WANTED……….Great Stories about
how your organisation or community
has used technology or great
workshops.
FIRST CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO PRESENT AT
11th–12th May 2009 plus Workshop - 13th May 2009
Brighton Novotel, Sydney, Australia
www.connectingup.org/conference
If you have a story/workshop OR you
want to nominate someone else,
please tell us: who and why. See
conference themes attached.
Email us : CU09@connectingup.org
Post GPO Box 11017 ADELAIDE Australia SA 5001
Connecting Up 2009
The Connecting Up Conference is a gathering over two days to explore the realms of technology for application in the nonprofit or community sector. Representatives of Nonprofit organisations, Government, Business and Academia come together to learn about and review the strategies applied by the sector including the growing momentum of social web tools and Web 2.0. There are many applications from creating efficiency operationally to marketing and fundraising via the web or mobile technologies to service delivery! This conference is definitely not just for techno boffins either, it is in fact very much about strategic direction and planning for the future with sessions and workshops to answer questions ranging from :
What is it ? What does it do? And why do I need it? To ………..now that I can see the potential how do I make it happen…..what else can we do?
Connecting Up 09 will build on many of the discussions touched on at Connecting Up 08 and will have a great deal of hands on elements. We want you to “have a go” rather than just hear about it. There will be demonstrations of technologies and opportunities to use them.
There are some terrific speakers coming from overseas to present on topics such as video blogging. It should be a hive of interesting networking and sharing. Every year we showcase some fabulous local projects too with organisations “doing it” who can tell others about their experiences and we hope to attract anyone who feels they have a story, lesson, or workshop to offer in line with the conference goals.
Conference Streams:
Submission Requirements
The deadline for requests to present or to run workshops is Friday 12th December 2008. Submissions should include:
Presentation Requirements
Presenters should plan for a session of 45 minutes, including allowing for questions and interaction, unless there is a compelling reason for a session to extend to 90 minutes e.g. a practical workshop. You should also be prepared to make your presentation twice if there is sufficient interest. Any materials such as electronic presentations must be supplied to the organisers in advance and the organisers also advised in advance of your needs e.g. data projector, laptop, Internet access etc
Presenter Exemptions
Presenters included in the Conference program will be exempt from registration fees for the Conference on the day that they are presenting but not for the other day of the Conference and nor the Conference dinner – these will need to be booked and paid for separately. Unfortunately we are not in the position at this point to be able to offer air fares and accommodation to rural and interstate presenters. However we are currently seeking sponsorship to assist with the costs of a small number of presenters. Please indicate if your Expression of Interest is entirely conditional on having some or all of your costs met.
Selection Guidelines
Please bear in mind that this Conference is about sharing with others what you are doing and/or have done and/or sharing skills, so that delegates can come away from the conference with tangible, practical ideas and/or skills to assist them in their own projects and plans. Therefore please ensure that your submission follows one or more of the conference themes and addresses the actual implementation of a project or program and/or transfers specific skills. Submissions will not be accepted based on academic papers, theoretical research or future projections (there are other forums for these). Papers presented should not overly emphasise specific technical details (except in skills-based workshops) but take a broader overview of the issues involved and illustrate how the technology has benefited the project and its intended customers. Presenters should also refrain from directly promoting a particular product or business (contact us for sponsorship or booths for this purpose), rather than a project or program or general area of ICT capacity development.
Conference Bookings
Early bird bookings for conference delegates will open soon. We are working very hard at keeping costs down for not-for-profit groups and eligible concession holders.
Organisations, government departments and businesses will also be offered the opportunity to have a promotional booth at the Conference. Please indicate if you would like further information about this opportunity.
Further Enquiries: Karen Gryst, Connecting Up Australia + 61 (8) 8212 8555 ext 208 CU09@connectingup.org
Send your submission to: Email us : CU09@connectingup.org
What is it ? What does it do? And why do I need it? To ………..now that I can see the potential how do I make it happen…..what else can we do?
Connecting Up 09 will build on many of the discussions touched on at Connecting Up 08 and will have a great deal of hands on elements. We want you to “have a go” rather than just hear about it. There will be demonstrations of technologies and opportunities to use them.
There are some terrific speakers coming from overseas to present on topics such as video blogging. It should be a hive of interesting networking and sharing. Every year we showcase some fabulous local projects too with organisations “doing it” who can tell others about their experiences and we hope to attract anyone who feels they have a story, lesson, or workshop to offer in line with the conference goals.
Conference Goals
- To provide a platform for innovative communities, businesses and governments around Australia to share their experiences, successes and lessons learned from technology programs and projects designed to change their ’world’, whether it be a neighbourhood or a nation.
- To promote the social and economic benefits for disadvantaged and isolated communities of access to affordable technology.
- To provide opportunities for like-minded not-for-profits, communities, governments and businesses to build networks and develop programs and projects.
- To continue the momentum towards a national approach to ensuring that the technology capacity of community and not-for-profit organisations allows them to effectively operate in the digital world.
GUIDELINES FOR REQUESTS TO PRESENT
Presentations must address one of the Conference Streams, as outlined below.Conference Streams:
- How-To Workshops – hands on skilling for nonprofits – web strategy, Search Engine Optimisation, Marketing and or fundraising via web tools, VoIP, Blogging, Video blogs, RSS, Wiki, Twittering, Facebook, Google Ads, Online, Video-conferencing, Mobile technologies, Networks, Finding what you need, Client Relationship Management / database solutions.
- Online fundraising, campaigning, marketing The Social Web (Web 2.0 and beyond) – Networking and collaboration tools to connect you with the people you need to know or want to reach (and vice versa)
- Strategic Planning – planning, consulting, researching and thinking about where ICT fits with where you want to be in the future
Categorise your presentation as :
- 1) Story or 2) Workshop or 3) Other
- Basic (No background required)
- Medium (Some background required)
- Advanced (Significant Background and experience required)
Submission Requirements
The deadline for requests to present or to run workshops is Friday 12th December 2008. Submissions should include:
- Theme of presentation/workshop (see above for details)
- Categorisation ( see above story / workshop and level of knowledge required)
- Brief title of proposed presentation/workshop e.g. Developing IT skills in a remote community
- Summary of the presentation content – no more than 200 words
- Summary background of presenter/s – no more than 200 words
- A picture of presenter/s included for publicity and program
- Any relevant web links
Presentation Requirements
Presenters should plan for a session of 45 minutes, including allowing for questions and interaction, unless there is a compelling reason for a session to extend to 90 minutes e.g. a practical workshop. You should also be prepared to make your presentation twice if there is sufficient interest. Any materials such as electronic presentations must be supplied to the organisers in advance and the organisers also advised in advance of your needs e.g. data projector, laptop, Internet access etc
Presenter Exemptions
Presenters included in the Conference program will be exempt from registration fees for the Conference on the day that they are presenting but not for the other day of the Conference and nor the Conference dinner – these will need to be booked and paid for separately. Unfortunately we are not in the position at this point to be able to offer air fares and accommodation to rural and interstate presenters. However we are currently seeking sponsorship to assist with the costs of a small number of presenters. Please indicate if your Expression of Interest is entirely conditional on having some or all of your costs met.
Selection Guidelines
Please bear in mind that this Conference is about sharing with others what you are doing and/or have done and/or sharing skills, so that delegates can come away from the conference with tangible, practical ideas and/or skills to assist them in their own projects and plans. Therefore please ensure that your submission follows one or more of the conference themes and addresses the actual implementation of a project or program and/or transfers specific skills. Submissions will not be accepted based on academic papers, theoretical research or future projections (there are other forums for these). Papers presented should not overly emphasise specific technical details (except in skills-based workshops) but take a broader overview of the issues involved and illustrate how the technology has benefited the project and its intended customers. Presenters should also refrain from directly promoting a particular product or business (contact us for sponsorship or booths for this purpose), rather than a project or program or general area of ICT capacity development.
Conference Bookings
Early bird bookings for conference delegates will open soon. We are working very hard at keeping costs down for not-for-profit groups and eligible concession holders.
Organisations, government departments and businesses will also be offered the opportunity to have a promotional booth at the Conference. Please indicate if you would like further information about this opportunity.
Further Enquiries: Karen Gryst, Connecting Up Australia + 61 (8) 8212 8555 ext 208 CU09@connectingup.org
Send your submission to: Email us : CU09@connectingup.org
Post GPO Box 11017 ADELAIDE Australia SA 5001
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