Session B 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

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?

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.

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.

Mastering Social Media and the Internet

Curry Student Center 342 (3rd Floor)

This workshop will give you a jargon-free introduction to one of social media's most important functions - helping you to promote your work to the growing online audience using Facebook, Twitter and other social media services. Presenters: Rob Watson, Massachusetts Cultural Council Social Media Communication Coordinator & Jeanne Harnois, National Writers Union

Envisioning a Just Media Future

Egan 440 (4th Floor)

The Boston Action Tank is a collaborative of local media and communication workers who are committed to social change and progressive communications. Over the last 18 months the group has been developing and piloting tools to jumpstart conversations and develop strategies that ensure community needs are heard a rapidly changing media world. This session is an introduction to our processes of collective visioning and introduce participants to a number of other tools we have to over to work with groups.

The Revolution Will Be Personalized

Hayden Hall 321 (3rd Floor)

This workshop will provide high level introductions to computer systems that use large amounts of data from individuals to make predictions about everything from individual preferences to national elections. Next, will be a brief overview topics from developmental psychology relating to the effects of information consumption over time. The presentation will conclude with a model for cooperative businesses which uses these emerging technologies to make employment more flexible.

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.

Google Apps - An Instant Communications Infrastructure for Your Group or Nonprofit

Egan Main Auditorium

This workshop aims to give participants all the info they need to set up their own email, calendar, documents, and intranet for their organization. We will:

• walk through the Google Apps sign up and registration process
• set up a sample organization for: email, calendar, and intranet
• go over best practices and real life use cases that we at Root Cause have experience