Hi folks!

Summer is coming soon. I promise! But before you leave for holidays learn a bit with us at our free or by-donation events!

UPCOMING NET2VAN EVENTS

The Canadian Anti-Spam Act: What you need to know before July 1

When: Monday, April 28. 2:00 – 4:30 PM.
RSVP: http://goo.gl/E9bxRP

A two hour workshop on what you need to know before the new Canadian Anti-Spam Act goes into effect July 1 2014. Learn how mass emails could, should or are supposed to work under the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation.

Connecting Your Community Through the Art of Crowdsourcing

When: Tuesday, April 29.
RSVP: http://goo.gl/mOa35O

Online Community Manager Theodora Lamb and Creative Digital Strategist Samantha Langdorf will demonstrate how important it is to engage your online communities through crowdsourcing and how drawing out the artistic talents of your community members can help build momentum around your organizations’ mission or cause work.

The Digital Nonprofit: Net2van’s Annual Conference

When: Friday, May 9
RSVP: http://www.picatic.com/the-digital-nonprofit

Join leaders from the nonprofit and technology sectors who will show you how to move beyond reactive tactics to thoughtful strategy. Just 15 tickets left!

A Digital Currencies 101 for the Social Sector

When: Tuesday, June 10
RSVP: http://goo.gl/H3395M

Decentralized digital currencies such as bitcoin and litecoin are a disruptive technology that are re-shaping the international financial sector. This session will introduce this technology and explore how the non-profit and social sector should approach incorporating it into their day to day activities.

UPCOMING EVENTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY Friends

Web of Change Vancouver Information Meetup (and Reunion)

When: Wednesday, April 23
RSVP: http://goo.gl/xpkiw5

If you are working in online organizing for social change but have never been to the Web of Change conference, this is your year. Find out more about this remarkable conference from friendly alumni.

Spring into Blackbaud

When: Tuesday, May 6
RSVP: http://goo.gl/RFAfa6

A full day of Raiser’s Edge professional development, as we partner with special out of town guests to deliver content you’ve been asking for. Blackbaud is kindly sending a team of training specialists to Vancouver.

Vancouver Timeraiser

When: Thursday, May 8
RSVP: http://goo.gl/6XppMB

CanRoots

When: May 23 and 24
RSVP: http://goo.gl/vEWXD5

CanRoots is an exciting new opportunity for progressive activists and organizers to gather, share stories, learn from one another and strategize on advancing our common goals for progressive policies.

The Crisis Conscious Community Manager

When: Wednesday, June 11
RSVP: http://goo.gl/AxLbsc

Every community or communications manager’s worst nightmare: The constant ping of notifications swiftly followed by phone calls at an otherwise quiet time. The next moments are critical and chaotic. Do you have your crisis survival kit ready to launch? In this afternoon workshop, we’ll simulate real scenarios, putting your social marketing and communications teams to the ultimate test: staying poised and in controlled in the face of a critical situation.

Community Manager CampAway

When: June 25 – 27
RSVP: http://goo.gl/JCDcbD

Unroll your sleeping bag and prep your smores’. Invoke Labs is hosting a 2 day CampAway along with our friendly community managing “camp counsellors” at the Cheakamus Centre (North Vancouver Outdoor School) in Brackendale, BC.

Sit around the campfire, roam through the woods, and confer in the clubhouse. It’s where you can let it all out, take it all in, learn and bond with community builders and managers from across industries, near and far. We’ll share best practices, and swap tales of overcoming adversity. And don’t worry, there are beds, flush toilets, showers, and hot meals provided…and did we mention the libations?

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That’s it for now. See you soon!