This is a video of a panel run by NPower Seattle‘s Peg Giffels for the Kellog Action Lab. It features Zan McColloch-Lussier from the Pride Foundation, Jessica Ross from Treehouse, and me. We mostly cover Twitter and Facebook, but we frequently diverge into other web territories. Please feel free to spread the video around. I won’t sue you. ;)

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Some of the resources mentioned on the panel:

Ways to post to multiple sites at once: Ping.fm and Hellotxt.com
Short explanatory videos about technology and social media: Common Craft
Demographic information about social networks: danah boyd
Alternative copyright licensing options: Creative Commons

Posted by Sarah Davies, filed under Facebook, YouTube, blogging, copyright, creative commons, fundraising, nonprofit, nptech, sns, technology, the intarwebs, twitter, video. Date: May 28, 2009, 10:45 am | View Comments

25  Apr
Meet Me at NTC!

I’m in San Francisco for the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference! Here’s an introduction video to tell y’all what I will be up to and how you can reach me:

In short:

Twitter at http://twitter.com/sarahdavies

Blog at http://sarahdavies.cc

Liveblog at http://nten.org/ntc-sarahdavies (doesn’t go live until Sunday)

I’m MCing the ignite talks in the Grand Ballroom on Monday and Tuesday which will be off the hook. I’ll be liveblogging about the ignite practice sessions tomorrow, so be sure to tune in!

Posted by Sarah Davies, filed under 09ntc, NTEN, YAY, nptech, technology, video. Date: April 25, 2009, 1:16 pm | View Comments

Erica Mills asked me to give a talk on the future of nonprofit communications for her UW Extension class on nonprofit management. I went over Twitter, Facebook, blogging, promotion, and tips on finding a job. Here’s the video:

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And the slides:

And here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the talk:

Creative Commons
Creative Commons “Wanna Work Together?” video
Twitter in Plain English video
Human Rights Campaign Facebook Cause
RSS in Plain English video
Cory Doctorow on how to be an uber blogger video
Flip video camera
Books: Getting Things Done and Four Hour Work Week
LinkedIn
Ignite Seattle
Ignite Portland
BarCamp Seattle
BarCamp Portland
Audience suggestion: Pecha Kucha Seattle and Pecha Kucha Portland
Saturday House

I could talk about this stuff all day long. I’ll be at the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference, so feel free to connect with me there or ping me on Twitter.

Posted by Sarah Davies, filed under FOSS, Facebook, blogging, creative commons, nonprofit, nptech, technology, video. Date: April 7, 2009, 8:00 am | View Comments

I presented this talk at the “Best of Ignite” session at Gnomedex 8.0. I’ve also posted the slides, transcript, and feedback.

Here’s the ogg download of the video for all my freedom-loving readers!

Posted by Sarah Davies, filed under Gnomedex, Gnomedex2008, Seattle, World Domination, YAY, video. Date: September 17, 2008, 1:14 pm | View Comments

28  Sep
Ignite Speech

This is a 5 minute “ask later” talk I did for Ignite Seattle back in February. Enjoy!

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Posted by Sarah Davies, filed under Freedom for IP, copyright, nptech, video. Date: September 28, 2007, 9:34 am | View Comments