Free In-Person Events for Nonprofit Techies

NetSquared gathers together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who's interested in using technology for social change. Every month, our meetup leaders host free in-person events in 60 cities. Find your closest group or apply to start a new group.

Nonprofit staffers will find a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for those who aren't experienced with technology, and many chances to ask questions of tech-experienced nonprofits and experts.

Technologists and consultants will find opportunities to put your expertise to social good, as well as the potential for lasting relationships (be they paid or volunteer) with leading organizations in your community.

Activists and community leaders will see and be given the opportunity to present on successful uses of technology for social change. Not content to simply focus on "shiny tech," we'll explore what the true potential for social change is in each case, where community organizing work can be made more effective, and where it will have to push technology forward.

Upcoming Events

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared, NTEN's Tech Clubs, HandsOn Tech, DataKind, and more. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group.

Jump to events in North America or go international with events in

• Africa
• Asia and Pacific Rim
• Central and South America
• Europe and Middle East

North America

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

• Naples, Florida: How to Prepare Your Organization and Your Network for #GivingTuesday

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

• Portland, Oregon: Lights, Camera, Action: Making Video Easy
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes — Allegheny
• Washington, DC: DC Action Data Sprint
• San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes — Westmoreland
• Colorado Springs, Colorado: Mobile + Desktop = Universal Apps
• Toronto, Canada: Toronto Net Tuesday: Digital Literacy for Nonprofits
• San Francisco, California: Let's Learn About Building a Stellar World!
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Your Nonprofit Website: WordPress
• Vancouver, Canada: Listening to Your Community: Using Social (Media) Intelligence
• Houston, Texas: Geek Dinner — Guided Discussion — Navigating the Nonprofit Relationship

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes — Butler
• San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night
• Seattle, Washington: AdWords Success and Google Grants for Nonprofits
• Atlanta, Georgia: Visual Storytelling: Using Digital Media

Friday, September 11, 2015

• Seattle, Washington: King County Executive Director's Forum
• Saint Paul, Minnesota: Working with the Media | MCN Communications Roundtable

Monday, September 14, 2015

• Austin, Texas: Forbes Contributor Devin Thorpe: Together We Can Change the World

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

• New York, New York: Data Storytelling and Data Visualization for Nonprofits
• Research Triangle, North Carolina: Nonprofit Online Makeover
• San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night
• Denver, Colorado: Donations on the Go: Mobile Tools to Enhance Giving
• Burlington, Vermont: Get Ready for #GivingTuesday: How to Mobilize a Successful Campaign

Thursday, September 17, 2015

• Saint Paul, Minnesota: How Audience Personas Help Determine Your Tools, Tech, and Strategy
• Portland, Oregon: Portland: QuickBooks Made Easy

Saturday, September 19, 2015

• Baltimore, Maryland: Give Back Hack Day: 2–3 Website Redesigns (WordPress!)

Monday, September 21, 2015

• Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Backups!

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

• San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night

Thursday, September 24, 2015

• Seattle, Washington: Exceptional Boards: How to Build a Powerful and Successful CEO/ED and Board Chair Team
• Arlington, Texas: DFW Nonprofit Geeks
• Boston, Massachusetts: Boston: QuickBooks Made Easy

Friday, September 25, 2015

• Seattle, Washington: Exceptional Boards: How to Build a Powerful and Successful CEO/ED and Board Chair Team

Saturday, September 26, 2015

• Washington, DC: Fair Labor Association Weekend Data Sprint

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

• Baltimore, Maryland: Salesforce CRM Tutorial and Free Tech Help Session!
• Chicago, Illinois: "Weeving"­ Nonprofits, People, and Companies
• Washington, DC: Nonprofit Tech and Communications Speed Dating: Connect with Experts

Africa

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

• Mukono, Uganda: Second Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School

Friday, September 4, 2015

• Mukono, Uganda
  • Second Term Mobile Solar Computer Training Meetup for Kikandwa Primary School
  • Africa Open Data Conference

Monday, September 7, 2015

• Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members

Friday, September 11, 2015

• Mukono, Uganda: Improved Skills and Competencies for Productive Web Literacy in Mayuge

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

• Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Monthly Meetup

Saturday, September 26, 2015

• Douala, Cameroon: Netsquared Cameroon Technology for Peace Program in Cameroon, West Africa

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

• Yaoundé, Cameroon: Netsquared Cameroon Technology for Peace Program in Cameroon, West Africa

Europe and Middle East

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

• Birmingham, United Kingdom: RAWM Digital Community Engagement Session: Tableau Public Session

Monday, September 7, 2015

• Birmingham, United Kingdom: September Meetup: Top Digital Tools

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

• Oxford, United Kingdom: Neural Networks Part 2

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

• Cambridge, United Kingdom: Social Media Surgery — Hands-on Help with Social Media

Monday, September 21, 2015

• Oxford, United Kingdom: Data Geeks Unite! and Science to DataScience

Monday, September 28, 2015

• London, United Kingdom: Freedom of Expression Online

Asia and Pacific Rim

Saturday, September 5, 2015

• Singapore, Singapore: Project Accelerator: Lien AID, Phandeeyar and Liberty Asia

Central and South America

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

• Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Monthly Meetup

Saturday, September 19, 2015

• Guatemala City, Guatemala: Feria Tecnologia / Makerdaygt — 4 Grados Norte

Image: New Orleans Net2NO meetup / New Orleans Local via NetSquared / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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