Date: Saturday, August 14 Time: 9:00 am – 4:00pm Location: SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street Cost: By donation! Attention Social Change geeks! You are invited to join us at Vancouver’s first NetSquared Camp. What’s that? It’s an unconference bringing together nonprofits, activists and social entrepreneurs with their friends and allies in the world…

Hi Campers! We’re less than 2 weeks away from Vancouver ChangeCamp. Don’t have tix yet? Your problem’s solved at http://vanchangecamp.eventbrite.com/ Here’s what you should know: The province of BC just joined us as a sponsor. That means LUNCH IS NOW INCLUDED with your ticket. ChangeCamp is a no-barrier event. Can’t afford to go? Don’t want…

Image via Wikipedia Nonprofits have a strained relationship with government. It seems like we’re always yelling at them to open up their data. “Release the fisheries report!” “Publish the grizzly mortality counts!” Wouldn’t it be great if nonprofits, community activists, policy wonks and government all got into a room and discussed our differences? What if…

RSVP now on Meetup or Facebook Last month Net Tuesday focused on event-based fundraising. But some of you were even more curious about the process of creating an event. And so, because I’m here to help you scratch your itches, the June Net Tuesday will feature a how-to on creating successful local events. Also featuring:…

Yahoo! Last week’s Net Tuesday event was everything I could have hoped for. It’s been almost a year since I took over Vancouver’s Net Tuesday meetup from Joe Solomon and I’m thrilled with the evolution of the event. There’s now a strong presence from local nonprofits every month, and because the events have become less…

Update: June 27 Causes offers some back-story on the situation: CanadaHelps’ donation processor, Chase Payment Tech, contacted Causes and insisted that we drastically alter our security standards as they relate to the processing of donations.  We are working to find a way to meet these standards without adversely affecting users’ experience or undermining Causes’ ability…

It’s good to have a hobby. Even if your hobby is something weird, like organizing conferences. So I’m proud to present the second of this summer’s keep-Eli-out-of-trouble projects: Vancouver Change Camp 2010 Date: Saturday, June 12 Location: W2 Storyeum Early-bird tickets are available now for just $15 (until May 15)! How you can get involved:…

Hi everybody! My name’s Eli and you may know me from Net Tuesday Vancouver. Today I don’t have an announcement. Announcements have details, and I don’t have details yet. But I do have a statement of intent. And an invitation. This summer I will be hosting a NetSquared Camp in Vancouver. And I want you…

May’s Net Tuesday has been scheduled, with a focus on event-based and friend-asking-friend fundraising. RSVP now Meetup Facebook The event will be anchored by Sarah Hall, Online Giving Specialist at the Canadian Cancer Society. She’ll share some case studies and best practices. But wait, there’s more: a quick survey of entry-level online tools for friend-asking-friend…

My parents have a hell of a time explaining to their friends just what it is I do at work. And who can blame them, since it’s a bit jack-of-all-trades-y. And so, for their edification, I present a summary of a recent project. ==== Subtitling videos used to be VERY time consuming. It would take…