This one should be worth attending if you can arrange to be in Sydney next month, or can rustle up the funds for some of those super cheap airfares we keep hearing about. via Connecting Up 2009

Technology is changing the way nonprofit organisations operate, communicate and engage with stakeholders.

Connecting Up 09 conference offers the opportunity for you to explore technology applications and possibilities, the issues and challenges for nonprofits, and the practical steps and solutions for planning through to implementation.

• When:11-12 May - Conference
• 13 May - Full day Workshop

Where: Novotel Sydney The conference provides something for forward thinking community, charity and nonprofit staff at all levels, from Directors and CEOs to marketing managers and program staff. It’s for those who want to learn enough about ICT to influence strategic directions and how technology is used in your organisation.

It is also a great opportunity to meet and network with a sector that is taking up these ideas rapidly.

The speaker list is on the money

• Tracey Fellows - Managing Director, Microsoft Australia.
• Mark Pesce, inventor, writer, educator and futurist. Known internationally as the man who fused virtual reality with the World Wide Web to invent VRML.
• Cheryl Kernot, Associate Professor and Director of Teaching and Learning at the Centre for Social Impact at the University of New South Wales.
• Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson are both ex-television producers and editors who were born anew into the videoblogging world in 2004. Jay is the co-author of Extreme Tech Videoblogging and, Ryanne is the co-author of Secrets of Videoblogging.
• Peter Deitz, founder and Executive Director of www.socialactions.com .
• Monique Potts, Digital Media Project Manager and Producer at the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC).
• Allen Gunn, (Gunner) Executive Director of Aspiration and currently sits on the boards of The Ruckus Society, Global Exchange, and Idealware.
• Alan Noble, has been the Engineering Director for Google Australia and New Zealand since early 2007.
• Elliott Bledsoe is a Project Officer with Creative Commons Australia,
• Jody Mahoney, Vice President, Business Development, Anita Borg Foundation for Women and Technology

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