2008 Nonprofit Software Development Summit

If you love to visit that exciting, magical place where technology meets social change, you won't want to miss the 2008 Nonprofit Software Development Summit , taking place in Oakland November 17-19.

Building on the success of innovative, engaging collaborative events like Advocacy Dev , the Summit gathers all sorts of people involved in developing world-changing software -- coders, technologists, integrators, nonprofit users, and others -- to network, share skills and hatch mad plans for the future.

Here's a snapshot of the confirmed sessions (expect this list to grow as the Summit draws nearer, and even as it unfolds):

• Open Source CMS Mini-Summit
• Assessing Security for Nonprofit Web Apps
• Listening to Users and Designing Appropriate Tools
• eAdvocacy Platform and API survey
• Open Source Case Management
• The State of Nonprofit CRM
• API Review: Where Are We At With Tool and Platform Integration?
• Business Models for Nonprofit Software Development
• Building Usability into Nonprofit Tools
• Software Project Management
• Engineering for Accessibility and Inclusion
• Helping Non-Techies and Techies Build Successful Software Projects
• Going Green: Serving Sites on Less Carbon

If that list excites you, then go register already ! And if you don't see what you want on there, you could always propose your own session .

Aspiration's events are famous for their participant-driven, hands-on approach. As they put it: "Panels and slideware will be in short supply, supplanted by participant-driven collaborations and small-group formats." So if you do go, leave your laser pointer and dry-erase markers at home. You won't need them.

Find more information at http://www.aspirationtech.org/events/devsummit08