2014 Los Angeles Agenda

Aspiration events are first and foremost convened to strengthen the ties and social networks of technology practitioners in the non-profit/non-governmental sectors.

Our philosophy centers around getting participants into small-group discussions where they can discuss topics they are passionate about and get answers to their questions and curiosities. Sessions at Aspirations have particular traits; we de-emphasize presentations and lecture, and instead focus on "break-out" sessions that are self-organized whenever possible.

CA Tech Fest Session Guidelines

Session times will change, session titles will morph, new sessions will come and and existing ones will go. But this is the latest we know, and we invite your feedback and contributions.

You are welcome to add a session, but make sure to place the link here. Please do not change the time of any session that you are *not* facilitating :^)

Thursday 3 April

9:30am - Interactive Participant Plenary

Spectrogram Statements

11:30am - Agenda Creating and Hacking

Agenda Mind Map

12:00pm - Interactive Project Showcases

• Heliotribe, Alexandria Rice
• CiviCRM, Kellie Brownell, Giant Rabbit
• Aspiration, Jessica Steimer
• Antioch University, Gilda Haas
• Design Action Collective, Sarah Reilly, Andrea Salazar, & William Ramirez
• YMCA WELA Youth Institute, Emmanuel Icaza
• Healthy City,Taisha Bonilla & Lori Thompson Holmes
• California Latinas for Reproductive Justice, Nancy Sanchez & Mayra Yniguez
• California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, David Dexter
• UC Davis, Sergio Cuellar
• Black Organizing Project, Misha Cornelius
• Al Grano, Anthony Macias

12:30pm - Lunch

Sit with folks you don't know!

2:00pm - Breakout Sessions

• Video editing: Shoot to edit, Emmanuel Icaza, YMCA WELA Youth Institute
• How to keep branding across multiple networks, William Ramirez, Design Action Cooperative
• Social media: How to grow in social networks, Stephanie Rudat
• Storytelling in a visual way, Ruth Miller
• Network analysis: How to visualize and measure collaboration, Ari Sahagun
• How to create a new website, David Dexter, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
• High impact online communication, Jessica Steimer, Aspiration
• Tech accessibility, Sarah Bird, Aptivate
• Digital security, online privacy, Gunner, Aspiration
• Online technology for youth organizing, Sergio Cuellar, UC Davis

3:15pm - Breakout Sessions

• How to create simple animations, Gilda Haas, Dr. Pop
• Peer sharing for trainers, Beth Kanter
• Why budgets bust in tech projects, Jack Aponte, Palante Tech & Sarah Bird, Aptivate
• Mobile app development, Dorion Hilliard
• Wordpress, Grant Kinney @eyeintheworld
• City heights social media case study, Adam Ward, Mid City CAN
• Connecting with journalists, Ruth Miller
• Sulá Batsú, Kemly Jiménez, Sulá Batsú
• Technology project management, Gunner, Aspiration

Friday 4 April

10:45 am - Hands-on Breakout Sessions

• IT alignment, Martin Dooley
• Mobile mapping; Hands-on map, Taisha Bonilla, Healthy City, & Sergio Cuellar, UC Davis
• Open source tools; How to adopt and use them, Sarah Bird
• Video Editing the footage of yesterday, Emmanuel Icaza ,YMCA Youth Institute
• Web site support group and feedback; Q&A, Jack Aponte, Palante Technology Cooperative
• Analytics; Listening online; Google analytics; How to use templates, Jessica Steimer, Aspiration
• CRM - client relationship management, Lisa Rau, Confluence
• Strategies for online measurment and offline action, John Kenyon
• Virtual collaboration, Gunner, Aspiration

12:30pm - Lunch

Sit with folks you don't know!

1:45pm - Breakout Sessions

• 7 Steps of website development, Chad Sells, LAANE
• Relationships between Companies and Communities, Kellie Brownell, Giant Rabbit
• Templates for events, Josh Black, Aspiration
• Original mobile technologies, Josh Levinger & Jordan Ramos
• Info-graphics; Visualizing Information, William Ramirez, Design Action, & Ruth Miller
• Organizing and collaborating Latino communities, Anthony Macias
• Burnouts, Martin Dooley
• Virtual learning platforms, Jessica Steimer, Aspiration
• Checklists; Protecting identity checklist, Gunner, Aspiration

3:00pm - Where from here

Individual Commitments