We had a fabulous time with the many amazing folks who attended the First-Ever California Nonprofit Technology Festival in Fresno, California generously funded by the California Consumer Protection Foundation.

From online mapping to email newsletters to building a simple website, we focused on crowd-requested topics and created real time breakout sessions where people could get their questions answered as well as connect with others.

Check out the photos of what really went down!

Aspiration is delighted to announce the first-ever California Nonprofit Tech Festival.

Made possible through generous support from the California Consumer Protection Foundation, the event is being co-organized with The Center for Multicultural Cooperation (CMC) and The Bay Area Leadership Network of Color (BALNC).

This two-day event will be held in Fresno, California on 27 and 28 September, 2012. Space is limited. Sign up for the festival now!

The event will be held at

   Piccadilly Inn

   2305 West Shaw Ave
   Fresno, CA 93711

A special room rate of $78/night has been negotiated for those participating in the Festival and looking for accommodations. Please call 559-348-5520 and ask for a room as part of the Aspiration block to receive this rate.

Want to help spread the word? Get many ideas to share here!

For more information, contact catechfest@aspirationtech.org

REGISTER HERE

We are excited to announce four no cost trainings available for nonprofits over the next month. Join us, either in person at the San Francisco Nonprofit Tech Center or online, for these trainings designed for non-profit organizations who are concerned with their online campaigning strategy and communications.

Coordinating your Communications with a Publishing Matrix
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
12pm - 1pm
San Francisco Nonprofit Technology Center

Calendaring your Messaging
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
12pm - 1pm
San Francisco Nonprofit Technology Center

Can’t make it to the live training? Then join us remotely for the the webinar.

Calendaring your Messaging *WEBINAR*
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
11am PDT

E-mail Newsletters for Nonprofits
Wednesday September 5, 2012
12pm - 1pm
San Francisco Nonprofit Technology Center

We got a great chance to work with our friends at Shareable to Help Shape Shareable’s Future, while also prototyping more of our user engagement methodologies.

About 20 Shareable community members showed up at Happiness Institute to weigh in on what matters to them as Shareable evolves to better support the Sharing Movement.

Hi All,

We want to invite you to join us on Tuesday, May 15th from 12:00pm to 1:00pm for a no cost webinar with our very own Matt Garcia! He will talk through basics terms and uses about nonprofit technology, including answering questions like:

• Why does open source matter?
• What’s the meaning of the terms CRM and CMS?
• What are some tools that nonprofits use to communicate and collaborate?

Intro to Online Tools for Nonprofits
May 15th, 2012
Noon - 1pm
Click here to register!

Our monthly webinars are provided to support nonprofits and social justice organizations use technology more effectively for their work.

We want to hear from you! Email help@aspirationtech.org to suggest an upcoming webinar topic.

Because one can never amass enough frequent flyer miles, it’s off to Sydney, Australia to make merry at ConnectingUp 2012 with our finest friends from down under.

Gunner will be delivering a keynote entitled Another Cloud is Possible (download keynote slides) and offering a full-day workshop, Taking Control of Your Nonprofit’s Online Destiny. He is also offically tickled pink the ConnectingUp gang has invited him to share in the MC duties.

A big thanks to ConnectingUp for having us down, and we look forward to all the fun at CU12, and many future adventures!