Feb 14, 2012

Please join Skillpoint Alliance and City of Austin representatives to preview the Austin Community Technology Resource Directory and Map, network and socialize with kindred spirits, and help to include more voices in the growing Austin community technology scene.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 4:00 PM -5:30

Skillpoint Alliance offices - 201 East 2nd Street, Suite B, Austin, TX 78701-4009

Austin Connects Update

Greetings from Austin Connects! We are elated to bring...

Sep 14, 2011

Kami Griffiths - Keynote Presentation

Austin Connects held our second annual Community Technology Symposium on March 1st at AMD’s Lonestar Campus. It was attended by over 100 participants from a variety of fields including nonprofit, government, education, human services and technology.

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Sep 14, 2011

A partner has been selected to build our CT Map!   Learn More

Sep 14, 2011

A big thank you to Austin Groups for the Elderly for hosting the Austin Connects Workshop: Focus on Seniors on November 4, 2010. The workshop was very well attended! On the agenda was SeniorNet Director Roberta Przybylski discussing how to motivate seniors to learn, a tour of the SeniorNet facilities, a fun networking activity and finally a session on digital storytelling from film expert Weston Norton.

Presentations (pdf)
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Sep 14, 2011

Austin Connects recently received a grant from the One Star Foundation to build a fully integrated, searchable, dynamic community technology services map and database on our website.

Click here to learn more!

Sep 14, 2011

Austin Connects invited Austin area professionals with an interest in Community Technology to participate in two focus groups on August 16th, 2010. The morning session focused on community technology providers while the afternoon group was for those working in human/social services.

Austin Connects has received a grant to build a web-based community technology service directory with mapping capability. This powerful tool has the potential to be a great resource for community...

Sep 14, 2011

 

Thanks to the participants of the Community Technology Symposium, Austin Connects has identified areas of interest to community technology professionals. On Tuesday, May 4th we addressed the first: Youth Engagement.Austin Connects held an exciting morning workshop at American YouthWorks which allowed participants to learn more about what other organizations...

Sep 14, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Laura Morrison, Austin City Council

On January 12th, 2010 Austin Connects hosted a Community Technology Symposium to educate, share information and build a cooperative plan on how best to serve Austin. The event...

Mar 24, 2011

Austin Connects wants YOU to give us your opinion! We are in the planning stages for the second annual Community Technology Symposium and we’d like to know your thoughts on what we should include on the agenda. What do you want to learn? Do you have something you can teach that would be of interest to the group?

Take the survey today!

The survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who...

Feb 14, 2012

Austin Connects: 2nd Annual Community Technology Symposium

Austin Connects is hosting the 2nd Annual Community Technology Symposium on March 1st at AMD’s Lone Star Campus in southwest Austin. The mission of Austin Connects and the role of the symposium is to provide educational and networking opportunities in support of digital literacy and inclusion.

The 2010 symposium, graciously hosted by Microsoft, was a big hit with 100+ attendees from community tech non-profit...