NTC 2016: Hello, San Jose!
#16NTC #greatergood
Message Agency is looking forward to connecting with old and new friends at the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network’s (NTEN) annual conference, NTC. Several of our staff will be attending, presenting, and learning alongside our colleagues, clients, and a few thousand staff from nonprofits and universities.
Here’s what we will be up to and some promising picks for sessions.
NTC Newsletter Sponsor
We’re excited to serve as the sponsor of a new daily e-newsletter, which replaces the paper version from previous years. Look for our message each day with a link to content and updates.
Drupal Day
Message Agency is also a sponsor of Drupal Day, for the second year running. Stop by our session on “Stuck with Drupal 6? You have options,” delivered by Aaron Bauman, Marcus Iannozzi, and Angela Smith at 9:30am. In addition to sharing approaches we’ve used to extend the shelf life of Drupal 6 sites for our clients who aren’t ready to upgrade, we will be there to give practical advice to folks in the audience who need help for their individual cases.
Aaron and Marcus are delivering a survey of “Drupal and Salesforce Integrations for Every Budget” at 1:45pm, describing a range of solutions—from DIY to partnering with a developer—for connecting these two powerful applications. They will be delivering how-to instructions for what you can build on your own and help inform your decision-making for projects that do require help.
We’re also looking forward to hearing from Ralph Medley of American Friends Service Committee, who will be talking about Peaceworks, a site we built for AFSC’s centennial celebration. Primarily about storytelling and connecting alumni and past program participants, the site collects recollections from visitors and connects them to major milestones in AFSC’s 100 years of history.
Our NTC Picks
NTC is always a great opportunity to connect, and we’re looking forward to catching talks from some great folks!
Wednesday, 3/23
- Humans and Robots: The Nuts and Bolts of Making Website Editing Better (10:30am) with Johanna Bates of DevCollaborative, Clayton Dewey of Aten Design Group, and Suzi Grishpul of Suzi Grishpul Consulting
- Collaborative Problem Solving for Consultants (3:30pm) with Johanna Bates of DevCollaborative, Cindy Leonard of the Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management, John Kenyon of John Kenyon Consulting, and Robert Weiner of Robert L. Weiner Consulting
- How to Build Inclusion, Diversity, and Accountability (3:30pm) with Angelica Ross of TransTech
Thursday, 3/24
- Virtual Organizations: Managing Remote Employees (10:30am) with Karen Graham of Idealware and Heather Martin of InterfaithFamily
- Shiny Objects and Magic Wands: Avoiding the Seduction of Quick Fixes and Easy Answers (1:30pm), with Dahna Goldstein of Altum, Robert Weiner of Robert L. Weiner Consulting, Marc Baizman of Salesforce.org, Tracy Kronzak of BrightStep Partners, and Vered Meir of Year Up, Inc.
- Migrating to the Cloud (1:30pm) with Sam Chenkin of Tech Impact and Graham Ford of 501 Commons.
- Your People Are Talking, Are You Listening? Increase Conversions through Social Listening (1:30pm) with Ralph Medley of American Friends Service Committee, Jeanette Russell of Attentive.ly, Colin Delany of Epolitics.com, and Anita Jackson of Momsrising.org.
- The Science (And Art) of Decision-Making (1:30pm) with Karin Hedetniemi and Jayme Nelson of Inside Education Society of Alberta
Friday, 3/25
- NPTech Makers of Opportunity: Incubators for LGBTQ Talent (8:30am) with Angelica Ross of TransTech
- Hello, Can You Hear Me? A Hands-on Communication Workshop for Low-Income Communities (10:30am) with Kelly Church and Keith Porcaro of Social Impact Lab and Mike Rubio of ZeroDivide.
- Super-Boring, Crazy-Important: PCI and Protecting Your Donors’ Data (10:30am) with Tracy Lorts of Greater Giving and Jessica Creager of Family House, Inc.