Aspiration is partnering with the Department of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco to deliver a day of social media and new technology trainings at the San Francisco Interactive Media Summit, 5 March at USF.

The Aspiration team will facilitate sessions that include “Facebook and Twitter 101”, “Intro to blogging”, Beginning and Intermediate WordPress”, “Listening Online with a Social Media Dashboard”, “Managing Online Channels with a Publishing Matrix”, and “How to Build a Good Nonprofit Web Site for Almost Nothing.”

Twitter has claimed its place on the short list of communications tools for nonprofits and libraries to consider when designing online strategies. This webinar will survey the Twitter landscape, explaining core concepts, enumerating best practices, and describing the tools and tactics that exist to leverage Twitter’s strengths.

Kami Griffiths will interview Allen Gunn, Executive Director of Aspiration, who will be offering a balanced perspective, assessing both the pros and cons of Twitter and helping you understand how best to use it.

Howdy! This is gunner from Aspiration (www.aspirationtech.org), introducing myself in advance of the festivities next week. I've been working with Billy and the N2Y4 team designing the agenda, and I wanted to share some thoughts about some of the sessions we'll helping to facilitate.

In continuation of our series of interviews with the Featured Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2), today's interview is with Allen Gunn, the Executive Director of Aspiration, a nonprofit that connects other nonprofits to software solutions that help them more effectively meet their missions of positive global change. Aspiration's Social Source Commons was one of the Featured Projects.

Although the the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) was only for a couple days last month, it marked the beginning of NetSquared's larger effort to support online innovation with social impact. The NetSquared Innovator Support Network (ISN), which was launched at the Conference, matches donated resources such as hands-on expertise, products and services with NetSquared projects to accelerate their work using the social Web for social change.

Location

Are you a developer, technologist, manager, eRider, integrator, user or other practitioner who is involved with, or interested in nonprofit software development?  If so, come on over to the Bay Area February 21-23 for the 2007 Nonprofit Software Development Summit at Preservation Park in Oakland hosted by Aspiration Tech. 

To convene and strengthen connections between the networks of stakeholders in the nonprofit software spectrum, providing a fun and creative environment for celebrating successes and leadership in the field.

To share skills and knowledge in a highly collaborative, peer-to-peer fashion.

To map and discuss what is available and what is missing across the nonprofit software landscape in specific software “verticals”, and to posit solutions for addressing the gaps.

To offer a point of entry for software developers interested in offering their skills to nonprofit sector.

You can see more info. about the event's agenda here, add your input on the event wiki,and register here.