Free Technology Training Events for Nonprofits

Every month I bring you a roundup of free technology training events that will help nonprofit staffers like you build their skills. But maybe you're skeptical and you're wondering: "How can a free event organized by a volunteer be any good?" That's why TechSoup invests in developing the best practices of our NetSquared network.

In partnership with NTEN, we brought together 50 volunteers to attend the 17NTC conference for dedicated workshops that will prepare them to be nonprofit technology champions.

The workshops topics included

• Diversity — how to make sure the organizing team, presenters, attendees, and content are inclusive and reflective of the community.
• Troubleshooting online and in-person — pivoting conversations, interrupting, encouraging conversation, covering if the presenter doesn't show, etc.
• Event formats — for example, a lecture, a panel, a world cafe, or speed dating, and how keep them effective and manageable.
• Office 365 — how nonprofits can take leverage Microsoft's donated suite of tools to modernize their organizations and embrace the cloud.

So don't be nervous — we're ready to create amazing tech training and networking events in your community!

Find your closest NetSquared group

Upcoming Tech4Good Events

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

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

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

North America

Monday, April 3, 2017

• Mississauga, Ontario: Geek Talk — Coffee and Convo

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

• Naples, Florida: Social Media Surgery — Back to Basics and One-on-One Q&A
• Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: Participatory Analysis with Data Placemats in Nonprofits
• Las Vegas, Nevada: More Site Visits!
• Vancouver, British Columbia: What's the Deal with Slack?

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes — Allegheny
• San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night

Thursday, April 6, 2017

• New Orleans, Louisiana: The Maker's Movement in NOLA Is Making Waves
• Cleveland, Ohio: Keeping Up with the Demands of IT Security on a Nonprofit Budget

Monday, April 10, 2017

• Kitchener, Ontario: Blockchains

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

• Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects
• Columbus, Ohio: Nonprofit IT Forum
• Jasper, Indiana: Nonprofit Cloud Adoption

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

• Los Angeles, California: Digital Inclusion. Or No, Everyone Is NOT Online
• Covina, California: Monetization of Content
• San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night

Friday, April 14, 2017

• Saint Paul, Minnesota: Digital Dumpster Fire: Tips to Handle Social and Online PR Problems (Communications Networking Lunch)

Monday, April 17, 2017

• San Francisco, California: Evening Sustainability Unconference

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

• Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: Nonprofit Communications Strategies That Get Results
• South Burlington, Vermont: 11th Annual Vermont Nonprofit Luncheon: The Data Driven Nonprofit

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

• Austin, Texas: Crowdfunding Success: Crowdrise, Indiegogo, and Kickstarter
• Durham, NC: What You Want to Know from NTC
• San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night

Thursday, April 20, 2017

• Seattle, Washington: Creating Videos to Inspire Fundraising and Engagement

Friday, April 21, 2017

• Seattle, Washington: Roundtable for New Executives

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

• Houston, Texas: Net2Houston Refresh!
• Toronto, Ontario: Top 10s from the 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

• Seattle, Washington: Storytelling Made Easy for Boards and EDs

Thursday, April 27, 2017

• Vancouver, British Columbia: Luminate Online Discussion Group — Ask Anything
• Peterborough­, Ontario: Keep on Learning — the Technology of Training Stakeholders
• Seattle, Washington: Partner Event (SeaTech4Change) Nonprofit/Tech Volunteer Fair

Friday, April 28, 2017

• Boston, Massachusetts: TSNE, TNB, and TNB Labs Super Roundtable: From Data to Decisions at Your Nonprofit

Asia + Pacific Rim

Friday, April 7, 2017

• Singapore, Singapore: DataDive

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

• Wellington, New Zealand: Gleanings from Nonprofit Technology Conference Washington, DC March 2017

Thursday, April 13, 2017

• Tokyo, Japan: #NPOxIT最前線2017 - 米国テクノロジーカンファレンス参加報告­ - 第13回 NPOxIT Meetup - 情報共有・学び・交流会

Africa + Middle East

Friday, April 7, 2017

• Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya and Mozilla — Building for the Future with App Maker
• Mukono, Uganda: First Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Saint John Kaama Primary School
• Mukuno, Uganda: First Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School
• Kampala, Uganda: Introduction to Online Fundraising

Saturday, April 8, 2017

• Kampala, Uganda: Cloud Computing for Nonprofits

Sunday, April 9, 2017

• Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

• Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories

Friday, April 14, 2017

• Mukono, Uganda
  • First Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Saint John Kaama Primary School
  • First Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School

Friday, April 21, 2017

• Mukono, Uganda
  • First Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Saint John Kaama Primary School
  • First Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School

Saturday, April 22, 2017

• Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Microsoft Office 365

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

• Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Managing Data

Thursday, April 27, 2017

• Lusaka, Zambia: Girls in ICT Day (Girls with Disabilities in ICT)

Friday, April 28, 2017

• Mukono, Uganda
  • First Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Saint John Kaama Primary School
  • First Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School

Europe + UK

Thursday, April 6, 2017

• Ecublens, Switzerland: Seedstars Summit: Sélection Finale des Meilleures Startup de la Planète?

Monday, April 10, 2017

• Birmingham, United Kingdom: Social Media Session: Facebook for Community Groups

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

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

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

• London, United Kingdom: Show and Tell — Productivity Tools
• Dublin, Ireland: VR for Social Impact

Central and South America

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

• Guatemala City, Guatemala: Innovagt Next Extended Event de #google

Thursday, April 27, 2017

• Guatemala City, Guatemala: GirlsinICT 2017 #Guatemala

Friday, April 28 to Sunday, April 30, 2017

• Guatemala City, Guatemala: SpaceAppsgt 2017 #bigdata #opendata en #uvg

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