BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Upcoming: NPTech Events PRODID:-//Upcoming.org/Upcoming ICS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091109T140000 DTEND:20091109T150000 GEO:-87.6258;41.8741 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Crafting A Quick & Dirty Marketing Strategy-WEBINAR DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4181916/ ] Spending time and money trying to market your nonprofit or its programs without a strategy in place is a big waste of both precious resources. But who has time to create in-depth\, well-researched strategies when there is so much "mission" work to do? During this webinar\, you'll learn how to find the middle ground - to create a quick and dirty marketing strategy. You'll learn the steps that you need to go through to create marketing strategies for your nonprofit organization as a whole or for a specific campaign or program. Even if you only spend a couple of hours drafting your strategy\, you'll greatly increase the likelihood that your efforts will work. You'll also gain a better understanding for when "quick and dirty" isn't enough and you do need to embark on a more intensive planning process. During the webinar\, Kivi Leroux Miller will walk three participants through the process of creating a quick strategy. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4181916/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4181916/ DTSTAMP:20090803T125442 LAST-MODIFIED:20090803T125442 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=Diana2008:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/227207/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/128829/":Community Media Workshop @ 619 S. Wabash\, Chicago\, Illinois 60605 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091111T083000 DTEND:20091111T120000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Hands-On Email Marketing Workshop DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4810063/ ] Email marketing is one of the most cost effective ways to keep in touch with your constituents\, donors and partners. This workshop is designed to give you both the strategy and experience using an email service provider so that you can generate real results with your future email marketing campaigns. As an attendee\, you will learn email marketing best practices\, CAN-SPAM compliance training\, email marketing "how-to" and tips\, how to build a list\, how to create and launch a successful email marketing campaign\, how to set up a free trial email marketing hosting account and how to test\, track and tweak your email marketing campaigns. In addition\, all students who attend this class will receive FREE access to Web-based email marketing software that allows you to send visually rich emails and analyze results.256 URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4810063/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4810063/ DTSTAMP:20091029T093308 LAST-MODIFIED:20091029T093308 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=emarketinglearningcenter:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/1052252/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/655963/":Edinboro University of Meadville @ Bessemer Center\, 789 Bessemer Street\, Meadville\, Pennsylvania 16335 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091112T090000 DTEND:20091112T100000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Activating Your Program's Strategy and Evaluation DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4721027/ ] You are invited to attend a webinar geared specifically towards non-profit directors\, managers\, and program officers. This live\, interactive virtual class presents a fresh\, approachable perspective on setting strategy for achieving goals in education\, nonprofit and community programs. You will learn: A simple yet effective technique for setting strategy and goals for your work\; How to effectively answer the question "Is my project reaching its goals?"\; How to confidently demonstrate to funding sources that your programs are effective. For more information on the webinar and registration: Instructor: John B. Nash\, PhD\, OpenEye Group (www.openeyegroup.com). URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4721027/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4721027/ DTSTAMP:20091017T224003 LAST-MODIFIED:20091017T224003 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=J. Nash:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/1053684/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/480065/":Webinar @ Online\, San Francisco\, California US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091112T110000 DTEND:20091112T120000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Learn How TechSoup Can Help Your Organization DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4840536/ ] Join TechSoup.org content creators\, community leaders\, and customer service support on November 12 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Pacific for a tour of how your organization can use all that TechSoup has to offer to improve your technology and help reach your mission. TechSoup\, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit\, is working toward a time when every nonprofit and social benefit organization will have the technology resources and knowledge they need to operate at their full potential. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4840536/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4840536/ DTSTAMP:20091103T112223 LAST-MODIFIED:20091103T112223 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=TechSoup Talks:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/392110/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/400250/":Online Pacific Time @ Virtual\, San Francisco\, California US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091112T140000 DTEND:20091112T150000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Webinar: Making Your Research Usable Online DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4212572/ ] The tools\, tactics and expectations for information sharing are changing. This fall\, join IssueLab for a series of Webinars to learn about the most current topics surrounding nonprofit research and online dissemination. To adapt to significant shifts in information needs and consumption\, nonprofits are beginning to share knowledge through social media\, blogs and other non-traditional venues. This session will feature easy steps to making the most of your research publications\, and showcase examples of smart content creation and use. Who should attend: nonprofit communicators\, research producers\, policy professionals. Register online today! URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4212572/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4212572/ DTSTAMP:20090806T073203 LAST-MODIFIED:20090806T073203 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=IssueLab:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/919645/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/229434/":Online @ Online Online\, Chicago\, Illinois US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091112T200000 DURATION:PT0S GEO:-87.6244;41.8744 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Web Analytics - Free Brown Bag Lunch DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4181922/ ] Community Media Workshop Presents A FREE BROWN BAG LUNCH on Web Analytics What is web analytics? It is a way to better understand your website's visitor but tracking and monitoring website traffic. It's a valuable tool for an organization with an online presence. Learn tips and tools how to incorporate web analytics as part of your organization's online communications/marketing/fundraising strategy. Registration Required! http://www.gifttool.com/registrar/ShowEventDetails?ID=1253&EID=5071 URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4181922/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4181922/ DTSTAMP:20090803T130007 LAST-MODIFIED:20090803T130007 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=Diana2008:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/227207/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/39984/":Columbia College Chicago @ 600 S. Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, Illinois 60605 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091117T183000 DTEND:20091117T210000 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:EcoTuesday :: Featuring Gil Friend of Natural Logic :: November 17 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843565/ ] EcoTuesday\, a unique\, structured monthly networking event for sustainable business leaders held concurrently in seven cities across the country\, will feature Gil Friend\, Founder of Natural Logic\, as the speaker at November's event in San Francisco. Now that green business is "in"\, what's next -- for companies\, strategy and policy? What are the looming challenges businesses need to understand -- and master? And how will we overcome the three key barriers to building a sustainable economy? Gil will share his thoughts on these topics\, and more. Natural Logic delivers strategic sustainability consulting to companies and communities\, with integrated\, results-focused solutions that build profit and competitive advantage while reducing your organization's environmental footprint\, waste and risk. Friend is a founding board member of the Sustainable Business Alliance\, Sustainable Berkeley\, and the California Sustainable Business Council and serves on the executive board of OpenEco.org and the advisory boards of CleanFish\, WattBot\, Green World Campaign\, and (past) San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's Clean Tech Advisory Council. EcoTuesday is committed to changing the way people do business. The monthly event provides a structured environment where sustainable business leaders network with one another and gain insight from industry thought-leaders and trendsetters. Everyone in the room quickly learns about everyone else during the "introduction circle". EcoTuesday.com connects participants between events\, serves as a hub for conversations and showcases local businesses. The vision of EcoTuesday is for business people to share ideas and collaborate so that companies develop products and services that have a positive impact on the marketplace and planet. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843565/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843565/ DTSTAMP:20091105T161955 LAST-MODIFIED:20091105T161955 CATEGORIES:Social ORGANIZER;CN=FullCalendar:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/4368/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/657919/":The Box SF @ 1069 Howard Street\, San Francisco\, California 94103 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100208 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Fosdem 2010 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3083550/ ] FOSDEM '10 is a free and non-commercial event organized by the community\, for the community. Its goal is to provide Free and Open Source developers a place to meet. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3083550/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/3083550/ DTSTAMP:20090717T073853 LAST-MODIFIED:20090717T073853 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=petef:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/2505/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/14383/":ULB\, Solbosch Campus @ Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt 50\, Brussels\, Capital Region of Brussels 1050 BE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100413 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100418 GEO:-104.989;39.7458 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Museums and the Web 2010 (MW2010) DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4426208/ ] Museums and the Web is an annual conference exploring the social\, cultural\, design\, technological\, economic\, and organizational issues of culture\, science and heritage on-line. Taking an international perspective\, MW reviews and analyzes the issues and impacts of networked cultural\, natural and scientific heritage. Our community has been meeting since 1997\, imagining\, tracking\, analyzing\, and influencing the role museums play on the Web. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4426208/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4426208/ DTSTAMP:20090917T135917 LAST-MODIFIED:20090917T135917 CATEGORIES:Commercial ORGANIZER;CN=jtrant:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/28730/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/122909/":Grand Hyatt Hotel @ 1750 Welton St.\, Denver\, Colorado 80202 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100710 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100819 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Open Community Camp 2010 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4564164/ ] Learn and play with empowering technologies. A wonderfull week of camping gaining and sharing knowledge in Open software\, Openhardware and Open content. We're offering a camp site (with an indoor area)\, power\, a solid internet feed\, lots of wifi\, electricity and\, with your helping hands\, basic breakfast\, meals and barbecues. Depending on the number of groups and logistics we'll also help to make sure there are additional large tents\, chairs and tables. From thereon - it is entirely up to you to make things interesting. The Wifisoft Foundation organizes Open Community Camp 2010. A week of camping\, hacking and social gatherings in the Netherlands - roughly between Amsterdam and the Hague\, near Schiphol aiport and the town of Leiden at an easily reached outdoor site. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4564164/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4564164/ DTSTAMP:20091009T043259 LAST-MODIFIED:20091009T043259 CATEGORIES:Education ORGANIZER;CN=Ludovic Hirlimann:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/216340/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/116872/":Terrain of Scouting Shawano's Oegstgeest @ Abtspoelweg 15\, Oegstgeest\, Zuid-Holland 2343 JB NL END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR