Maxine Teller
Catalyzing collaboration for government, industry and individuals; mom; life is as you define it

Digital Capital Week (DCWEEK) is a 10 day festival in Washington DC focused on technology, innovation and all things digital in our nation’s capital.

Modeled after Internet Week NY, Social Media Week, FotoWeek DC, Fringe Festival, etc. -- DCWEEK will consist of a series of distributed events produced and hosted by individuals, organizations and...

OGI 2010 is a collaborative, educational forum designed to educate the government IT community on the Open Government and Transparency initiatives currently underway and planned for the future.

The 1105 Government Information Group announces a Call for Participation for the 2nd Open Government & Innovations Conference, OGI to be held May 4-5,...

The Internet Society, in collaboration with the Greater Washington DC Chapter is holding a regional conference in Washington, DC on Thursday, 29 April 2010. The conference, part of the Internet Society's INET series, will be focused on connecting the unconnected with the theme of INTERNET 2020 – The next billion users.

Full details at ...

You’re on the ‘Bee’ list!

For other parties this would mean that you are still waiting for your invitation – but at Beekeeper Group this means you are invited to our April 20th Launch Event – and we can’t wait to celebrate with you!

Please RSVP on our Eventbrite to make it official!!
http://beekeepergroup.eventbrite.com/

On April 15th the Sunlight Foundation is hosting a fundraiser at Tabaq Bistro in Washington DC featuring live music from the band Finn Riggins and by DJ Bluementhol (Sunlight's Paul Blumenthal ). Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. This includes an open bar for the first hour and 1 Raffle entry. Sunlight will also be receiving 10%...

Register Online at www.affirm.org

How do we ensure citizens still have a voice after elections are all said and done? How can our leadership benefit from a larger, more collective wealth of insight? What initiatives are underway to integrate multiple two-way channels to ensure consistent, accurate, and timely information and services are...

Dialogue and deliberation are group communication methods that bring people together across differences to resolve conflicts and tackle public problems. Please join Sandy Heierbacher, director of the 1200-member National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) on this hour-long conference call to learn more about dialogue and deliberation,...

Less than one month left till Austin! We love SXSW and we love a good party; so we are hosting another one this year at SouthBy … and it’s a BeerCamp! It seems as of lately there is always something going on. From BarCamp to DevCamp, to WordCamp to SocialDevCamp to UseTwitterToProfitAndRetireEarlyCamp – so, we are filling the void and taking...

Meet with other Jewish Digerati, Bloggers, Technophiles, Kosher consumers and friends at this Kosher Barbecue! Everyone is welcome to come but PLEASE RSVP here as soon as possible so we can get supplies!
More details will be put up here as the are confirmed

Following Haiti’s earthquake, hundreds of techies helped relief efforts at a series of hackathons held in more than a dozen cities worldwide. We’ll hear from organizers and learn how this group of geeks tried to help save lives in Haiti, laying the groundwork for future disaster response efforts.

Please join AnyClip, blip.tv and PepsiCo as we party it up at Cedar’s 10pm Sunday night at SXSW. And thanks to the wonderful PepsiCo team for making this all possible!

We look forward to seeing you Sunday!

***You must RSVP at http://digitalspeakeasy.eventbrite.com/ in order to get in to the party.***

Hello all. I don't know if you are going to SxSW, but I am using the event and Austin's local tattoo parlors as an opportunity to fundraise for cancer (http://bit.ly/d1Td9n). My goal is $5,000 by Sunday evening. Fellow changeblogger and friend John Haydon will "get ink," too if we reach $6,500 in donations.

We've all seen...

Join PBS, NPR, FRONTLINE, ITVS, FUTURESTATES and ReadWriteWeb @KLRU's Legendary Austin City Limits Studio. Live music, Tex-Mex, Margaritas. (Free shuttles at the Hilton). Free to SXSW Interactive and Film badge holders.

**With performances by:**
Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea (http://nicoleatkins.com/)
Band of Skulls...

Now in it's third year, Magnolia's Cafe is the place to start your SXSW experience in the company of friends, both new and old at "The SXSW Social Breakfast." Everyone is welcome, this is an open invitation to share breakfast at one of Austin's greatest Cafe's (or at least one of the greatest I've found in many...