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hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000142.php Next month I'm heading home to Toronto to participate in Social Tech Training, a three-day, hands-on, Web 2.0-oriented learning intensive for people working in the social change sector, presented by members of the Web of Change community in partnership... 142@http://importantprojects.com/ Conferences 2008-05-05T10:12:20+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000141.php Last year when I was finishing up my work with Greenpeace UK and about to begin development with Amnesty International I thought "Hey, I should really introduce the Greenpeace UK web team to the Amnesty web team — they're... 141@http://importantprojects.com/ Friends & Allies 2008-04-29T14:23:36+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000140.php Last month when I was in New Orleans for 08NTC I got a call from Enable Interactive in Bristol asking if I wanted to co-pitch with them on a very large CMS/CRM project for Concern Worldwide. We talked about... 140@http://importantprojects.com/ Projects 2008-04-19T11:01:13+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000139.php Thanks, everybody :) Cake recipe. Icing recipe. Party details. anniversary, birthday, importantprojects, nptech, projectmanagement, softwaredevelopment... 139@http://importantprojects.com/ General 2008-03-26T09:15:50+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000138.php Photo by itzpapalotl, January 2008 I want to quickly plug the second installment of Managing Nonprofit Technology Projects, the Aspiration/Idealware-organised event I attended in New York a couple of months ago (and thoroughly enjoyed). Having just been at 08NTC... 138@http://importantprojects.com/ Conferences 2008-03-25T14:05:53+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000136.php Next week I'm heading to New Orleans! I've been invited to present at NTC 2008 so I'm making the long haul and staying for just under a week. I've invited Jenn Sramek of CivicActions to co-present with me —... 136@http://importantprojects.com/ Conferences 2008-03-12T17:40:26+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000135.php 135@http://importantprojects.com/ Friends & Allies 2008-03-10T12:09:45+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000134.php Today I'm heading to New York City to attend Managing Nonprofit Technology Projects, a sold-out, first-of-its-kind, two-day not-for-profit technology project management conference hosted by Aspiration and Idealware. Needless to say I am psyched — I've wanted to participate in a... 134@http://importantprojects.com/ Conferences 2008-01-09T11:09:49+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000133.php Happy International Human Rights Day! One year to go until we reach the 60th anniversary of the UDHR. As Irene Khan lays out in today's address to the Elders in Johannesburg, we've made significant progress over the last six decades,... 133@http://importantprojects.com/ General 2007-12-10T21:19:09+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000132.php I'm exhausted and can't really express what I'm feeling at the moment, but we're live — the International Secretariat of Amnesty International has re-launched its new, completely re-architected, W3C Web Content Accessibility-compliant, data protection law and privacy legislation-compliant, multi-lingual... 132@http://importantprojects.com/ Projects 2007-12-09T23:00:28+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000131.php A couple weeks back I got to speak with Laura S. Quinn of idealware (w00t!) about an article she was writing for the good people at TechSoup called Six Views of Project Management Software (and thanks, Heather Gardner-Madras, for... 131@http://importantprojects.com/ Friends & Allies 2007-11-07T10:04:23+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000130.php Today is both International Project Management day and World Vegan day! Happy days! Not sure why International Project Management day has moved (last year it was November 2) but wow — what a combination of important events if you ask... 130@http://importantprojects.com/ General 2007-11-01T07:33:11+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000128.php I think this is my what — fourth post on Project IMPACT since I started working on it back in January? It's been such an intense and challenging project I simply haven't had time to blog about it properly... 128@http://importantprojects.com/ Projects 2007-10-18T19:18:06+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000127.php Photo by gokubi, September 2006 Tomorrow I'm heading to Vancouver for the 7th annual Web of Change conference. I've been twice before — once in 2004 and then again in 2005. Totally excited to go back :) This year... 127@http://importantprojects.com/ Conferences 2007-09-16T18:49:04+00:00 http://importantprojects.com/archives/000126.php Next week I get to present at SANGONeT's third annual "ICTs for Civil Society" conference in Johannesburg, South Africa! I was scheduled to be in Johannesburg to deliver my Project Management for NGOs training for the African members of... 126@http://importantprojects.com/ Conferences 2007-07-13T17:21:26+00:00