The final (most exhausting) day of NTEN NTC is over. We’ve learned all we could while we were here & tomorrow at 4am we will be in a cab on our way to the airport – homeward bound. Here are some snapshots of the day.
breakfast
plenary
#13NTCvoice
lunch
quick trip to the bookstore to pick up josh’s present
#13NTClvlup
#13NTCsmpol
dinner
bike laws
last look at the city
xoxo,
Adora
Today was a full NTEN – NTC conference day, even more break out sessions than yesterday followed by a networking outing and business dinner. Here are some pictures of the day:
Early Breakfast
After Breakfast Plenary
#13NTCcamp
lunch and the announcement of the new .ngo URL extension
#13NTCwuw
reviewing notes between sessions
#13NTCvideo
cramming 20 people into a small elevator after the last session
networking event
xoxo,
Adora
Yesterday was the first official day of NTEN’s Non Profit Technology Conference (NTC). We woke up to full on snow and walked to breakfast and back in it, then we had a few classes that they call break out sessions later in the morning and afternoon. These classes are really what make our trip out here worth it. The session presenters have so much knowledge and passion about helping 501(c)3’s and then the discussion times that follow are an amazing time to hear what other people who do your job at other non profits are succeeding at, struggling with or looking for help about. In the evening, after dinner we went to what NTEN calls a Science Fair, which is basically a trade show. Talked to a company we are starting a data project with next week and I kept my eye out for other org’s that specialize in Drupal planning ahead for our next website redesign and platform switch that might start as early as 2014. Here are some pics from the day.
we woke up to everything being covered in snow so we ventured out in it to find coffee
Starbucks is our reward for walking through the cold snow!
We decided to walk back to our hotel through the skywalk as far as it would go
#13NTCmvmt my first break out session of the day
coffee after our conference lunch
after another break out session it was back to the room to catch up on the work I had to do on our sites
dinner: Briana, Nell and I will find good Pad Thai in any city
view from the table at dinner
Science Fair
NTEN NTC
ended the night with a wine named after my husband watching lights on the building next door
xoxo,
Adora
Ridiculously early this morning, our whole web department left for our annual Non-profit Technology Conference which, this year, is in Minneapolis. So, we borrowed or thrift-ed winter clothes, which I’ve never owned before and we were on our way. We got into town pretty early and did a little exploring…here are some highlights.
At 5 in the morning there was a train just stopped on the tracks while we were trying to get to the airport… this is 20+ cars all backing up on a street trying to turn around
We made it on to the plane at 6:30am and ready to go!
View from the plane
Coffee and Kindle in the air
brie
nell
starbucks in the airport
coffee coffee coffee
no words
winter clothes on and freezing in the cab
snow!!!
i loved the paint on the side of this building
lunch
used books
basement of the bookshop
City directory it’s like this whole city is a mall
Part of huge wall timeline
A super cute candy shop off of marquette st.
We all tried a chocolate covered potato chip…it was pretty good
Blogging away back at the hotel. Conference starts tomorrow morning.
xoxo,
Adora
