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?
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:
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.
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.
Constituent Relationship Management for Civic Sector (CiviCRM) - Beginners, Intermediate
Curry Student Center 340 (3rd Floor)
Web-based, Free and Open Source Software alternative for Social Justice organizations with a huge development community and campaign-focused design. This training will introduce grassroots activists to this growing web-based platform for managing their relationships with donors, members, volunteers, and their community at large while preserving fundamental organizing strategies.
Constituent Relationship Management for Civic Sector (CiviCRM) - Intermediate, Expert
Curry Student Center 340 (3rd Floor)
Web-based, Free and Open Source Software alternative for Social Justice organizations with a huge development community and campaign-focused design. This training will introduce grassroots activists to this growing web-based platform for managing their relationships with donors, members, volunteers, and their community at large while preserving fundamental organizing strategies.
Celebrate 10 years of Grassroots Technology with the 
