Welcome to NCTech4Good

Productivity: Doing More With Less is the theme of the third annual NCTech4Good Conference to be held on Friday, May 4, 2012, at The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education in Chapel Hill, NC. Click here to register.

This conference provides an opportunity for people from across North Carolina to come together and share knowledge about technologies that can advance the mission of their nonprofit organizations. The conference will have scheduled presentations by leaders in the nonprofit technology sector in addition to participant-organized sessions on additional topics of their choosing. The conference concludes with a reception with complimentary beer and wine and a drawing for prizes.

Bring your technology questions, challenges, issues and concerns to see if others would like to join you to discuss them or come prepared to pitch a session in your area of expertise. Select sessions you want to attend before coming to the conference, but keep your mind open to last-minute offerings.

While the conference is designed for folks from North Carolina, participants from neighboring areas and other parts of the country are welcome. Activities are planned to help out-of-towners get acquainted the evening before the conference. See Travel for details.

Testimonials and Comments from 2011

Learning about, and seeing live some of the truly powerful tools available, and seeing what others are doing with them to make a difference. Met some great folks too. Thank-you for making it great. -- Nancy Starr

I really enjoyed the lecture on what Non profits can learn from entrepreneurs & the introduction to Salesforce, I found these two to be very informative, useful, and made me feel like I got my monies worth. -- Lyndsay Brown

Very thoughtful composition of breakout session options for each time slot. The variety of topical coverage was very good. I enjoyed every speaker and every session that I attended. -- Patrick Carroll

Things you should know

1. Be sure you park in the right parking lot. The first parking lot (on the right as you come in Friday Center Drive) is reserved staff/student parking — don't park there. Go a little further; you'll see the Friday Center. Take the first right after you pass the building. Parking is on the left. Parking map
2. Meeting rooms can vary in temperature. You might want a sweater.
3. Be sure to visit the exhibits. The sponsors allow us to keep registration fees low, and they want to show you the services they offer for nonprofits.
4. If you post about the conference in your blog, send tweets, post photos or video, please use the tag "nct4g".
5. For the reception, we'll have complimentary beer, wine, punch, some cheeses, and fruit with dip. Let's not have any cheese/fruit leftovers. The Friday Center closes at 7pm.
6. You can continue conversations at a local restaurant. See the conference travel page
7. There are directions to the Friday Center, information about hotels, and other information for travelers on the conference travel page.
8. Bring business cards. You're going to meet a lot of interesting people. And you'll want business cards for the drawing — we'll have some treasures to give away.

About NCTech4Good

NCTech4Good is the regional network for sharing knowledge about technologies that can advance the mission of nonprofit organizations. This sharing occurs during monthly meetings on the third Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8:30 PM, usually at United Way of the Greater Triangle and the annual conference. Join the group at the Meetup site.

NCTech4Good is supported locally by N.C. Center for Nonprofits, United Way of the Greater Triangle, and Public Information Network, Inc (also known as RTPnet). It is also supported by NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network and NetSquared. NCTech4Good is a NetSquared Local group and an NTEN 501 Tech Club.