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

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

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

2:45 PM – Collaborative Working Sessions

• 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
• How to write a profile - Gabby and Johnsen
• Developing strategic fundraising campaigns - Niria
• Technology capacity building - Misty
• Modeling for failure in tech - Gunner
• Supporting journalists in adverse conditions - Mago
• Empowering EJ movement through community reporting networks - Gustavo
• Coordinating your communications channels for higher impact - Evelyn

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

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

11:00 AM – Peer Skill Share

• Skillshare Topics

1:30 PM – Collaborative Working Sessions

• Food justice and technology - Misha
• How to be inclusive and intersectional + ask questions - Abel
• Nonprofit IT management - Ken + Daniel
• Developing your online communications strategy - Kody
• Photography 101 - Angel
• Digital storytelling - Isaac
• Social media strategies and tactics - Dayana
• Managing your online identity - Gunner
• Developing nonprofit apps - Tiffany and Yesenia

3:15 PM – Next Conversations

• Improve communications strategy
• CA youth social justice oriented zine
• Community reporting networks
• Culture Shift
• Create an app for social justice
• Youth trainings
• Collab to increase digital connectivity in rural schools and communities
• Share knowledge of systems admin
• G Suite admin hangout