Eve Simon
Creative Director at Beaconfire Consulting, designing sites for nonprofits and socially conscious orgs. Snarky tweetin’ about design, UX, nptech and puppies

When organizations use Twitter to promote themselves, it's largely about playing a role. The person tweeting is tasked to be on message as the voice of the organization while creating a unique and engaging personality to draw an audience in. At the theater, we gladly accept this fake-me-out, but in social media where do we draw the line...

Free beer! Free kittens! Free software! We all love to get something for free, especially when budgets are tight. We dream of the free product that will, like magic, solve our problems without costing a cent. (If you aren't, your boss probably is.) But free things almost always come with hidden costs, and free software is no different. It...

DCI Group Digital, Engage DC and Rock Creek inivite you to catch up with old friends and network with new friends down at SxSW on Saturday. Join us for a cocktail or two, because it is always 5 o'clock somewhere.

About the hosts:

DCI Group Digital (www.dcigroupdigital.com)
DCI Group’s Digital Team produces innovative digital advocacy...

Join PhotoPhilanthropy, Change.org, Demotix, Lights.Camera.Help., and others in a conversation to explore the power of visual imagery and multi-media to advance the mission and communications of non-profits and causes. You will see several great examples of visual content having a big impact on moving constituents – donors, advocates,...

The Driskill Hotel
604 BRAZOS ST.
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701
PHONE: 512-474-5911

Hey friends! Come join us in the bar of the Driskill for a fun meet-up! Please feel free to invite fellow nonprofit friends. It's very casual! Can't wait to meet and see you!

The Beacon: Lounge With a Conscience, sponsored by Beaconfire Consulting, is returning for a 3rd year as THE spot for cause-focused people to network with the best & brightest of the non-profit Geekerati. Stop by to enjoy acoustic performances & refreshments, bid on great stuff in the charity auction, check out Mike Rohde’s...

Five days of presentations, networking events, and more showcasing the best new emerging technology, digital works, video games, and innovative ideas.

11th hour copy. Fix-it-later launches. Our users deserve more than the last-minute content we often get stuck with. And you have the power to change the game. Learn how to introduce (and sell) content strategy into your web design process.

What gives people confidence on the web? Bringing together experts in social capital and online trust, we help you build the company your users can love and call their own.

Projects fall apart. We often blame the client, the politics and the personalities. But when it happens, there is a tremendous opportunity to grow as a professional and as a person. Candidly recounting past catastrophes, the panelists explore the emotional experience of project implosion and the silver lining that emerges.

Want to meet the best & brightest socially-conscious Geekeratti at SXSW? Need a place to hang with your world-saving entourage, catch some unplugged local music, or just pull up some WiFi and get your blog on? Meet you at The Beacon: Lounge with a Conscience. Sponsored by Beaconfire Consulting.

Want to meet the best & brightest socially-conscious Geekeratti at SXSW? Need a place to hang with your world-saving entourage, catch some unplugged local music, or just pull up some WiFi and get your blog on? Meet you at The Beacon: Lounge with a Conscience. Sponsored by Beaconfire Consulting.