Biography
Tech in the Commons is a reporting and event series to familiarize place-based nonprofits with trending technologies, organized by Generocity.
This project is produced annually by Generocity. It was supported by the Knight Foundation in 2017 and 2018; and since 2018 has been supported by Comcast NBCUniversal.
The series’ goal is to help place-based nonprofits better understand how to leverage new technologies for the sake of improving engagement with their communities.
The first of the events scheduled for 2020 Tech in the Commons: Podcasting 101 for Nonprofits took place April 2 via Zoom and was led by founder of Messy.fm, Molly Beck. Forty-three staff members from nonprofits across the sector were in attendance. You can watch the presentation in full here.
History
2017:
Representatives from more than 175 nonprofits and related mission groups attended at least one of the four events in 2017. Check out the ebook that was produced after those sessions here.
2018:
2019:
The third annual Tech in the Commons: Connect the Dots with Census Data, Spring 2019.
The fourth annual Tech in the Commons: Entrepreneurial Skills for Nonprofits, Fall 2019.
Generocity Coverage (37 posts)
- Power Moves: David Gould becomes executive director of the Sixers Youth Foundation
- Stories and gossip: Molly Beck shares podcasting best practices with nonprofits
- This year’s first Tech in the Commons is going virtual April 2
- Messy.fm podcasting CEO Molly Beck to headline this year’s first Tech in the Commons
- Nonprofit pros honed their entrepreneurial skills at the recent Tech in the Commons
- Gain entrepreneurial skills that can impact your career at this workshop
- Skills acquisition to literacy — this month we’re talking adult education in Philadelphia
- At Tech in the Commons, nonprofit pros learned about using data to maximize impact
- 3 local leaders will share resources for utilizing census data and closing the digital divide
- This event will teach you how to make sense of census data
- Let’s talk about the digital divide
- Revamping your nonprofit’s digital strategy? The Tech in the Commons ebook reboot is here
- These digital tools make data storytelling easy for nonprofits
- Nonprofits, you have data sets. But how to show them off?
- Help the City of Philadelphia apply a Smart Cities mentality to neighborhood challenges
- How this Summer of Maps fellow may have helped save lives with her data storytelling
- Smart Cities projects matter for nonprofits, too. Learn how at Tech in the Commons
- The two rules nonprofits should keep in mind when crafting a social message
- What the Free Library learned about civic engagement from Pokémon Go
- This free tech trends bootcamp for nonprofits is getting gamified
- #PTW18 kicks off next Friday. Here are 15 events for social impact pros
- Tech in the Commons is back. Attend this free nonprofit tech tools bootcamp series
- Here’s everything you need to know to start planning a nonprofit engagement strategy
- Augmented and virtual reality are the future of social media. Here’s how to get in early
- Nonprofits, here’s how to up your social media game
- Here’s why and how your nonprofit should use video to tell stories
- How to use these free Google tools to tell your nonprofit’s story with data
- Arden Theatre Co. revamped its social comms strategy. Here’s what you can learn from it
- An anti-violence rap that went viral + other social media lessons for Philly nonprofits
- Gaming Facebook algorithms, and other lessons in live video from The Boom Room
- Video lets you connect to your community ‘on a human level.’ Learn to use it here
- #PTW17 is here. Get psyched with these 20 impact-tinged events
- Why data storytelling is so important for nonprofits
- A peek into Visit Philly’s new virtual reality platform
- Tech in the Commons is launching next Friday during Philly Tech Week
- Here’s what we’re reading ahead of our Tech in the Commons bootcamp
- Announcing: Tech in the Commons, a bootcamp for place-based nonprofits
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