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What is Penguin Day Chicago?

Penguin Day Chicago will bring together nonprofit tech staff, eRiders, consultants, and open source software (OSS) developers for a day of learning and conversation. We'll demystify open source for nonprofits, frankly address the challenges of developing open source tools for non profits and celebrate strengths and successes of open source in the nonprofit sector.

Register now at "http://chicago.penguinday.org":http://chicago.penguinday.org

What's the goal and agenda of Penguin Day Chicago?

Co-hosted by Aspiration, NPO Techs, and Teaming for Tech Chicago, Penguin Day Chicago will feature a packed agenda of interactive workshops, round tables, speakers, speed geeks in the spirit of growing a community.

Some of the agenda topics currently under consideration include:

* Introduction to Free and Open Source Software for Nonprofits
* Local resources and who's-who in the Chicago Free/Open Source community
* Helping techies and non-techies communicate and cooperate
* Overview of Free and Open Source desktop applications
* e-Advocacy platforms and best practices
* Selecting an operating system
* Free and Open Source migration strategies
* Creative Commons and open content
* " Speed geeking"

Penguin Day will take place right after the NTEN Non-Profit Technology Conference in Chicago at the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago. For more info see www.penguinday.org and "http://chicago.penguinday.org":http://chicago.penguinday.org

Can't make it? Don't despair; there will be a Penguin Day near you:

San Francisco/Bay Area, April 12 in partnership with Compumentor
New York, May 7 in partnership with the LINC Project and the United Way of New York City.

See www.penguinday.org for more information and on how to put on your own Penguin Day.

We hope to see you in Chicago or at one of the other 2005 Penguin Days!