch
Sit with folks you don't know!
1:00pm - Breakout Sessions
- What EFF is working on, facilitated by EFF, Facilitated by Lee Tien
- Introduction to Nonprofit Software, Facilitated by Aspiration
- How can we co-promote projects and agendas?, Facilitated by Mathew Dryhurst, Craigslist Foundation
- The State of Mobile for Nonprofit Needs, Facilitated by Evan Henshaw-Plath
- Evaluating security risks when working with high-risk constituents, Facilitated by Tomas Krag
- COINTELPRO, Facilitated by Jacob Appelbaum
- Occupy Technology, Facilitated by Michelle Murrain
- What it Means to do Lean Startup, Facilitated by Ben Rigby
2:00pm - Break
2:15pm - Breakout Sessions
2:15pm - Breakout Sessions
- CiviCRM 101 - An Introduction to Open Source CRM, Facilitated by CiviCRM team
- Why Code Sprints? And How?, Facilitated by Ben Sheldon
- Feature-driven vs value-driven development: Why funders and RFPs are sucking the value out of your project, Facilitated by the Quilted Team
- The realtime web: how new mediums effect organizing, Facilitated by Ted Young, Radical Designs
- Ranked Choice Voting is Psychotic: Analyzing Election Results with Open Source Software, Facilitated by Mark U., SF League of Pissed Off Voters
- SMS Emergency Response, text loops and tactical communications Facilitated by Cooper Quintin and David Taylor
- Anonymity Online Facilitated by Anon
3:15pm - Break
3:30pm - Breakout Sessions
- Scaling the WiserLocals: Focusing on the Online/Offline Balance, Facilitated by Peggy Duvette, Wiser
- Envisioning the Perfect eAdvocacy Platform, Facilitated by David Taylor, RainForest Action Network and Matt Holland, Avaaz.org
- Coordinating Your Online Channels, Facilitated by Misty Avila, Aspiration
- Growing and Shrinking your Tech Co-op/Development shop, Facilitated by Mark Libkuman, OpenFlows
- An Indaba update: Lessons learned in a Year, Facilitated by Jonathan Eyler-Werve, Global Integrity
- Who watches the watchmen? We Do!, Facilitated by Cooper Quintin, Bill Buddington, Radical Designs
- What's New with Drupal, Facilitated by Neil Drumm, Drupal.org
- Beyond Brands: Listening Big for the Issues, Facilitated by Rachel Weidinger
4:45pm - Closing Circle
5:00pm - Happy Hour!!!
Thursday 17 November
9:00am - Opening Circle
9:30am - Breakout Sessions
- Harnessing Community Input to Inform Software Design, Facilitated by Marc Manashil, TechSoup Global
- Lessons from MapLight's Web Site Redesign, Facilitated by Jay Costa, MapLight
- CiviCRM 201 - Getting the Most Out of the Platform, Facilitated by CiviCRM team
- Managing Support, training and feature requests from civilians - Sharing lessons from the front lines, Facilitated by Mark Sherman and Robyn Perry, Progressive Technology Project
- What is up with Online Identity?, Facilitated by Evan Henshaw-Plath
- Building Project Sustainability into your DNA: Business models, hybrid corporate structures and feedback loops, Facilitated by Scott Bechtler-Levin, IdeaEncore
- Using SignOn.org to organize online and build your email list for free, Facilitated by Stefanie Faucher, MoveOn.org
- How to measure the impact of your organisation (Because funders love numbers), Facilitated by Colin, Quilted and Tomas
- Values-driven policy design, lessons from FreeGeek Chicago's Statement on Funding and Constitution v2.0, Facilitated by David Eads
- [Independent Study]] (Because), Facilitated by Brianna
10:45pm - Break
11:00am - Breakout Sessions
- People-Powered Programs: How Pro-Social Projects are Harnessing Networks & Communities Of Practice To Get Things Done, Facilitated by Laney Strange, TechSoup Global
- Extreme WordPress Customization, Facilitated by Zach Berke, Exygy
- Using Jenkins to Manage Scripts, Facilitated by Neil Drumm, Drupal.org
- Managing 50 CiviCRM installations using aegir, Facilitated by Jamie McClelland, MayFirst/Progressive Technology Project
- Writing Code to Visualize Networks, Facilitated by Skye Bender-Demoll
- Sagrada: Mozilla Services, the Cloud, and You, Facilitated by Rob Miller
- Successful Consulting Engagement, Facilitated by John Kenyon
- Founders Syndrome Smorgasboard, Facilitated by Lisa Jervis and Ben Mauer
12:15pm - Lunch
Sit with folks you don't know!
1:30pm - SpeedGeeking
2011 SpeedGeeking Extravaganza
2:45pm - Break
3:00pm - Breakout Sessions
- Designers talking to Developers, Facilitated by William Ramirez and DesignAction
- BrowserID: An Experiment in User-centric Identity, Facilitated by Rob Miller
- Extending Civicrm with use cases, Facilitated by Mark Libkuman, OpenFlows
- Introducing SocialCoding4Good, Facilitated by Gerardo Capiel, Benetech
- Protecting the Identity of Human Rights Activist When Using Mobile, Facilitated by Derek Halliday, Guardian Project
- Simon says git rebase origin master: Version control explained through interpretive dance and charades, Facilitated by the Quilted Team
- System Adoption: Lessons in overcoming time, turf, and trust, Facilitated by Scott Bechtler-Levin, IdeaEncore
- What does direct action look like online, Facilitated by Cooper Quintin
- All About OpenStreetMap, Facilitated by OSM team
4:45pm - Closing Circle
5:00pm - Extracurriculars
Friday 18 November
9:00am - Opening Circle
9:30am - Breakout Sessions
- Structured Approaches to Strategic Planning for Software Development, Facilitated by Scott Plakun, The Plakun Group
- Agile project management for non-profits: Are you crazy?, Facilitated by the Quilted Team
- How I spent my summer working on TechFinder, Facilitated by Caroline Cragin
- The State of SalesForce for Nonprofits, Facilitated by Kevin Bromer, Salesforce Foundation
- You're doing it wrong. How to release free software so you'll get contributions. Facilitated by Evan Henshaw-Plath
11:00am - Breakout Sessions
- Developing and Using Low-End Mobile Tools, Including SMS, SIM Toolkit, and Simple Apps, Facilitated by Tomas Krag
- Games, Propaganda and you!, Facilitated by Jack Perkins, Radical Designs coop
- Technology Cooperatives in 2011, Facilitated by participating cooperatives
- Advanced SalesForce Topics, Facilitated by Kevin Bromer, Salesforce Foundation
- Writing Contracts and Maintenance Agreements, Facilitated by Mark Libkuman, OpenFlows
- Open Data in Latin America, Facilitated by Evan Henshaw-Plath, protest.net
- What Should a Nonprofit Technology RFP Look Like?, Facilitated by Matt Garcia and Allen Gunn, Aspiration
- Supporting the Occupy Movement post-summit, Facilitated by Sarah Page and ?
- USIP OSP Plugins, Help us go from Vaporware to 'Almost There.' Facilitated by Skip Cole
- What does Strategic Hosting look like in 2011?, Facilitated by Sysadmins at the Summit
- How do you do secure document collaboration + data storage without using Google Docs?, Facilitated by?
12:15pm - Lunch
Sit with folks you don't know!
1:45 - Breakout Sessions
- Book Sprints and the importance of high quality technical documentation for non-profit open source projects, Facilitated by Tomas Krag
- Why Wordpress, Why Drupal? Choosing a CMS, Facilitated by Margot Brennan, Radical Designs Cooperative
- Surfing Evan's Bookmarks, Facilitated by Evan Henshaw-Plath, protest.net
Managing Projects with Both Paid Labor and Volunteers, Facilitated by Mark Libkuman, OpenFlows- What's new with Joomla!?, Facilitated by Ryan Ozimek, PICnet and Open Source Matters
- Consensus decision making is bad for social justice, Facilitated by Kiran Nigam and Colin Sagan, Quilted.
- What it Takes to Win Online Campaigns, Facilitated by Matt Holland, Avaaz.org
- Working effectively on distributed teams, Facilitated by Jonathan Eyler-Werve, Global Integrity
- Technology and Privilege, Facilitated by Cooper Quintin, Radical Designs
- Communication security and counter surveillance
- Social Change and Financial Market Awareness, Facilitated by Brian Hill, Third Rail Economy