Special events at the Nonprofit Technology Conference

Ways to connect, collaborate, and make memories beyond the sessions.

This year’s NTC is full of intentional spaces to connect, collaborate, and organize across the sector. From informal meetups to partner-led spaces, there are many ways to find your people here.

Community activities

Become part of the NTEN community through these community-led moments—or by starting your own. Anyone registered for the conference is welcome to host or attend.

Attendee-led events

No matter how much we pack into the NTC program, our community’s enthusiasm for connection keeps going. Our attendees self-organize for even more networking, learning, and fun. The result is an abundance of unofficial gatherings and experiences to fill your days and nights.

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Birds of a feather

Connect with other NTC attendees around shared interests or identities. Host a Birds of a Feather topic in person or virtually, or simply join one that sparks your curiosity.

Submit topics by March 10 to ensure they appear on the NTC agenda.

Find or host a topic

Dine-around dinners

Enjoy good food and conversation with small groups of fellow attendees at Detroit’s popular restaurants. Dinners are no-host, meaning you cover the cost of your meal and drinks.

Host your own dinner or RSVP to one added closer to the conference.

RSVP for a dinner

Virtual huddles

Virtual huddles are small-group meetups at the start of each day, offering virtual attendees a way to connect, share insights, and build community—no matter where you are. Huddles take place during the in-person keynote each morning.

Find it on the agenda

Partner-led spaces

This year, NTEN is partnering with organizations across the sector to make NTC even more collaborative and community-driven. These spaces reflect our theme of community-led technology and collective action.

The Public Interest Technology Lounge, by PIT-UN

This is a dynamic gathering space for ideas in motion. Throughout the day, the Lounge will host short presentations from PIT-UN members, researchers, and students, as well as the CUNY PIT Lab founder, sharing practical tools, projects, and lessons from the field. Designed for discovery and conversation, this space invites attendees connect with those actively shaping technology in service of the public good.

The Collective Action Room, by Nonprofit Quarterly

Open throughout the conference, The Collective Action Room is a space to connect around shared issues, organize ideas, and begin shaping collective projects, campaigns, or long-term collaborations.

We've intentionally designed this space to be a place you can rest and restore, build community, get support with sticky nonprofit challenges, ideate, and coordinate collective action.

Fill interest form

The Security Lounge, by NGO–ISAC

Grab a seat, meet your peers, and discover that you're not alone in the cybersecurity journey. Veterans and newcomers alike gather here to swap insights, play through real-world scenarios, get expert guidance, and build the connections that make our whole sector more secure. Come for the comfy couches, stay for the community.

The Commons

The Commons are the heart of the NTC when sessions aren’t in progress. Relax in lounges, work on volunteer projects, and connect with sponsors to learn about new tools and services. Open every day in Detroit.

Connect hubs

Learn about the tools, services, and expertise our sponsors bring to the sector—all from the comfort of the cozy couches in their Connect hub! Drop by for a conversation or book a scheduled meeting with the sponsor representative through the app.

Games, art and music

The NTC is full of creative outlets. Work off some energy on the always-open pickleball and badminton courts, or join the pickleball tournament for friendly competition. Prefer something quieter? Settle in at the Paint Party—materials provided, imagination encouraged.

Community group meetups

Join daily community group meetups of NTEN’s online groups and tech clubs. Learn more about the groups and their membership, or think about starting your own!