Web 2.0: New Ways to Meet Your Organization's Mission and Goals October 16, 2008

Registration/coffee service 8:00 – 9:00



Welcoming Remarks 9:00 – 9:10



Opening Keynote 9:10 – 9:30
Web 2.0 for Not-for-Profits: Challenges and Opportunities

Susan M. Merritt, Ph.D.

Dean Emeritus, Seidenberg School of Computer Science and

Information Systems, Pace University



Workshop 1 9:30 – 10:30
Web 2.0: New Tools for Getting Your Message Out

David Sachs, Ed.D.

Associate Dean, Seidenberg School of CSIS, Pace University

The term Web 2.0 refers to a new way of utilizing the internet, moving from a read-only model of communication to a dialogue. The development and evolution of web-based communities and hosted services — social-networking sites, wikis, blogs, etc. — facilitates creativity, information sharing, and collaboration among users. This workshop will provide an overview of the collection of tools being used to connect people who share interests and activities.



Workshop 2 10:45 – 12:00

Stretching Your Technology Dollars By …



Track 1: Putting Web 2.0 to Work in Your Organization

Valerie Venezia

VP, Membership & Marketing,
The Council of Community Services of NYS, Inc.



No new software or hardware. This workshop will explain the opportunities and challenges of implementing key Web 2.0 tools into your nonprofit’s daily life. You’ll come away with at least three ideas that will help make your job easier, help you cultivate donors, keep your website fresh with little or no work, and be more efficient and collaborative internally. We’ll show real-life examples of how Web 2.0 tools can change your (nonprofit) life!



Track 2: Utilizing Low-Cost Hardware, Software &
Training Resources
Kenneth Belfer

Vice President, Administration, Westhab

Dale Mottola

Program Coordinator, Westchester Not-for-Profit Technology Council



Learn how to how to acquire training, software and hardware on a low budget, as well as what more sophisticated products are available to NFPs with somewhat larger budgets. Options for free or inexpensive online productivity tools including database and fundraising software and collaboration suites will also be discussed.



Networking Lunch & Resource Fair 12:00 – 1:00



Concluding Keynote 1:00 – 2:00
Six Degrees: What Kevin Bacon Knows about Fundraising & Web 2.0
Stacie Mann

Director, Consumer Marketing, Network for Good



People are motivated to give and act by friends, loved ones, and the personal stories that come with them. In a Web 2.0 world, that means that organizations can use that motivation to generate more actions and gifts with person-to-person fundraising campaigns that are inexpensive and easy to launch.

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