Workshops

Who Owns Your Work: an Intellectual Property Rights Primer

John O'Bryant Center 116 (1st Floor)

Here's your chance to learn not only the basics of copyright but how to spot new clauses that are popping up in contracts that can diminish your control of the use of your writing and other creative works.

About the presenter: Barbara Mende is affiliated with the NWU Grievance and Contract Division.

Is There a Future for Journalism as a Career?

John O'Bryant Center 118 (1st Floor)

Experienced journalists and those just entering the field - or considering going to school to learn to do so, see layoffs and newspaper/magazine closings and ask: are paid journalists opportunities out there, or should they switch to a field where there are jobs?

The Labor Movement & New Media

Hayden Hall 321 (3rd Floor)

In this presentation, Steve will consider the strategic use of websites and new media by labor unions. He will draw on his experience with building more than 60 websites for labor organizations.

Managing Your Organization by Integrating Your Website with a Constituent Relationship Management System (CRM)

Egan Main Auditorium

Learn how to leverage popular open source content management systems (CMS) such as Joomla and Plone to integrate your website more tightly with your member database. We will discuss:

Seeing the Matrix - Systemic Racism & the Technology Divide

John O'Bryant African American Institute, Room 114, First Floor (Updated location)

Following an overview of systemic racism: "Living in the Matrix and Its Implications for Understanding Racism and Privilege," participants will explore the racial technology divide and its implications for grassroots organizing.

Specialized Features for Organizers in ODB 2.0

Curry Student Center 344 (3rd Floor)

Traditional donor and customer relationship management systems do a very good job of tracking contact info, gifts, and basic interaction with constituents. However, groups that engage in community organizing need to track types of interactions that are not easily captured by existing systems. The purpose of this workshop is to envision how we might track organizing work -- and the leadership development of constituents -- much more effectively. Some new features (of ODB 2.0) will be shown, and others will be brainstormed by participants.

Open Forum on a Potential Digital Rights Campaign (Closing Writers Union Presentation)

Egan 440 (4th Floor)

Speak out and brainstorm on how we make common cause to enhance our collective ability to improve our working conditions online and beyond. About the facilitator: Larry Goldbetter, President of the National Writers Union.

Data Safety: Learning about the New Mass. Law

Curry Student Center 342 (3rd Floor)

This is a hands-on workshop, where we help you identify the steps your organization needs to take to comply with this pioneering new data safety law. We will help you write the written security plan the law requires. To read more about the law, go to www.MassDataSafety.com.

New Media and Organizing Rapid Response Networks in Pro-Immigrant Organizing

Egan 340 (3rd Floor)

This workshop organized by the Media Justice Group focuses on the role of new media in building of rapid response networks to emergencies in immigrant communities. The presenters consider the use of Twitter, mobile devices, SMSs, and other new media in connecting young people and others in solidarity with immigrants.  The workshop has been supported by a grant from the Haymarket People's Fund Media Justice program.

The Road Less Travelled: Public Funding for Content Creation (Lunchtime Presentation)

Egan 440 (4th Floor)

This presentation by noted documentary film maker and community media expert, Fred Johnson, will address the possibility of a new WPA-style program for creators in the context of current debates about "Public Media 2.0" that are swirling in American academic and government circles.