10 Take-Aways from SXSW for Nonprofits

by Matt Koltermann on March 17, 2010 · View Comments

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The annual SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, TX—which brings together tech geeks, social media peeps, and other online folk—wrapped-up yesterday after five intense and inspirational days. I attended a bunch of sessions focused on how nonprofits, in particular, can take advantage of technology to meet their mission—here’s a short-list of ten things that really stuck. (Though the content’s evergreen, please note this post was written after SXSW Interactive 2010.) [continue to the geeky goodness…]

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