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Events guide for nonprofits & social change outfits
Happy October! Here’s a roundup of conferences and events scheduled in the nonprofit and social change sectors for the coming month – feel free to reproduce this on your own site. For the full year, see Calendar of 2010 social change conferences.
If you’re interested in social media, tech and marketing conferences, see the October calendar on our sister site, Socialmedia.biz.
If you know of other events, please share by adding the info in the comments below.
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| Open Video Conference | Oct. 1-2 | New York City |
| Michael Wesch is giving a keynote address at the second Open Video Conference. Dubbed “the explainer” by Wired magazine, Michael Wesch is a cultural anthropologist exploring the effects of new media on society and culture. The conference gathers top thinkers looking to bring open source alternatives to the often proprietary world of online video. |  |
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| Social Capital Markets* | Oct. 4-6 | San Francisco |
| Social Capital Markets (SoCap) will return this fall for its third gathering of social entrepreneurs and other change-makers. |  |
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| Direct Marketing Association | Oct. 9-14 | San Francisco |
| DMA2010 offers the latest technology, current research, renegade thinkers, industry giants, hundreds of educational sessions, thousands of your peers and the world’s largest exhibition for direct and interactive marketers. DMA2010 will feature hundreds of educational sessions, roundtables, forums and case studies led by the direct marketing community’s best and brightest thought leaders. |  |
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| The Feast Conference | October 14-16 | New York, NY |
| The Feast Conference gathers the world’s greatest innovators from across industries and society to empower, inspire and engage each other in creating world-shaking change. |  |
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| Bioneers | Oct. 15-17 | San Rafael, Calif. |
| Bioneers is the premier environmental conference where social and scientific innovators focus on solutions inspired by nature and human ingenuity. |  |
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| Blackbaud’s Conference for Nonprofits | Oct. 20–22 | Washington, D.C. |
| The gathering provides three days of educational content dedicated to your specific needs and opportunities to network and interact with your peers and industry experts. Keynote speakers will help you learn about the key issues while offering engaging and inspiring stories. |  |
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| Pop!Tech | Oct. 20-23 | Camden, Maine |
| Pop!Tech is a network of remarkable people, extraordinary conferences, powerful ideas and innovative projects that are changing the world. I attended one year — it’s a great gathering. |  |
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Authors Allison Fine and Beth Kanter will share their best social media stories, answer questions, and (of course!) network with those attending. They will also be signing books, so bring your copy or plan to purchase one there.
Hosted by the Public Conversations Project and the TechFoundation.
5:30—7:30 p.m., October 4 at the Charles Hotel, Harvard Square.
Please RSVP to Kathleen Sherwin at ksherwin@techfoundation.org http://www.publicconversations.org/news/meet-auth…
Nice! Need to meet these Allison & Beth people. :~)
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