Don't-Miss Conference Highlights

Keynote Presentation

Katya Andresen, Remixing Your Marketing: A hedgehog, a sock, and the path to online success

Katya Andresen is chief operating officer of Network for Good, as well as a speaker, author and blogger about nonprofit marketing, online outreach and the basics of social media. In addition, she is an adjunct professor of communications at American University’s Key Certificate Program and serves on the board of EarthShare.

Katya has trained thousands of causes in effective marketing and media relations, and her marketing materials for non-profits have won national and international awards. She is the author of the book, Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes and was featured in the e-book, Nine Minds of Marketing. She is also a co-author with Network for Good CEO Bill Strathmann of a chapter in the book, People to People Fundraising - Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities.

Fundraising Success Magazine named her Fundraising Professional of the Year in 2007. Before joining Network for Good, she was Senior Vice President of Sutton Group, a marketing and communications firm and a marketing consultant overseas in Ukraine. She also worked for CARE International. Katya traces her passion for good causes to the enormous social need she witnessed as a journalist prior to her work in the non-profit sector. She was a foreign correspondent for Reuters News and Television in Asia and for Associated Press and major US newspapers in Africa.

 

Buffet Lunch in Exhibit Hall
During this time, you’ll be able to meet and learn about the services of our exhibitors, network with colleagues from across the sector and across the state, and attend brief, 15-minute Learning Labs that demonstrate how nonprofits are using tools such as:

Free Wireless Access
Free wireless access is available for participants throughout the conference, thanks to the generous support of the ADC Foundation.

 

Affinity Group Meetups
After the conference adjourns, take this opportunity to meet up with your colleagues and peers for a happy hour to network and share ideas. If you have ideas for affinity group meetups, email Stephanie Haddad, and we will post them here:

Post-Conference Happy Hour

Continue your conversations from the MCN Communications and Technology Conference. Whether you attended in person or followed along on twitter, join us to keep the discussion going. Gather at Brit's with Net Squared Twin Cities and MAP for Nonprofit's Talking Tech for happy hour with light snacks and more tech-friendly banter.

More information is available at http://www.meetup.com/NetSquaredTC/calendar/12757011/

 

Scholarships Available
MCN, MAP for Nonprofits, and our sponsors are proud to bring you options for helping fund the cost of attendance.

Team Registration Discount
Send more people and get more out of the conference. Register two people and save 50% off your third and fourth registration from the same organization. In order to take advantage of the group discount, you must download and complete the Team Registration Form.

 

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