Web of Change

With almost a month left to go before Web of Change 2007, we're delighted to find ourselves at capacity already. We're delighted because it means that we're gearing up for our biggest event yet – for four days packed with brilliant people, engaging conversation, lots of learning, and lots of fun.

Requests to attend are still arriving daily, and even as we're delighted to have a full event, we're disappointed to have to close our doors. So if you were hoping to attend this year, and didn't get registered in time, please send an email to info@webofchange.com. We'll keep you posted as the next few weeks shake down.

Thanks so much to all of you who took the time to vote for our proposal at GiveMeaning. We were able to reach the required 100 votes fairly handily, and are now ready to receive donations to our Diversity Scholarship Fund.

If you share our vision of a diverse movement of people and organizations harnessing the power of technology to change the world, then please click here and donate to the Web of Change Diversity Fund.

We have been doing a lot of outreach around North America, tapping into networks of people doing brilliant transformational social change work, online and off. For many of them, the cost of attendance is just too high, but we feel it's a priority to ensure they attend. 

We need you to vote for our proposal at GiveMeaning, so that we can start raising money for our Diversity Fund!

We believe strongly that it is important that Web of Change offer a more inclusive environment than many of the other tech conferences out there. The conversation about the best ways to use technology to bring about lasting social change needs to include as wide a range of voices as possible – not just those who can afford to be there.

As many of you know, we hold Web of Change at Hollyhock because it is an amazing place and because we believe that as a venue, it contributes a great deal to the overall impact of our event. At the same time, however, holding the event at Hollyhock also means that we simply don't have room for everyone who wants to attend Web of Change.

And so for 2007, we are asking that all prospective participants contact us before registering, so that we can ensure you are a good fit for the specific nature of this event. If you are interested in attending, please send a short introduction to info@webofchange.com – anyone is welcome to apply.

Some of you may remember our sweet badges from last year – giving anyone the opportunity to proclaim their WOC pride to the whole internet. Well we've updated them for 2007, and you're in the right place if you'd like one.

Like last year, we have 4 options to choose from:

I'm going:

Use this code: <a href="http://webofchange.com"><img src="http://webofchange.com/sites/webofchange.com/files/images/woc_badge_0.gif" alt="I'm Going to Web of Change" title="I'm Going to Web of Change"></a>

Web of Change 2007 is starting to come alive. We're re-energizing our vision for this year and we're excited. Stay tuned, because within the next few weeks we'll be updating this website with all the information you need.

For now, save the date: September 19 - 23, 2007. And make sure you sign up for our newsletter, too (see the left-hand sidebar).

If you need basic info, you can also peek at the Hollyhock website. See you in September..