Ohio Organizers Summit:
Training Technology-Enabled Leaders
Monday, July 28
Columbus, OH -- The Ohio State University's Fawcett Center
The Summit will kick off with breakfast on Monday at 8:30am, and will run from 9:00am-5:00pm
How to Register for the Summit
Registration and prices are based on your organization affiliation. Please register or apply in appropriate form listed below:
If you have any questions about how to apply or register for the Summit, please email Heather Cronk (heather@neworganizing.com). Learn more about the full Summit Schedule here.
What to Expect at the Summit:
At the Summit, we will connect, train and engage nonprofit staff and other activists on both traditional and new techniques and technologies. This Summit will help to incorporate youth organizing groups into other civic engagement work, build a leadership pipeline within each state and region, and further build relationships among organizations and individuals.
This summit will build on a core set of skills that are fundamental for those working in the nonprofit sector in a new, more technology-focused world, including:
Online and Communications
The internet is creating new opportunities for communications and organizing work. Online organizing, communications and the new media ecosystem can create new avenues for reaching audiences, amplifying message, raising money online, working with coalition partners and recruiting activists. This track provide participants with practical and comprehensive look at what is available, how these new techniques and tools work, and finding strategic moments for their use.
Field and Data
Technology, infrastructure, analytics and data sources have provided new ways of doing traditional field work and program evaluation. When used well, these tools can make field and targeting work more efficient, effective and enhance existing program operations, contacts, and communications. Participants in these sessions will learn from experienced practitioners how to use these new tools to build and enhance programs, find supporters, and evaluate program work.
Executive Directors
Technology and the internet have created new opportunities and new challenges for organizations and campaigns. The Executive Director track is for EDs and other senior management staff of organizations who want to learn how all aspects of their organization can use these new tools and techniques to make the program work and internal communications. Additionally, we will discuss solutions to handling the proliferation of new technology and finding technology-enabled staff which has created new management challenges.
Workshops and sessions will focus on developing skills in the following areas:
- Online Organizing, Communications, and New Media
- Field Technology and Technique
- Evaluation and Testing: How, When, and Why
- Using the Voter Activation Network
- Recognizing "Moments" for Strategic Online Organizing
- Effective Email Writing and Campaign Design
- Working with Blogs and Bloggers
- Online Fundraising
- Using Video for Online Organizing
There will also be tremendous networking opportunities during the Summit to help develop relationships among other organizers in your state.
