Session A 10:05 - 11:35 a.m.

Micropayments, Microfinance and Crowdfunding

Egan 340 (3rd Floor)

Can you or your organization actually make enough money from $5 or $10 payments from your website's audience to actually function? Does getting sponsors to pay for your freelance work make good financial sense? This workshop will talk about the ups-and-downs of trying to fund your work through online micropayments, ads and donations. About the presenter: Jesse Kirdahy-Scalia staff, Open Media Boston

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.

Creators on Creative Rights - Who Owns Our Work?

Curry Student Center 342 (3rd Floor)

This roundtable will feature creators from various industries sharing their experiences with keeping control of rights to their work in a time when many employers expect people to sell all rights to their works in all media for low one-time payments. About the panel: Led by Roberto Mighty (new media producer and director of prime time programs and documentaries) & David Goodman (Open Media Boston and I.B.I.S. Radio)

Introduction to Web Video

Curry Student Center 344 (3rd Floor)

This is an introductory course outlining best practices in web video production. It covers the basic questions that you should ask—and answer before beginning a video project—or asking someone else to! It offers a supportive, down-to-earth approach so that even those who do not consider themselves to be technically savvy can master basic web video skills. The workshop's objective is to educate non-profits, activists and artists in the foundations of video production for the web using cheap and free technology.

Introduction to Virtual Worlds

Egan 440 (4th Floor)

You've probably heard about virtual worlds like Second Life - online systems which allow millions of people to create online versions of themselves (called "avatars") and pursue all kinds of creative and mundane activities in a completely human-created environment with global reach.

Introduction to Social Media: A Primer for Facebook and Twitter

Egan Main Auditorium

What is a “tweet”?  Need more “friends”?  Want to use social media,
but don’t know where to begin?  Or do you already have accounts and
want to learn some new tips and tools?  If so, participate in our
introductory workshop to get you going from start-up to effectiveness
in 90 minutes.

We will cover: