Event Agenda
From Managing Nonprofit Technology Projects
The agenda will be collaboratively evolved by participants in the time leading up to and during the gathering.
Have ideas for what we should discuss at the event? Put them on the Session Ideas page, and we'll weave them in!
Monday, 19 May
Casual pre-event happy hour at to-be-determined venue.
Tuesday, 20 May -- MNTP, Day 1
9:00 Opening Circle and introductions
10:15 Opening Discussions - Project Management Principles
- PM Principles - Introduction to Project Management, facilitated by Laura Quinn, Idealware
- PM Principles - Web Site Essentials, facilitated by John Kenyon, Nonprofit Technology Strategist and Seth Schneider, Transportation and Land Use Coalition
- PM Principles - Advanced Web Projects, facilitated by David Taylor, Radical Designs and Tanya Africa, MoveOn.org
- PM Principles - Software and Database Development, facilitated by Allen Gunn, Aspiration
- PM Principles - Values-Based Project Management, facilitated by Michael Stein, Internet Strategist
11:30 Break
11:45 Agenda Discussions
- Agenda planning break-outs, to refine pre-event agenda
- Interactive Agenda Clustering
12:30 Lunch
- Participants are strongly encouraged to dine with those they have not yet met
13:30
14:00 Afternoon Sessions 1
- So You’ve Been Drafted – the Accidental Technology Project Manager, facilitated by Clarissa Goodlett, Color of Change and Spencer Bolles, Bay Area Community Resources
- Assessing and Redesigning Web Sites, facilitated by John Kenyon, Nonprofit Technology Strategist
- Techniques and Tools for Remote Collaboration, facilitated by Laura Quinn, Idealware
15:30 Break
15:45 Afternoon Sessions 2
- The MoveOn Process for Translating Technology Visions to Reality, facilitated by Tanya Africa, MoveOn.org
- Aligning Departments and Skills for Successful Projects, facilitated by Michael Stein, Internet Strategist
- Implementing an Existing Database Software or Service, facilitated by Robert Weiner, Strategic Technology Consultant
17:00 Closing Circle
17:30 Happy Hour
Wednesday, 21 May -- MNTP, Day 2
9:00 Opening Circle
9:30 Morning Sessions 1
- What Should a Web Site Cost?, facilitated by Allen Gunn, Aspiration
- Methods in Selecting Software, facilitated by Laura Quinn, Idealware and Seth Schneider, Transportation and Land Use Coalition
- Managing Custom Database Projects, facilitated by Eric Leland, Leland Design
- Product Management for Nonprofit Software, facilitated by Anna Berns, Benetech
11:00 Break
11:15 Morning Sessions 2
- Managing Consultants and Dealing with Vendors, facilitated by John Kenyon, Nonprofit Technology Strategist and Seth Schneider, Transportation and Land Use Coalition
- The Politics of Project Management, facilitated by Allen Gunn, Aspiration
- How to Know You’re in a Failing Project (and How to Save It), facilitated by Clarissa Goodlett, Color of Change and Eric Leland, Leland Design
- Migrating to Salesforce.com: One Organization's Story, facilitated by Bergen Moore, Global Exchange
12:30 Lunch
- Participants are strongly encouraged to dine with those they have not yet met
13:30 Software Bazaar
14:45 Break
15:00 Afternoon Sessions
- The Art and Science of Defining Scope, facilitated by Eric Leland, Leland Design and Michael Weiss, Imagistic
- Managing Nonprofit Software Development Projects, facilitated by David Taylor, Radical Designs and Allen Gunn, Aspiration
- Participant-Driven Working Sessions and Peer Assists
16:30 Closing Circle - Take Aways
