Bits: Organizers’ Collaborative Preps Grassroots Use of Technology Conference

The Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst is holding a conference on May 31 about information technology for nonprofit organizations. Participants can choose one of two workshops: “Technology Planning and Database Fundamentals” or “eAdvocacy and Communication.” The registration cost before May 1 is $100 per person. For more information: Go to http://www.masspolicy.org/IT.

Organizers’ Collaborative, a charity in Boston that aims to help nonprofit groups with technology, is organizing its seventh annual Grassroots Use of Technology Conference, called “Building Community On and Off-Line in the 21st Century.” The meeting will be at the University of Massachusetts at Boston on June 17. Workshop proposals for the conference will be accepted until April 24. For more information: Go to http://oc-tech.org.