Session List

The following are the confirmed sessions for the 2009 Nonprofit Software Development Summit.

More sessions are being added each week, and we invite anyone reading this page to join us for the Dev Summit, and to put a session of your own on the agenda.

Sessions have been slotted into the 2009 Event Schedule, so you can check out when each session will be offered.

The 2009 Nonprofit Software Development Summit has 5 session tracks, and session details are below:

Engineering Track

The Engineering Track will be what its name implies: a set of in-depth sessions on how to write nonprofit software. Practitioners will share their stories, talk about their their tools and stacks of choice and solicit feedback on their projects and ideas.

• A (Gentle) Crash Course in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from a nonprofit context, Facilitated by Jim Craner, MapTogether.org
• Beyond The Relational - NoSQL Databases, Facilitated by Evan “Rabble” Henshaw-Plath
• Creating a Secure Mobile Phone for Activism, Facilitated by Nathan Freitas
• Creating a Open Source Platform for Simulation-Based Learning, Facilitated by Ronald “Skip” Cole, United States Institute of Peace
• Designing the Kiva APIs, Facilitated by Skylar Woodward, Kiva
• Designing the WISER APIs, Facilitated by Oz Basarir, WiserEarth
• Distributed Version Control with Git, Facilitated by Austin Putman, Radical Designs
• Implementing Open Government Data in New York State, Facilitated by Nathan Freitas
• Integrating Open Translation into Your Platform and Tool Development, Facilitated by WWL
• Javascript Best Practices, Facilitated by Neil Drumm, Drupal
• Making Agile Development Methods Work in Nonprofit Contexts, Facilitated by Michelle Murrain, OpenIssue
• Real Time Web, Facilitated by Evan “Rabble” Henshaw-Plath and Seth Fitzsimmons
• Selecting a Stack: The Never-Ending Conundrum, Facilitated by Michelle Murrain, OpenIssue
• Taking Advantage of the Cloud, Facilitated by Ryan Ozimek, PICnet
• The State of Open Video, Facilitated by Nate Aune, Plone Developer
• What Can You Do with a Mobile Phone This Year That You Couldn't Do Last Year?, Facilitated by Evan “Rabble” Henshaw-Plath
• What Do Nonprofit Open Data Standards Look Like?, Facilitated by Marnie Webb, TechSoup Global
• 510pen: Creating a Community Wireless Mesh Network, Facilitated by Mark Burdett, 510pen
• API Framework overview, Facilitated by Evan “Rabble” Henshaw-Plath

Process Track

The Process Track will provide a counter-balance to the Engineering Track, surveying best practices in project management, technology selection, and other non-coding topics which are critical to the successful delivery of nonprofit software tools.

• Business Models for Nonprofit Software Development, Facilitated by Allen Gunn, Aspiration
• Finding Volunteers and Organizing Volunteer-Run Projects, Facilitated by Kathryn Benedicto, Happy Snowman Consulting, and Mark Libkuman, OpenFlows
• Managing Developer Consultants, Facilitated by Allen Gunn, Aspiration
• Open Source Project Management 101, Facilitated by Ryan Ozimek, PICnet
• Revisiting “Build vs. Buy” in 2009, Facilitated by Michelle Murrain, OpenIssue
• Seeking Project Paradigm Perfection, Facilitated by Ryan Ozimek, PICnet
• Technology Project Management Sewing Circle, Facilitated by Tim Bishop, Project Management Consultant

Community Track

The Community Track will focus on projects and issues within the nonprofit software development community. Participants will enjoy a chance to learn about exciting initiatives, and to discuss issues central to the present and future of nonprofit software development.

• Growing your online community: successes and snags from WiserEarth, Facilitated by Peggy Duvette, WiserEarth
• How can IBM better meet non-profit technology needs?, Facilitated by Juan Hindo, IBM Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs.
• Introducing MoveSmart.org, Facilitated by Justin Massa, MoveSmart.org
• Introducing Oakland Local, Facilitated by Susan Mernit, Oakland Local
• NetSquared and Social Media, Facilitated by Justin Massa, NetSquared
• NPTECH and Diversity, Facilitated by Michelle Murrain, OpenIssue
• Running a Technology Cooperative, Facilitated by cooperative members in the participant group
• The Climate Networks Platform: Enabling Mass Collaboration for the Climate Movement, Facilitated by Leif Utne, Zanby
• The State of Salsa: Empowering Online Activists, Facilitated by Geoffrey Sean Harcourt, Wired for Change
• Using Mobile Phones to Make a Difference: The Ushahidi Project, Facilitated by David Kobia, Ushahidi
• Using social media to get the word out and connect with your peeps., Facilitated by Tim Bishop, random Social Media user
• What Does “Ethical Consulting” Mean in the Nonprofit Context?, Facilitated by Michelle Murrain, OpenIssue
• What's New With Protest.net?, Facilitated by Evan “Rabble” Henshaw-Plath, Protest.net and Josh Crawford
• Who Are The Extraordinaries and What Are They Doing With My Phone?, Facilitated by Ben Rigby, The Extraordinaries
• Developer Communities That Do Not Suck, Facilitated by Rachel Weidinger, Social Actions/TechSoup Global

Web Development Track

It goes without saying that the vast majority of nonprofit application development has moved to the web, and the Web Development Track will survey what's new in content management systems and beyond.

• Advanced Drupal, Facilitated by Neil Drumm, Senior Drupal Developer
• Advanced Joomla!, Facilitated by Ryan Ozimek, PICnet
• Advanced Plone, Facilitated by Nate Aune, Plone Developer
• Aggregating for Impact, Facilitated by Arthur Coddington, Craigslist Foundation
• Email Templating: Disaster of the Century, Facilitated by Margot Brennan and Suzi Grishpul, Radical Designs
• Integrating Online Maps with Drupal Web Sites, Facilitated by Jim Craner, MapTogether.org
• CMS Smackdown, Facilitated by Michelle Murrain
• Intro to Drupal, Facilitated by Courtney Miller, Floatleft
• Intro to Joomla!, Facilitated by Ryan Ozimek, PICnet
• Intro to Plone, Facilitated by Nate Aune, Plone Developer
• Joomla! from a Web Designer's Perspective, Facilitated by Ron Severdia
• Managing Nonprofit Data in a Hosted Application World, Facilitated by Allen Gunn, Aspiration
• MAPLight.org site redesign: how we did it, what we learned, Facilitated by Dan Newman and Emily Calhoun, MAPLight
• Neat New Stuff in Drupal, Facilitated by Neil Drumm, Senior Drupal Developer
• Salsa 101, Facilitated by Jeanette Russell and Geoff Harcourt, of DemocracyInAction/WiredForChange
• Using Drupal's CCK/Views, Facilitated by Jim Craner, MapTogether.org
• What Should a Nonprofit Web Site Cost in 2009?, Facilitated by Allen Gunn, Aspiration
• What's New With Joomla!?, Facilitated by Ryan Ozimek, PICnet
• What's New With Plone?, Facilitated by Nate Aune, Plone Developer
• Wordpress as a poor person's CMS, Facilitated by Tim Bishop, Project Management Consultant

CiviCRM Track

Aspiration and CiviCRM have worked closely together since the project's inception. With support from the Mozilla Foundation, the 2009 Dev Summit has a track dedicated to CiviCRM for both users and developers.

• Building CiviCRM Community Infrastructure, Facilitated by DharmaTech
• CiviCRM 101 2009, Facilitated by CiviCRM Core Team
• CiviCRM 201 2009, Facilitated by CiviCRM Core Team
• CiviCRM Project Roundtable 2009, Facilitated by CiviCRM Core Team
• CiviCRM - Drupal Integration Modules, Facilitated by CiviCRM Core Team
• Extending CiviCRM (without hacking core), Facilitated by CiviCRM Core Team
• Sharing CiviCRM Use Cases, Facilitated by Mark Libkuman, OpenFlows