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MAGNET is a membership organization for young professionals in the greater Madison area. We are dedicated to attracting, cultivating and retaining the brightest and most talented YP's in the nation. Mission: MAGNET will attract and retain talent to the greater Madison area by understanding and addressing the needs of the next generation of leaders. MAGNET will address these needs by providing professional development, civic involvement, public policy, and social and cultural opportunities target at people in their 20s and 30s and early 40s in order to increase their involvement in, connections to, and commitments to each other and the community at large. Vision: MAGNET will make greater Madison a more vibrant, diverse, inclusive and productive community by attracting and retaining a wealth of talent that chooses to settle here and contribute to the regions’ economic, civic, social, and public policy futures.
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Sector67: Technology for Nonprofits & Community

August 6, 2011 - 7:50am | by allgood2
Technology for Nonprofits & Communities is Madison Nonprofit Day's first effort to present a full schedule of technology and technology related topics that are accessible to and enhance both the nonprofits and the community. The workshops hopefully appeal to a wide range of individuals from nonprofit staff and volunteers to social entrepreneurs, accidental techies, students, and the community. Madison Nonprofit Day joined with Sector67 to create a community friendly, technology education day. The workshops are all ages, so bring your children and teens along.
Date
August 11, 2011 - 1:00pm - 7:00pm

Location

Sector67
2100 Winnebago Street
Madison, WI 53704
See map: Google Maps
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Nonprofits and Section 508: Is Your Website Accessible?

July 30, 2010 - 8:57am | by allgood2
In this workshop we will discuss what it means to be an accessible website, what the government mandates (and for whom), what kinds of questions you should be asking your developers to make sure you are accessible, how to move beyond government mandates and what the future holds for accessibility. This workshop is appropriate for the non-technical, but the presenter can answer very technical questions as well. This workshop is one of the Madison Nonprofit Day Technology series. Presented by Greg Tarnoff at the Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa Street, at 1pm.
Date
August 5, 2010 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Location

Goodman Community Center
149 Waubesa St
Madison, WI 53704
See map: Google Maps
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Top 10 Ways to Use Social Media

July 30, 2010 - 8:53am | by allgood2
Instead of the usual rhetoric and theory about the benefits of using social media, hear real-world, practical ways to put social media to work for your non-profit. We’ll skip the jargon and million-dollar corporate case studies to show ways in which non-profits can quickly and easily use social media tools to spread the word, raise funds, recruit members and achieve change.

This Madison Nonprofit Day Technology Workshop presented by Tony Arnett, eMarketing Manager, CUNA Mutual Group at 10:00 AM at Goodman Community Center (Length: 1hr).
Date
August 5, 2010 - 10:00am

Location

Goodman Community Center
149 Waubesa St
Madison, WI 53704
See map: Google Maps
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Building Your Website with ExpressionEngine 2.0

July 30, 2010 - 8:46am | by allgood2
Nonprofits need a website for a number of reasons, including: for presence, information distribution, communication, connection with a wider, broader audience, to create an organizational brand, and more. While the debate on “whether or not your nonprofit needs a website has been settled and filed, the debate on which content management system (CMS) is still wide open. There are a multitude of content management systems (CMS), all offering various benefits for you and your organization. This presentation will discuss ExpressionEngine as one of the many CMSs for you to choose from. It will offer a brief comparison to WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal; tips and techniques on choosing a web developer, future proofing your website, and more. This Madison Nonprofit Day workshop is presented by Ben Seigel, exp designs. Ben runs the Madison Web Design & Development Meetup.
Date
August 5, 2010 - 10:00am

Location

Goodman Community Center
149 Waubesa St
Madison, WI 53704
See map: Google Maps
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April MadLUG Presentation: Lightning Talks!

February 14, 2010 - 6:23pm | by douglasawh
The April MadLUG presentation was postponed due to it falling on Easter Sunday. It has been rescheduled to Sunday, April 18 and the topic will be MadLUG Lightning Talks. The finalized schedule is listed below.

Time: 1:00 – Sunday, April 18
Place: UW Computer Science Building
1210 West Dayton Street – Room 2310

Join us for a whirlwind series of 10 minute mini talks that span a variety topics. This is an excellent way to get some quick exposure to technical and non-technical issues that you may not have had time to explore yet. A short Q & A will follow each presentation.

Drop in for one, or stay for the entire series.

Times & Topics

1:00 Open Source Community Tools - LaunchPad, BugZilla and IRC (Doug Whitfield)
1:20 Minimal Ubuntu (Sam Gardner)
1:40 Version Control Systems (Doug "SuperDuG" Smith)
2:00 Open Data - Philosophy (Alnisa Allgood)
Date
April 18, 2010 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Location

UW Comp Sci building
1210 West Dayton Street – Room 2310
Madison, WI 53703
See map: Google Maps
Details
Contact Organizer: 
info@madisonmagnet.org
Links
Official Website: 
http://www.madisonmagnet.org/
Official Website: 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Madison-MAGNET/93771807484
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