Free+Agents

**NTC 2011: Found My Free Agent, Now What?**

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Nonprofits can unleash the power of social good by transitioning from stand-alone institutions to networks energized by abundant resources in their ecosystem. In order to do this, they need to work with free agents, hyper-connected individuals who are passionate about social change, but don't work within institutional walls. Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. This session will bring together a group of highly visible free agents working on important social change causes and representatives from different nonprofits for a lively discussion with the audience.

Hashtag Archive:[| #11ntcfa]

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Beth Kanter, Moderator We'll be using the metaphor of the newlywed game and hear from nonprofit and free agent "couples" who have worked together and their lessons learned:

Couple #1:

Free Agent Mark Horvath InvisiblePeople.tv

Nonprofit Kat Johnson 100,000 Homes Campaign Project Manager Common Ground Communities Lead Project/Community

Couple #2

Free Agent Shawn Admed Creator of The Uncultured Project

Nonprofits Wendy Harman <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Social Media Director <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">American Red Cross

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ettore Rossetti <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Save the Children

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Visual Documentation <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rob Cottingham, Cartoon Blogger <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jonny Goldstein, Visual Facilitator

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">From Shawn:

1) Testimonials from new Save the Children supporters: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=uvfrVd-a4AQ

2) Story of the Boy Who Lived: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=b2dsjtJMqsE

3) Testimonial from Beneficiaries: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=bmXZeDdSCl8

And the blog post I mentioned on negative attitudes against organizations in Bangladesh:

http://uncultured.com/2011/02/ 27/negative-attitudes-to-ngos- in-bangladesh/

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Twitter Hashtag: #11ntcfa

Rob Cottingham's Cartoon Blog

Freelance Fundraising http://www.socialsignal.com/cartoon/ntc-freelance-fundraising



Free Agents and Nonprofits Are Not Partners for Life http://www.socialsignal.com/cartoon/ntc-free-agents

Fortress Organizations http://www.socialsignal.com/cartoon/ntc-fortress-organizations

Graphic Recording





Jonny Goldstein http://envizualize.com/blog/2011/03/18/ive-found-my-free-agent-now-what/ []

Laura Lee Dooley @http://bit.ly/hWCdH3

Devon Smith Storify http://storify.com/devonvsmith/ive-found-my-free-agent-now-what?awesm=sfy.co_2u6&utm_campaign=devonvsmith&utm_content=storify-pingback&utm_medium=sfy.co-twitter&utm_source=twitter.com

Fortress Nonprofit Twitter Account http://twitter.com/#!/Fortressftw