Vote for Our Sessions: 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference

It's that time again. Folks are getting excited about next year's Nonprofit Technology Conference in Atlanta. Last year, Forum One brought you great panels in user experience, data visualization, digital storytelling, and who could forget: Iron Chef! This year, we have nominated a number of great new sessions. But they won't get selected unless people score them highly. Voting ends this Friday, October 16, so time is short. Our list of proposed panels is below. We'd love to hear what you think, and of course, we'd appreciate your vote! Voting is easy and doesn't require registration. You just click the stars to vote. It will take you just a few minutes.

Creating a Culture of Storytelling We know that storytelling is the most powerful way to get your organization's message out there, heard and remembered. We know that compelling stories inspire action and change. But how do you get your organization to commit to storytelling? In this session -- a continuation of last year's "Better Online Storytelling" panel -- we'll explore successful, specific techniques to get your organization started finding and telling its best stories. From stories to emails, blogs to social media, you can create a culture of storytelling. Level: Intermediate. Leads: Roger Burks and Michaela Hackner. Vote for "Culture of Storytelling" now!

Storytelling Techniques in Practice This session will be the culmination of a webinar series leading up to the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference. During the session, participants from the webinar will share their experiences in getting buy-in from their organizations, collecting stories, packaging them and sharing them with the world. These participants will read their stories to the group, share lessons learned and solicit feedback. We will also name the winner of the webinar series storytelling contest. Level: Beginner. Lead: Michaela Hackner and Roger Burks. Vote for "Storytelling Techniques in Practice" now!

Do You Want Fries With That?: Adding Value to User Experience Users' priorities aren't always our priorities. They come to our sites looking to "buy" one thing when we wish to "sell" them something else. How can we serve their needs while also engaging users with our missions? How can we create online products and services that will keep our constituents -- whether advocates, donors, or members -- coming to our site again and again? Level: Intermediate. Lead: Sophie Campagne. Vote for "Do You Want Fries With That" now!

Big Things in Small Packages Once again, your organization faces a short deadline and needs to come up with an application or campaign in record time. How can you do it? And more importantly, how can you do it well? We'll hear from several web managers who deployed a web site, internet application or interactive campaign in a few weeks from start to finish. Level: Intermediate. Lead: Michaela Hackner. Vote for "Big Things In Small Packages" now!

Set Your Data Free: How to Let OTHERS use YOUR data to make an impact Data is sexy again, and setting it free with open API's, feeds, and open standards is transforming the way other people can use your data to help you make progress on your mission. This session will look at nonprofits that have choosen to let set their data free on the web, how they did it, and how it's helping their mission. Level: Intermediate. Lead: Kurt Voelker. Vote for "Set Your Data Free" now!

Online Community: Real World Lessons for Supporting Meaningful Constituent Engagement Online To build or not to build (your own community features)? That is the question. When it comes to building engagement about your issue online, we all know that interaction and community matter. But how do you balance between building community on your site, and throughout the social web? What online community tactics work best? And most importantly, how have others tackled this problem and succeeded. Level: Intermediate. Lead: Kurt Voelker. Vote for "Real World Lessons" now!