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2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference

10:30am CST

Solving Website Problems Like a Detective - #15NTCdetective MR 9CJulia Kulla-Mader • Jenn Olivia • Kristen Smith Visual Media for a Social World: What You Need to Know About the Future of Social Media - #15NTCvisualmedia Ballroom BJenna Cerruti • Emma Chadband • Jessica Williams NTCjews: The Arch of Storytelling: From Exodus to Instagram - #15NTCjews MR 8BSeth Cohen • Lisa Colton Moving Your Files to the Cloud: Options, Obstacles, and Obligations - #15NTCcloudmove MR 8CTom Moberg Tech Training for Small-Staff Orgs - #15NTCtechtrain MR 8AMark Larimer • Akilah Massey Help Desk or Service Desk: Either Way, How Does IT Become a Partner? - #15NTChelporservice MR 10BJohn Cronin • Steve Heye • Dar Veverka Paradox but Possible: Hardcore on Work AND Life - #15NTCparadox MR 6AStephanie Bowen • Leili Khalessi • Kivi Leroux Miller • Kerala Taylor Software and Service Contracts - How to Negotiate Reasonable Terms in the Cloud Era - #15NTCcontracts MR 10APeter Campbell Big Data and Open Data Reuse by Nonprofits for the Creation of Sustainable Social Services - #15NTCreusedata MR 5BCSteve Nagoski Nonprofits and the Digital Divide: New Research and Tips for Getting Started - #15NTCdigdivide MR 9BSheila Dugan • Parisa Fatehi-Weeks • Kristen Perry • Casey Sorensen

1:30pm CST

#15NTCfromFAILtoFTW: Social Media Edition - #15NTCfromFAILtoFTW MR 9BYee Won Chong • James Nickerson • Frank Strona Unconference! {Code} Sprinting and Hackathons - #15NTChackathon MR 8BBrielle Plump • Preston Rhea Wearable and Mobile Tech: What it Means for Nonprofits - #15NTCwearable MR 5AAvi Kaplan • Miranda • Jared Seltzer • Michael Sola Accessibility Awareness for Nonprofits - #15NTCacessibilty MR 5BCNisha Patel • Melinda Townsel Security Basics on a Nonprofit Budget - #15NTCnpsecurity MR 8AJohn Harvey • Jennifer Higgins Avoiding Disaster - A Practical Guide for Backup Systems & Disaster Recovery Planning - #15NTCdisasterguide MR 9CAndrew Ruginis • Dar Veverka Building a Culture of Usability Testing In Your Organization - #15NTCusability MR 10CColleen Hutchings • Amy Knox Saving the Internet with the Internet - #15NTCsavewww MR 7Ivan Boothe • Evan Greer Effective Distance Collaboration (Hint: It's More Complicated Than Vendors Like to Admit) - #15NTCdistance MR 10BAlice Aguilar • Dutch Embree • Lisa Jervis • Jeanine Shimatsu Delivering Social Services through e-Learning - #15NTCsocialservice MR 4ABCAmy Haggarty • Chad Leaman

10:30am CST

Google Analytics: Using Data to Improve Your Website - #15NTCgadata MR 10AYesenia Sotelo Community Organizers Connect - #15NTCcommbuild MR 8BThea Aldrich • Elijah van der Giessen • Praan Misir • Jamie Smith Considering Consulting to Nonprofits? Advice from the Pros, Speed- Dating Style - #15NTCnpconsult MR 5AMarlene Oliveira • Julia Reich Strategy, IT/Mission Alignment, and Outcomes -- How Do Yours Fit Together? - #15NTCitmission MR 10CSteve Heye • Kelly Trusty Winning 100% Buy-In from Staff and Board for Your Next Nonprofit Technology Adoption - #15NTCbuyin MR 5BCKathryn Engelhardt-Cronk • Brad Pierson • Norman Reiss • Jennifer Vocelka Responsive Websites: More Than Just Pretty Code - #15NTCbeyondcode MR 9CJohanna Bates • Erin Fogel • Jess Snyder Bringing It In-House: You Pay Agencies and Consultants Too Much - #15NTCinhouse MR 9ARebecca Campany • Hillary Hartley • Jamie Perez • Alison Quindlen Walking is Work: Don't Call It a Break - #15NTCwalkiswork MR 6ABeth Kanter • Ritu Sharma Scaling Up Social Change: Is the Netroots Model for You? - #15NTCscalechange Ballroom BDavid A. Karpf • Jesse Littlewood • Shaunna Thomas Using Technology and Online Communication to Reach Rural or Marginalized Populations - #15NTCreachrural MR 6BMaite Arce • Osvaldo Gomez

1:30pm CST

Day 2: Keeping Your Website Current Beyond Launch - #15NTCbeyondlaunch Ballroom BKira Marchenese • Farra Trompeter How to Run Twitter Chats that Create and Connect Communities - #15NTCtweetchat MR 8BMarlene Oliveira Technology Show and Tell: Share a Tool - #15NTCtechtools MR 5AChad Leaman Contributing to the Commons: Strategies for Using Open Licenses - #15NTCopenlicense MR 10ACarly Leinheiser • Craig Sinclair How to and Where to Get Started with Business Intelligence - #15NTCbizsmart MR 5BCPaul Keogan • Lisa Streight Large Migration Projects. It's Not About the Software. - #15NTCmigration MR 10CBryan Boroughf • Mark Gordon • John Mix You CAN Run Your IT Completely in the Cloud! Open Source, Proprietary and Private Cloud - It All Works! - #15NTCcloudmix MR 9BTodd M. Tolbert Building Diversity, Accountability, and Empowerment into Your Organization - #15NTCdiversity Austin Suite - Level 3Maddie Grant • Allyson Kapin Managing a Tech Project (or Two or Three) - #15NTCpmbeyond MR 9AMelissa Barber • Lisa Goddard • Brett Meyer • Brian Pickett What to Do When Technology Isn't Your Problem? - #15NTCrealissues MR 7Marc Baizman • Dahna Goldstein • Tracy Kronzak • Robert Weiner Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: How to Amplify Your Message through a Diverse Team - #15NTCteamwork MR 10BSara Eastham • Joey Price • Tim Samuel

3:30pm CST

Emerging Tech Trends, Where NPTech is Going - #15NTCtechtrends MR 5ASteve MacLaughlin • Donna Wilkins STOP Shooting Videos, START Unlocking Stories! - #15NTCvideostories MR 8BSheri Chaney Jones • Yasmin Nguyen A Journey of 1,000 Miles: How to Develop a 3-year Technical Strategy - #15NTC3yrstrategy MR 9ANate Parsons How to Choose the Right Database(s) for Your Organization - #15NTCtherightdb MR 6AMichelle Chaplin • Laura Quinn Sync All the Things! How Progressive Nerds are Changing the Future of Political Data and Integration - #15NTCsync MR 10ABen Byrne • Josh Cohen • Lev Tsypin • Will Vanderbilt Getting Business Intelligence Started: Tales from the Journey from Spreadsheets to Enterprise Data Marts - #15NTCdatasmart MR 7Daniel Freed • Welles Hatch • Kary Kalapanda • Vitaly Shusterov Igniting a Culture of Tech Innovation - #15NTCtechculture MR 9CEmily Lonigro Boylan • Yee Won Chong Tech Volunteerism Triumphs and Challenges - #15NTCtechvol Ballroom BJuanita Budd • David Forrester • Charlie Gagen • James Rooney Social Media as an Equalizer- Using Technology to Provide a Platform for the Marginalized Voices - #15NTCequalizer MR 9BAndrea Berry • Aaron Bramley • Erick H. • Rene Swink

10:30am CST

Essential Website Trends for 2015 - #15NTCwebtrends MR 5AKevin Walsh Navigating the World of e-Learning - #15NTCelearn MR 8BAmy Haggarty • Londell Jackson If You Are Not Here, Raise Your Hand: Demographic Data Collection Implications and Opportunities - #15NTChandraise MR 10AIvan Boothe • Yee Won Chong • Lisa Jervis Test for the Rest! Making a Priority of Accessibility - #15NTCtest4therest MR 8ADan Mouyard Crafting IT Policy to Improve Security and Manage BYOD - #15NTCbyod MR 10BPeter Campbell • Johan Hammerstrom Sex, Lies, and the Internet - #15NTConlineharass Ballroom BSarah Barnett • Allyson Kapin • Shireen Mitchell • Rinku Sen

1:30pm CST

How to Perform a Strategic Technology Assessment for Your Nonprofit - #15NTCnpstrategy MR 4ABCLisa Rau Adoption Shouldn't be an Afterthought: Making Sure Your Organization Actually Uses the Technology You Implement - #15NTCtechadopt MR 10BAustin Buchan • Tucker MacLean • Kevin Peralta • Norman Reiss Changing The Tires While Driving The Car: Leading in Times of Change - #15NTCleadchange MR 10CLisa Colton • Cindy Johanson • Gina Schmeling Make It So: The Challenge of Making Your CEO's Visions an IT Reality - #15NTCceovisions MR 10AKaren Addams • Joseph La Belle • Richard La Belle • Debra Tucker When Millennials Take Over: How to Prepare Your Nonprofit for the Future of Business - #15NTCmillennial Ballroom CMaddie Grant • Jamie Notter Rural Tech: Strategies to Support Nonprofits in Rural Communities with Technology Adoption - #15NTCruraltech MR 8BSilvia Paz • Mike Rubio • Tatiana Vizcaino-Stewart