2018 Fresno Agenda
The following is the working agenda for the California Nonprofit Technology Festival in Fresno on June 20 - 21, 2018.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Afternoon: Travel Day
Out-of-town participants start to arrive
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
8:30 AM – Coffee and light breakfast
9:00 AM – Welcome and Opening Circle
The event will start with introductions and welcomes, an overview of the agenda and guidelines, and announcements.
9:45 AM – Perspectives from Around the State
Participants engaged in story-sharing and conversations about work they are doing in their various communities and movements.
- Amplifying community stories through youth-led journalism in Eastern Coachella Valley - Amber
- Amplifying community stories through youth-led journalism in Fresno - Kody
- Campaign organizing with women and girls in Visalia - Jasmine
- Supporting youth-led digital media in Sacramento - Isaac
- Organizing against gentrification and displacement in Santa Ana - Joesé
- Advocating for active mobility in South LA - Adé
- What is takes to run a career development center like the NEST - Yethzell
- Supporting 200 organizations that provide citizenship services in the US - Sarah
- What it’s like to serve content creators - Jane
- What its like to organizing with Latina reproductive justice leaders across the state - Jazmyn and Christina
- Organizing for Environmental Justice in the Central Valley - Cesar
10:45 AM – Break
11:00 AM – Looking at the Big Picture
- Data Stewardship - Ken
- Online comms 101 - Evelyn
- Digital Security 101 - Lisa
- Popular education praxis - Jasmine
- The role of content in achieving your mission - Jane
- Website development 101 - Bill
- Capacity building and leadership development - Misty
- Organizing with youth - Alhelí
- Culture shift - Christina
12:30 PM – Lunch
Participants will be encouraged to sit with friends they have not yet met!
1:30 PM – Speed Geeking
Participants presented and shared work they are doing in their various regions and fields, in a fast-paced collaborative format.
- Universe of tech - Yesenia
- Setting up air monitor networks - Gus
- Creative Commons demo - Jane
- Creating a documentary film - Bryan
- Illustration - Ruben
- Radio show/podcast 101 - Joese
- Crowdsourcing art for fundraising - Niria
- Linux in a nonprofit context - Ray
- Data for story telling - Jen
- Caravan mobile apps - Tiffany
2:30 PM – Break
2:45 PM – Collaborative Working Sessions
- Modeling for failure in tech - Gunner
- Coordinating your communications channels for higher impact - Evelyn
- How to prepare and support folks in adopting new tools and practices - Lisa
- How we utilize technology and digital storytelling in our largely farmworker, rural community - Amber and Bryan
- A conversation about online content sharing with Creative Commons - Jane Park
- Using tech for self expression and creativity - Digital NEST youth
- Developing strategic fundraising campaigns - Niria
- How to write a profile - Gabby and Johnsen
- Technology capacity building - Misty
4:15 PM – Closing Circle
4:45 PM – Group Picture
5:00 PM – Adjourn Day 1
Participants are welcome to stay after and ask additional questions.
5:30 PM – Post-Event Hang Out
Dinner at Brahma Bull
Thursday, June 21, 2018
8:30 AM – Coffee and light breakfast
9:00 AM – Opening Circle
9:15 AM – Collaborative Working Sessions
- Organizational security - Ken
- Project management for collaboration - Lisa
- How to adopt and use open source tools - Ray
- Inclusive and intersectional technology - Abel
- Wordpress help - Bill
- Practices for organizing your digital life - Thomas
- Graphic design tools/basics - Ruben
- How to build self care into your advocacy work and the culture of your organization - Misty
- Youth outreach conversation - youth-led, facilitated by Isaac
10:45 AM – Break
Participants will be encouraged to share any skill they consider relevant to the meeting scope. The session will be structured so as to minimize group size and maximize 1-on-1 sharing opportunities.
12:30 PM – Lunch
1:30 PM – Collaborative Working Sessions
Participants will choose from 5-7 working groups, and will be welcome to suggest or request additional sessions.
3:00 PM – Break
3:15 PM – Where From Here
The group will pause to take stock of the progress made to this point and to inventory action items, next steps, and other bridges to post-event collaborations.