Social change & nonprofit calendar: March
Events guide for nonprofits & social change outfits
Here’s our roundup of conferences and events scheduled in the nonprofit and social change sector for the month of March. For the full year, see: Calendar of 2010 social change conferences.
Note that we’ve published a calendar of 2010 conferences in social media, tech and marketing on our sister site, Socialmedia.biz.
We’ll publish a list of noteworthy events in the nonprofit/social change sector on the first of each month during the year. Hope to see you at some of these!
| Conference | Date | Place |
|---|---|---|
| March | ||
| Global Ignite Week | March 1-4 | Worldwide |
| Ignite brings together geeks to do 5-minute talks in front of small audiences — with slides that rotate every 15 seconds. Global Ignite Week features 500 talks in 40 cities, including New York, LA, the Bay Area, Boston, Madrid, Manila, Paris and Sydney. |  |
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| Journalism Diversity Symposium | March 4 | Palo Alto, Calif. |
| News and Inclusion: Journalism and the Politics of Diversity will focus on the role of journalism in multicultural societies, with scholars from Singapore, Finland, Australia, The Netherlands, Canada, England and the U.S. | ||
| GoingGreen East | March 8-10 | Boston |
| Here is where green-tech CEOs and industry executives meet investors. This executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on the most promising emerging green technologies and new entrepreneurial opportunities. | ||
| South by Southwest* | March 12-21 | Austin |
| Counterculture meets geek techies, indie filmmakers and alt bands. This year’s SXSW schedule: Interactive, March 12-16; Film, March 12-20; Music, March 17-21. |  |
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| eCampaigning Forum | March 23-24 | Oxford, UK |
| The event for e-campaigning practitioners to share their expertise. | ||
| Twestival* | March 25 | Global |
| People in hundreds of cities around the world will come together offline to rally around the cause of education by hosting local events to have fun and create awareness. Twestival (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social good. |  |
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| Transparency Camp | March 27-28 | Washington, DC |
| This unconference will convene a trans-partisan tribe of open government advocates — government reps, technologists, journalists, developers, NGOs, wonks, activists — to share knowledge on how to use new technologies to make our government transparent, accountable and accessible to the public. | ||
| * I’ll be attending | ||
JD Lasica works with nonprofits, social change organizations and businesses on social media strategies. See his profile, visit his business blog, contact JD or leave a comment.
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