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Have you been looking for new and creative ways to improve your community and the lives of those around you? Interested in finding your next big social good challenge? We’ve pulled together some great conferences, meet ups, webinars and events to add to your calendar this year. Don't see an event that you think other Social Citizens will want to know about? Simply enter the details below to add your event post to this list or  about it directly!

07 May
Ideation Conference

!deation may be back in 2013 with a goal of creating a rich learning and sharing experience. The goal is inspiration, encouragement and new explorations for participants.

Type:Conference
Date: May 07, 2013 to May 09, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
United States
15 May
Connecting Up Australia

With the theme of navigating not-for-profits in the new world, Connecting Up Australia will guide not-for-profits through new tools and ideas in the world of technology, social media and digital marketing to help them continue to innovate. The conference is an opportunity for not-for-profits to learn from inspiring international and local speakers, to engage and share with other delegates and walk away with new insights to prepare their organization for the new world and take their not-for-profit to the next level.

Date: May 15, 2013 to May 17, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Sydney
Australia
19 May
Social Enterprise Alliance

Social Enterprise Alliance aims for social enterprise to reach its full potential as a force for positive social change, in service to the common good. To achieve this purpose, they provide social enterprises with the tools and resources they need to succeed and work on building an optimal environment.

Date: May 19, 2013 to May 22, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Minneapolis, MN
United States
20 May
Impact Investing in Action

Impact Investing in Action is a new kind of conference designed to support the flow of capital to early-stage companies creating change in the world. IIA’13 was launched to connect entrepreneurs with impact investors. Come meet outstanding, investment-ready companies using the market the solve social problems, learn about new investment vehicles to make it easier than ever to invest, and build relationships with some of the most inspiring and dynamic change makers you will ever meet.

Date: May 20, 2013 to May 23, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Washington, DC
United States
20 May
Pursuing Results: Effective Foundation Practices

CEP’s biennial conferences provide philanthropic leaders with resources to maximize their effectiveness.

Type:Conference
Date: May 20, 2013 to May 21, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Detroit, MI
United States
29 May
Alliance for Community Media

The Alliance for Community Media is where progressive media makers come together to learn and collaborate. This year’s theme is “Collaborate.” The conference focus will support the growth of business opportunities for community media center

Date: May 29, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM
Location:
Westin St. Francis on Union Square San Francisco, CA
United States
29 May
Cause Marketing Forum

Cause Marketing Forum was founded in 2002 with the goal of increasing the number of successful company/cause alliances by providing business and nonprofit executives with the practical information and connections they need to succeed.

Type:Other
Date: May 29, 2013 to May 30, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Chicago, IL
United States
03 Jun
Sustainable Brands

Sustainable Brands is an international community of learning and action focused on understanding and leveraging the role of brands in shaping a flourishing future. The gathering is ground zero for sustainability, brand and innovation professionals who come together from around the world to be inspired, engaged and equipped to succeed by building the better brands of tomorrow, while building a network of like-minded colleagues who can help.

Type:Other
Date: June 03, 2013 to June 06, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
San', CA
United States
03 Jun
EmMeCon: Emerging Media Conference

The Emerging Media Conference welcomes attendees with an opportunity to view and experience the latest in technology advances and upcoming product roll-outs. Included in this program are demonstrations, presentations and discussions led by some of the most connected and recognized experts in the industry.

Type:Conference
Date: June 03, 2013 to June 06, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Marriott Pioneer Square Seattle, WA
United States
04 Jun
NMC Summer Conference

The NMC Summer Conference is a one-of-a-kind event, attracting an audience of hundreds of highly skilled professionals interested in the integration of emerging technologies into teaching, learning and creative inquiry.

Type:Conference
Date: June 04, 2013 to June 07, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Hilton Head, SC
United States
04 Jun
NMC Summer Conference

The NMC Summer Conference is a one-of-a-kind event, attracting an audience of hundreds of highly skilled professionals interested in the integration of emerging technologies into teaching, learning and creative inquiry.

Type:Conference
Date: June 04, 2013 to June 07, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Hilton Head, SC
United States
05 Jun
Fundraising Day

The Association of Fundraising Professionals is the professional association for individuals responsible for generating philanthropic support for a wide variety of charitable organizations. In the annual event, the association advances philanthropy in society by enabling people and organizations to practice effective and ethical fundraising.

Date: June 05, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM
Location:
Metro Toronto Convention Center Toronto
Canada
05 Jun
Social Change Institute

At the Social Change Institute, you’ll gain insight into the latest movement and organizing strategies, online tools, campaigns and leadership practices while immersed in the stunning natural setting of Canada’s leading educational retreat center: Hollyhock. This is your chance to break away from the daily pressures of work and life. To think big, focus your intensions, sharpen your skills and make life-long connections.

Type:Other
Date: June 05, 2013 to June 09, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Hollyhock, BC
Canada
06 Jun
Personal Democracy Forum

Personal Democracy Forum is the world’s leading conference exploring and analyzing technology’s impact on politics and government. Join hundreds of individuals interested in how technology is changing politics, governance and society.

Type:Conference
Date: June 06, 2013 to June 07, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
New York, NY
United States
06 Jun
NCTech4Good

This conference is designed to serve nonprofit professionals, volunteers and consultants, as well as small business owners. The conference focuses on technologies in areas such as fundraising, social media and communication and advocacy tools, offering both pre-selected presentations and workshops and spontaneous sessions.

Type:Conference
Date: June 06, 2013 to June 07, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education Chapel Hill, NC
United States
10 Jun
North by Northeast

Now in its 19th year, North by Northeast has become the Canadian festival destination for emerging artists and major-label headliners, for music filmmakers and for digital interactive innovators bridging the gap between technology and the arts. Seen as the most anticipated summer music event in Canada, NXNE Music, NXNE Film and NXNE Interactive are an essential gathering for artists, industry and fans.

Type:Other
Date: June 10, 2013 to June 16, 2013
Time: 9:15 AM to 10:15 PM
Location:
Toronto
Canada
13 Jun
Tallberg Forum

The Tällberg Forum is an arena for reflection, conversations and the search for creative solutions, integrating both nature and the arts, where people feel free to step outside of their professional identity, to share doubts and new ideas and to search for ways forward outside of established frameworks. It acts to stimulate the conversation on, and design solutions to, the problems of our times in order to foster new thinking and solutions.

Type:Other
Date: June 13, 2013 to June 15, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Tallberg
Sweden
18 Jun
Scaling Impact

Social Impact Exchange’s Scaling Impact conference focuses on building a philanthropic capital marketplace that can consistently finance the scaling of effective social solutions. The event brings together more than 400 nonprofits, foundations, individual philanthropists and nonprofit advisers to share best practices and knowledge for creating sustainable social solutions.

Date: June 18, 2013 to June 20, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
New York, NY
United States
19 Jun
National Conference on Volunteering and Service

This National Conference on Volunteering and Service provides attendees an opportunity to learn, connect and be inspired through a wide range of exciting and informative plenary sessions, workshops, immersion learnings, special events, service projects, exhibits, specialized tracks and more.

Date: June 19, 2013 to June 22, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Washington, DC
United States
20 Jun
Netroots Nation

Netroots Nation amplifies progressive voices by providing an online and in-person campus for exchanging ideas and learning how to be more effective in using technology to influence the public debate. At the annual convention, participants strengthen the community, inspire action and serve as an incubator for ideas that challenge the status quo and ultimately affect change in the public sphere.

Date: June 20, 2013 to June 23, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
San Jose, CA
United States
20 Jun
Allied Media

The Allied Media Conference cultivates strategies for a more just and creative world. We come together to share tools and tactics for transforming our communities through media-based organizing.

Date: June 20, 2013 to June 23, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Detroit, MI
United States
22 Jun
Indie Web Camp

Indie Web Camp is a regular gathering of web creators building and sharing open Web technologies to advance the state of the independent Web and empower users to own their own identities and content on the Web. Participants get together for a weekend to talk about what has been done in the field, what still needs to be done and then spend a day hacking and creating.

Type:Other
Date: June 22, 2013 to June 23, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Portland, OR
United States
26 Jun
Aspen Ideas Festival

The Aspen Ideas Festival will gather some of the most interesting thinkers and leaders from around the U.S. and abroad to discuss their work, the issues that inspire them and their ideas. Presented by the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, the festival is dedicated to dialogue and exchange and in its commitment to bringing ideas to the public at large.

Type:Other
Date: June 26, 2013 to July 02, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Aspen, CO
United States
26 Jun
Net Change Week

Net Change Week is Canada’s premier event on social tech for social change. The weeklong series of events features training workshops, evening programming with guest speakers, lab sessions and plenty of opportunity for networking. No details yet on the 2013 gathering.

Date: June 26, 2013 to June 28, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Toronto
Canada
01 Jul
International Development Design Summit

The International Development Design Summit is an intense, hands-on design experience that brings together people from all over the world and all walks of life to create technologies and enterprises that improve the lives of people living in poverty. Exact date & time TBD.

Date: July 01, 2013
Time: 9:30 AM
Location:
Zambia
14 Jul
Community Leadership Summit

The Community Leadership Summit is the meeting place for community managers and leaders from all around the world. The event pulls together the leading minds in community management, relations and online collaboration to discuss, debate and continue to refine the art of building an effective and capable community.

Date: July 14, 2013 to July 15, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Portland, OR
United States
15 Jul
Project SEARCH

Project SEARCH is dedicated to providing education and training to young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through an innovative workforce and career development model that benefits the individual,workplace and community.

Date: July 15, 2013 to July 19, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Austin, TX
United States
22 Jul
OSCON

OSCON is the gathering place for the entire open source community. It’s where all the pieces of the open platform come together. Unlike other conferences that focus entirely on one language or part of the stack, OSCON deals with the open source ecosystem in its entirety, exactly as you approach it in your work.

Type:Other
Date: July 22, 2013 to July 26, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Oregon Convention Center Portland, OR
United States
31 Jul
Bridge to Integrated Marketing & Fundraising

The Bridge conference brings together some of the biggest buyers, sellers and users of fundraising and direct marketing products and services. The three-day event features nationally and internationally renowned speakers and cutting-edge educational programming.

Date: July 31, 2013 to August 02, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Gaylord National Hotel and Conference Center Washington, DC
United States
01 Aug
Government Open Source Conference

After skipping 2012, GOSCON say they’ll return in 2013 to continue the discussion of open source in the government sector. Exact date & times still TBA.

Date: August 01, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM
Location:
Washington, DC
United States
01 Aug
Social Media for Nonprofits

In this conference series, these sessions are designed to provide attendees with concrete insights and takeaways, showcasing best practices, pitfalls to avoid and free, helpful resources for nonprofits and causes. Date & time TBA.

Type:Conference
Date: August 01, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM
Location:
Austin, TX
United States
03 Aug
ASAE Annual Meeting and Exposition

Learn and grow. Challenge and inspire. Lead and succeed. The possibilities are endless. At ASAE, you’ll engage with thought-provoking speakers, experience innovative session formats, enjoy world-class networking events and much more.

Date: August 03, 2013 to August 06, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Atlanta, GA
United States
04 Aug
International Democratic Education

IDEC is a conference that brings together practitioners, organizers, academics, youths and educators for an international exchange on the transformation of communities, schools and learning to ensure that all young people can engage meaningfully in their education and gain the tools to build a just, sustainable, democratic world.

Date: August 04, 2013 to August 08, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Boulder, CO
United States
11 Aug
SXSW V2V

SXSW V2V offers innovators and entrepreneurs across all creative industries a space to learn the skills, make the connections and find the inspiration to take their ideas and talents to the next level. This four-day event brings the startup and venture capital communities together with the creative industries that have helped to make SXSW so special. V2V serves innovators and entrepreneurs from across all the industries at the core of the SXSW Family of events – technology, music, film, fashion, health, education, sustainability and more – as they learn the skills, make the connections and find the inspiration to take their ideas and talents to the next level.

Type:Other
Date: August 11, 2013 to August 14, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, NV
United States
18 Sep
Social Venture Institute

Join business leaders and social entrepreneurs at the Social Venture Institute for an intensive, interactive inquiry into how to face the day-to-day challenges of running a socially conscious enterprise. Take advantage of this opportunity to fine tune business strategies, learn best practices for solving problems and build long lasting relationships with business peers and mentors.

Date: September 18, 2013 to September 22, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Hollyhook Centre Cortes Island, BC
Canada
18 Sep
Web of Change

Web of Change is a series of conferences that connects the foremost thinkers and doers in the growing community of social change and technology from across North America.

Date: September 18, 2013 to September 22, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
San Antonio, TX
United States
24 Sep
IdeaFestival

IdeaFestival is a celebration for the intellectually curious. It’s an eclectic network of global thinkers and one-of-a-kind innovators bound together by an intense curiosity about what is impacting and shaping the future of the arts, business, technology, design, science, philosophy and education.

Date: September 24, 2013 to September 27, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Kentucky Center Louisville, KY
United States
29 Sep
Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits

Join this conference to experience everything you love about the Blackbaud Conference — three days of educational content dedicated to your specific needs and opportunities to network and interact with your peers and industry experts.

Date: September 29, 2013 to October 02, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Gaylord National Hotel and Conference Center Washington , DC
United States
29 Sep
Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits

Join this conference to experience everything you love about the Blackbaud Conference — three days of educational content dedicated to your specific needs and opportunities to network and interact with your peers and industry experts.

Date: September 29, 2013 to October 02, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Gaylord National Hotel and Conference Center Washington , DC
United States
30 Sep
Retail Sustainability Conference

This event brings together executives from all major retail and consumer product segments along with relevant solution providers to address the key issues of sustainability and environmental compliance for retail.

Type:Conference
Date: September 30, 2013 to October 03, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center Orlando, FL
United States
01 Oct
SOCAP

The venerable Social Capital Markets gathering for social entrepreneurs and change agents will return to SF’s Fort Mason. No details have been announced for the 2013 conference. Time and date TBA.

Type:Conference
Date: October 01, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM
Location:
San Francisco, CA
United States
02 Oct
Social Enterprise World Forum

Social Enterprise World Forum will be a gathering of over 1,000 Canadian and international participants involved in the social enterprise movement. Participants will share experiences, stories and learn from an international body of knowledge and experience. This event is a unique opportunity to catalyze the social enterprise sector by furthering the creation of a supportive environment for success.

Date: October 02, 2013 to October 04, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Calgary
Canada
02 Oct
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

At the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, the theme will be “Thing Big, Drive Forward.” The conference provides rich professional development sessions wherever you are in your career: from students just starting out to mid-career technologist to senior technical women.

Date: October 02, 2013 to October 05, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Minneapolis Convention Center Minneapolis, MN
United States
09 Oct
Salsa Community

At Salsa, expect new activities like networking – you’ll have more opportunities to network with Salsa staff, Salsa partners and your fellow do-gooders in the community. They’ll offer “Birds of a Pepper” roundtables and add more opportunities to share your stories with one another in sessions and dedicated networking time and on-site certification testing and tutoring.

Type:Other
Date: October 09, 2013 to October 10, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
FHI 360 Conference Center Washington, DC
United States
13 Oct
Poverty Alleviation Un-Conference

The Poverty Alleviation Un-Conference by Opportunity Collaboration is a four-day problem-solving, strategic retreat for nonprofit leaders, for-profit social entrepreneurs, grant-makers and social investors engaged in economic justice enterprises. This gathering leverages resources, shares innovations, enlists allies, builds coalitions and creates force multipliers.

Type:Conference
Date: October 13, 2013 to October 18, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Ixtapa
Mexico
16 Oct
GigOM's Mobilize Conference

GigaOM’s Mobilize conference will explore the next frontier for connected devices. The world’s leading mobile thinkers and doers will be on hand to examine the wealth of opportunities spurred by the skyrocketing expansion of devices and apps.

Type:Conference
Date: October 16, 2013 to October 17, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
San Francisco, CA
United States
19 Oct
Bioneers Conference

Explore the forefront of positive change in deeply inspiring keynote talks, panels, workshops and intensives. Network with dynamic change-makers, experience Moving Image Festival screenings and networking receptions and discover powerful opportunities and strategies for creating positive change in your work, life and community. No details have been announced for the 2013 conference.

Type:Conference
Date: October 19, 2013 to October 21, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Marin Center San Rafael , CA
United States
24 Oct
PopTech

An eclectic mix of thought leaders and visionaries will convene in Maine for its 17th annual gathering. A celebration for the intellectually engaged, PopTech is a chance to meet the people who are inventing our future and an opportunity to partake in stimulating presentations, exhilarating performances and life-changing conversations.

Type:Other
Date: October 24, 2013 to October 26, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Camden, ME
United States
24 Oct
TechNow

TechNow is the Pittsburgh region’s premier one-day conference devoted to new and important trends and opportunities in technology for nonprofits.

Type:Conference
Date: October 24, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM
Location:
Holiday Inn-PGH National Airport Pittsburgh, PA
United States
02 Nov
Digital Capital Week

DCWEEK is a festival focused on bringing together designers, developers, entrepreneurs and social innovators of all kinds. It’s a series of hundreds of distributed events powered by the community and complemented by core conferences, parties and projects created by the festival organizers. No plans have been announced for a 2013 conference.

Date: November 02, 2013 to November 09, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
Washington, DC
United States
05 Nov
BSR

BSR works with its global network of more than 250 member companies to develop sustainable business strategies and solutions through consulting, research and cross-sector collaboration.

Type:Conference
Date: November 05, 2013 to November 08, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:
San Francisco, CA
United States
07 Nov
BoardSource Leadership Forum

BoardSource Leadership Forum is the only national conference focused on the impact of nonprofit boards and the role they play in advancing the public good. Develop your governance skills and practices, discover solutions to your leadership challenges and increase your understanding of the key trends and issues impacting nonprofits.

Date: November 07, 2013 to November 08, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Location:
Century Plaza Hyatt Regency Los Angeles, CA
United States
07 Nov
Global Social Business Summit

The Global Social Business Summit provides a platform to establish connections with like-minded individuals through a range of opportunities for networking. This annual summit gathers worldwide social business pioneers from all kind of backgrounds — corporate, political, academic, civil societal — to share their expertise and to exchange groundbreaking ideas.

Date: November 07, 2013 to November 09, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Location:
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
01 Dec
Big Ideas Fest

Big Ideas Fest is a unique three-day immersion into collaboration and design with a focus on modeling cutting-edge thinking in K-20 education.Rapid-fire speakers provide the inspiration to think differently, and Action Collabs lead the charge to create and act differently. No date set yet for the 2013 event.

Date: December 01, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM
Location:
Half Moon Bay, CA
United States

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