Bay Area Nonprofits Teach Technology in a Three Day Series Across Region

    SAN JOSE, CA, April 07, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Nonprofit Tech week is a three day series of technology learning and networking throughout the Bay Area, spanning from Tuesday, April 7 to Thursday, April 9. The event is in partnership with SVCN's HandsOn Tech program (www.hotsv.org), Tech Impact (www.techimpact.org), and sponsored by Nonstop and Microsoft.

Speakers from notable nonprofits and corporations will present their thoughts on how to improve nonprofit technology planning, websites, email campaigns, people management, pro bono volunteers, and more.

The week will highlight over 20 speakers from local and national organizations, such as Taproot Foundation, LinkedIn, Techsoup, NetSuite, ZeroDivide, Tapp Network, Exponent Partners, Microsoft, Google, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and many more.

Patricia Gardner, Executive Director of SVCN, notes, "Nonprofits need to be on the cutting edge of technology, investing time and resources to improve their organizational strength and effectiveness".

The goal of Nonprofit Tech Week is to build the knowledge about tools and resources to improve nonprofit organizations, driving a more efficient and effective sector serving the Bay Area community.

For more information and to register, visit www.NPTechWeek.org
Contact the event organizer Brian Mattos directly at: (408) 260-3915 / [email protected]

Event Details
Day 1: Internal Nonprofit Technology
When: April 7, 2015 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Where: Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus Conference Center -- 1065 La Avenida, Mountain View CA, 94045

Day 2: Nonprofit People and Culture
When: April 8. 2015 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Where: Oakland Professional Development & Conference Center -- 1000 Broadway, Ste 109 Oakland, CA 94607

Day 3: External Nonprofit Technology
When: April 9, 2015 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Where: SOMArts Cultural Center -- 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Free Nonprofit Networking & Happy Hour Celebration 5:00pm-6:30pm

Nonprofit Tech Week is sponsored by SVCN, Tech Impact and Nonstop

About SVCN: SVCN is a major organization in Santa Clara County convening the nonprofit voice to focus on health and human service public policy issues. SVCN works to ensure the nonprofit sector's voice is heard and that solutions are developed in ways in which everybody wins. HandsOn Tech is a program of SVCN that focuses on improving technology use in the nonprofit sector. The HandsOn Tech program is made possible through generous funding from Google and Microsoft.

About Tech Impact: Tech Impact is a nonprofit whose mission is to empower communities and nonprofits to use technology to better serve our world. They provide hands on technology support as well as a comprehensive suite of products and services through their growing network of IT professionals.

About Nonstop: Nonstop provides premium healthcare benefits and administrative services at a reduced cost to the organizations that need it most: nonprofits. With Nonstop Wellness, organizations with over 50 members on healthcare benefits save a baseline of 12.5% on their healthcare spend - savings for both the employer and employee. Nonstop was founded in 2012 with the mission to help nonprofits be more sustainable businesses by offering the best benefits and administrative services to hire and retain top talent. Nonstop is dedicated to helping nonprofits offer better health benefits for less.

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