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Please Vote for SXSW NpTech Panels by September 21

Only 9 days left till voting closes for the 2008 SXSW Interactive panels. Please consider voting for the NpTech panels listed below by September 21st. (You have to create a login account on the SXSW Panel Picker to rate the panels).

TechSoup has proposed two sessions:

10 Ways to Green-ify Your Digital Life
What can the digerati do to go clean and green? We'll cover current data on e-waste realities and energy consumption, more efficient computing and gadgets, and the top energy saving ideas of the day. (Many are quicker, easier and cheaper than you think!). Join the emerging "green army" and help define focus issues and best practices.

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A [Quantitatively Driven] Modest Proposal: Designing the Perfect Homepage
Remember that supposedly "perfect" painting, created as a statistical average of what people say they like to see most? Such survey data can yield insights -- or insanity. In the Web 3.0 era, we'll update the exercise by revealing what a large sample of nonprofits think the perfect homepage should be.

Net Tuesday Houston's organizer, Ed Schipul, has also proposed a panel. Panelists will include Ed representing Schipul: The Web Marketing Company, nonprofit tech consultant and superstar Beth Kanter, Revenue and Brand Strategist for Nonprofit and Social Enterprise, Rachel Weidinger, former Communications and Technology Coordinator of Interplast Seth Mazow, and Erin Denny, Senior Product Manager of YouthNoise Initiatives.

Pimp My Nonprofit: Real Nonprofits Kicking Ass with Online Technology
Non profit groups struggle with funding and public support issues on a daily basis. Yet many have overcome the odds and made a splash online and offline by using the latest Web technologies -- for pennies on the dollar. This discussion will center around the stories, strategies, triumphs and challenges of innovative non profits with a passion for change and the cajones to rock it out online.

If you know of other NpTech proposals, feel free to list them in the comments.

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Overall relevance of "Pimp My Non-Profit"

gets my highest vote ... however, the author should strike the use of either the term 'cojones' or 'cajones' in the pitch, as the intention could be grieviously misinterpretated to the proposal's disadvantage in a competition where so much as the hint of a gender insensitivity could deep six this otherwise "on the pulse" candidate.

please vote for YN panels on sxsw web site

Greetings Net2 Friends!

Here are the proposals from YouthNoise:

Sex, Trees & Gun Control: Cause-Related Movement Building

This panel brings together organizations that are working on cause-related initiatives and testing methodology for movement building. We'll share best practices, tools, and data from case studies. This panel will have a specific focus on Web 2.0 technologies, offline integration and the power of social networks.

Friend-Whores: The Power of Partnerships

As we develop our campaigns and initiatives for change, organizations must cultivate partnerships in order to be successful. This panel will discuss the role partnerships play in creating and executing dynamic campaigns. Corporations, bands, nonprofits, outsiders, grassroots activists, citizen journalists, bloggers, and other groups will be discussed.

 

Please also add a comment to the submission if you feel so inclined ... you know, vouch for the fact that we do know what we're talking about. :) Thanks! Sending love, ~ Erin Handy

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Erin Denny aka "Handy"
erin@youthnoise.org

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