The Digital Nonprofit – a project of TechSoup Connect Canada

I’m a big supporter of the work of OpenMedia.ca. You may know them from their very successful Stop the Meter campaign earlier this year, or the most recent Stop Spying project. They’re part of a film screening this Thursday, and while I’ll be out of town, I encourage you to attend if you’re in Vancouver.

Monthly donors to OpenMedia (like me!) get in free.  Hint hint!

-Eli

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Is our Digital Future In Jeopardy?
Check out the Vancouver premiere screening of “Article 12: Waking Up in a Surveillance Society”

As you probably know, the government is about to ram through legislation that will force every phone and Internet provider to surrender our personal information to “authorities” without a warrant. (details of this situation can be found at:http://stopspying.ca/). Join us in watching this new documentary about the state of invasive and expensive digital surveillance and stick around to talk about the pressing Canadian context with a panel of experts.

MORE DETAILS: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127118750720442

DISCOUNTED ONLINE TICKETS: http://mddarticle12screening.eventbrite.com/

*Entry is FREE for OpenMedia.ca monthly donors. If you haven’t joined yet you can do so here: http://openmedia.ca/sustainer

//Q&A PANEL EXPERTS//

• Micheal VonnBC Civil Liberties Association
• Vincent GogolekExecutive Director, BC Freedom of information and Privacy
• Kate Milberryfounder of Geeks and Global Justice (geeksandglobaljustice.com/)
• Dr. Michael MarkwickSchool of Communication, SFU

*Stop online spying in Canada by signing the petition at http://stopspying.ca/

//SPONSORS + Partners//

• OPENMEDIA.CA
• W2 Community Media Arts Society
• MEDIA Democracy Day Vancouver
• GEN WHY
• rabble.ca
• OpenFile Vancouver
• The Tyee
• JUNCO Films
DOXA International Film Fest

Check out this cool event put on by the UN Association and Schema Magazine.

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How does ethnicity shape the stories we tell about our city and ourselves?

Do you think media plays a role in creating a more inclusive Vancouver? 

Where:

Vancouver Public Library
Alice MacKay Room, Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.

When: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

RSVP: http://meinmedia.eventbrite.com/

Join media makers and educators as we re-imagine Vancouver as a more inclusive city and challenge dominant stereotypes through the use of media. Speakers from diverse backgrounds will share their experiences working within, critiquing and even challenging how ethnicity is covered in Vancouver’s media landscape. They will explore the question “How can media be used to create a more inclusive Vancouver?” Speakers include:

• Stuart Poyntz, Assistant Professor at the SFU School of Communication;
• Shima Ghailan, UNA-Canada M&M intern with Media Democracy Day;
• Riaz Meghji, co-host Breakfast Television, CityTV;
• Sid Tan, Communications and Media Producer, W2 Board of Directors and chair,
  Chinese Canadian National Council

After the presentations, moderator Jennifer Chen will host a Q&A session, inviting questions from the audience. Chen is an associate producer at CBC Radio and co-founder of the Asian Canadian Journalists Association (ACJA) of Vancouver. The ACJA is an organisation devoted to fostering a community of journalists who share ideas about how to better represent and cover diverse culturesin local newsrooms and news organisations.

The blog’s been dead recently, but I’m not dead yet.

Here’s a quick summary of my work life over the last six months:

The day gig

I’m the Creative Services lead at the David Suzuki Foundation. Shockingly (to me) I’ve been at the Foundation for over 4 years now. Who knew that I’d settle down? I guess I’m not immune to being in my 30s.

Events

I’ve been working as a consultant to Constructive Public Engagement. We’ve done two events:

• Greenest City Camp
• Design Thinking unconference

It’s great to organize events and run around with an army of volunteers again. It makes me nostalgic for my years at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival.

Public speaking

Now that I’m old and wise and have done some stuff I’m being asked to do some public speaking. Some recent gigs include:

• Social Media Marketing Unplugged in Vancouver and Calgary
• guest lecturing for BCIT’s Essentials of Fundraising

I’ll also be leading a workshop on word-of-mouth marketing using social media at the IMPACT! Youth Conference for Sustainability Leadership (a mouthful!) in Guelph this September.

Volunteering

I’ve been the organizer of Vancouver’s Net Tuesday for the last two years. Yowza! This monthly meetup connects nonprofits with their allies in technology and marketing.

I’m also exercising my Salesforce and fundraising muscles by volunteering with OpenMedia.ca and recently helped the Vancouver AFP chapter by facilitating a session to help focus their social media strategy.

In summary: fun!