[pic from Christian Hellman's “Reclaiming HTML5” talk at SuperVan JS mini con]

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Why do so many organizations waste the opportunity to hook their email subscribers with the first line of the email message? I hadn't really noticed this sooner because of the way I consumed email: through a series of complicated email aliases and gmail filters.  Honestly, in Gmail, I was basically ignoring most solicited bulk email (organization email lists).

[Left: logo of the Chaos Computer Club]

Every year our team pulls together a "short-list" of our favorite upcoming conferences and events. While it's not intended to be a complete list of all events in the non-profit/social-change space (for that, see Socialbrite's Superguide), it does represent a significant portion of organizations most aligned with CivicActions' social mission.