Social change & nonprofit calendar: February

Events guide for nonprofits & social change outfits

Following is a roundup of conferences and events scheduled in the nonprofit and social change sector for the month of February. 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.

Conference	Date	Place
February
CSR Performance Summit	Feb. 1-3	San Francisco
Many corporations have proved that corporate responsibility initiatives are essential to their bottom-line success. At CSR Performance Summit you will learn to align each initiative with strategy and to establish a foundation in meaningful metrics, research and industry best practices.
Social Media Week*	Feb. 1-5	Various cities
Learn about the potential of social media in a series of events in these cities: New York, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Toronto and São Paulo.
TED	Feb. 9-13	Long Beach, Calif.
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is where the world’s leading thinkers and doers gather to share ideas worth spreading. TEDActive, a simulcast experience, takes place in Palm Springs. TEDx brings the TED experience to local communities.
NonProfit 2.0	Feb. 12	Washington, DC
A conference on the next generation Web, NonProfit 2.0 offers keynote sessions led by Amanda Rose, founder of Twestival, then shifts into full-on unconference mode.
edSocialMedia Bootcamp	Feb. 16	Boston
Are you trying to understand social media and how it can be used at your school? Do you need a better grasp of the benefits and challenges of social media before jumping in? This one-day summit will tackle how social media can be used in education.
RootsCampDC	Feb. 20-21	Washington, DC
RootsCamp is an “unconference” convened by the New Organizing Institute and relying on attendees to identify the topics they want to talk about and the stories they want to share.
Social Enterprise Conference	Feb. 27-28	Cambridge, Mass.
The Social Enterprise Conference is one of the world’s leading forums to engage in dialogue, debate and expression around social enterprise with leaders from across the world.

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