2009 Non-Profit Technology Conference, San Francisco, Calif.
This annual event was sponsored by the Non-Profit Technology Network and was attended by 1400 non-profit technology, communications, fundraising workers and consultants. The conference included a full-range of sessions on leadership, staffing, media, technology products, communications, fundraising, among others. Representatives from a large number of non-profits and community organizations were there – energy policy, health services, food banks, education services, advocacy groups, disaster relief and services, child and women’s services. Consultants from a number of technology companies were present – web hosting, software development, content management systems (CMS), constituent relations management (CRM), public relations, and fundraising. I attended sessions on how a non-profit organization can explore social media technology like blogging, CMS systems, video and audio podcasting. Keynote speakers included Clay Shirky , author of Here Comes Everybody and professor at New York U