(Dear ISF Colleagues: Even if you're not actively involved in
nonprofit software development, it's well worth keeping an eye on
Aspiration's work! This is an organization that is working in the
longterm best interests of the nonprofit sector. Best regards from
Deborah)
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From: Allen Gunn < gunner%40aspirationtech.org">gunner
aspirationtech.org>
Date: Nov 15, 2006 8:15 PM
Subject: [RIDERS-TALK] Announcing the 2007 Nonprofit Software Development Summit
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Howdy Rider Friends,
I am delighted to tell you about an exciting new Aspiration event!
The 2007 Nonprofit Software Development Summit will be a
first-of-its-kind convening to bring together the range of developers,
technologists, managers, eRiders, integrators, users and other
practitioners who self-identify under the umbrella of "nonprofit
software development". The event will provide an opportunity both to
gather as a community and to take stock of the field, while building
connections and capacity.
Event partners working with Aspiration to design the agenda and
sessions include Blue Oxen Associates, Brattleboro Technology
Collective, CivicSpace, CiviCRM, DotOrganize, Drupal, Full Throttle,
Fund for the City of New York, Idealware, Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative (NOSI), ONE/Northwest, OpenID, PICnet, Project Zero,
Radical Designs, Salesforce.com Foundation and Zac Mutrux Consulting.
More partners are being added every day, and we welcome your
involvement in the planning!
The Summit will be hosted in the Oakland, California from February
21st to 23rd, 2007. Additional code sprints and collaborations will be
scheduled in the 2 days following the event.
The Summit will have as its primary goals the following:
* To convene and strengthen connections between the networks of
stakeholders in the nonprofit software spectrum, providing a fun and
creative environment for celebrating successes and leadership in the
field.
* To share skills and knowledge in a highly collaborative, peer-to-peer fashion.
* To map and discuss what is available and what is missing across the
nonprofit software landscape in specific software "verticals", and to
posit solutions for addressing the gaps.
* To offer a point of entry for software developers interested in
offering their skills to nonprofit sector.
The agenda will take a concrete and hands-on approach to topics and
challenges, focusing on transferring skills and process knowledge in
interactive and fun ways. Panels and slideware will be in short
supply, supplanted by participant-driven collaborations and
small-group formats.
Complete details including a preliminary agenda and background can be
found at http://aspirationtech.org/events/devsummit, and you are
welcome to add your agenda thoughts to the event wiki at
http://devsummit.aspirationtech.org.
Register now at http://tinyurl.com/yj9xqh!
We look forward to seeing many of you in February! Let me know of any questions.
And *please* forward this to any lists or individuals who might be
interested in joining the fun :^)
thanks & peace,
gunner
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About Aspiration
Aspiration is a global leader in the design and delivery of innovative
technology gatherings for nonprofit and nongovernmental audiences. Our
event philosophy and facilitation focus on maximizing collaboration
and peer sharing, while making sparing use of one-to-many and
several-to-many session formats such as presentations and panels. We
believe the ultimate potential and power of any convening lie in the
collective untapped knowledge and experience of the participants, and
we strive to tap that vast store by maximizing dialog, creativity and
idea exchange.
Over the past several years, we have convened and co-organized over 35
highly interactive events across the globe
(www.aspirationtech.org/events/history). We focus agendas around
user-oriented dialog that connects all the stakeholders in software
design and development, and model our events to reflect the diverse
and network-oriented nature of the communities we convene.
Aspiration is also developing the Social Source Commons
(www.socialsourcecommons.org), a platform for collaboratively mapping
and documenting the universe of software tools relevant to nonprofits
and non-governmental organizations.
As part of our community building work, Aspiration operates the San
Francisco Nonprofit Technology Center (www.sftechcenter.org). The
Center is home to 6 organizations working in nonprofit and social
change technology, and offers training and meeting space as well.
For more information about our work and programs, see www.aspirationtech.org.
Allen Gunn
Executive Director, Aspiration
+1.415.216.7252
www.aspirationtech.org
Aspiration: "Better Tools for a Better World";
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