BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20120311T020000 RDATE:20120311T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T221430Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120621T210000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120621T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T221430Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120522T221430Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250462395 DESCRIPTION:As the use of video games becomes more pervasive--think Angry Birds to Farmville to Wii Fitness--it becomes useful to consider their wider impact on our lives. Are they merely useful for entertainment\, or can games help create change through creativity\, imagination and play? Can games be valuable for mission-based groups like non-profits\, NGOs and community organizations? How can game development connect students t o real-world problems? \;\n \;\nWe’ll kick off the evening with a panel discussion including speakers at the intersection of gaming and ga me development for education\, non-profit enablement and youth outreach. Our panelists will explore how gaming and the creation of games can pos itively impact our local communities and wider world mission-based effor ts. Following audience Q&\;A\, everyone is welcome to continue the di scussion over networking\, food and soft drinks. \;\n \;\nJoin us to discuss how creating games and game development can benefit the socia l good! \;\n \;\n**What:** Meetup and Panel Roundtable \;\ n**When:** Thursday\, June 21st 6-9pm \;\n**Where:** Collective Age ncy\, 322 NW Sixth Ave (between Everett and Flanders) \;\n**Who:** Game Developers and Designers\, Creatives\, Educators\, Non-Profits\, P rogrammers\, Entrepreneurs\, Businesses \;\n \;\nPlease RSVP thr ough Eventbrite http://gaming4good.eventbrite.com/ or Facebook at https ://www.facebook.com/events/189704944489416/ \;\n \;\n_____________ \;\n \;\n**Moderator** \;\n \;\n**Erik Wecks**\, Author of How to Manage Your Money When You Don't Have Any and contributor to Geek Dad on Wired.com \;\n \;\nPanelists \;\n \;\n**Keld Bangsber g**\, Academic Department Director at the Art Institute of Portland incl uding Game Art &\; Design\, Media Arts &\; Animation\, Visual & \; Game Programming\, and Design Visualization. \;\n \;\n**Chris B rooks**\, VP of Technology at WebMD and Director at TechStart Education Foundation\, which hosts the Oregon Game Project Challenge. \;\n \ ;\n**Scott Crabtree**\, HappyBrainScience. Video game designer\, produc er\, and entrepreneur with over 10 years of professional experience mana ging the development of video games and has published games on PCs\, con soles and the iPhone. \;\n \;\n**Jason Galbraith**\, Robotics and Programming Instructor at Sunset High School\, Saturday Academy Instruct or and coach for the Oregon Game Project Challenge. \;\n \;\n**Bri an Jamison**\, founder of OpenSourcery\, which specializes in Drupal for non-profits and hosts Donor Rally (http://donorrally.com)\, a free soci al fundraising game that has helped non-profits raise nearly a million d ollars online. \;\n \;\nAbout the Hosts: \;\n \;\n**PDXTec h4Good** \;\nPeople and technology creating social good. \;\n \ ;\nSocial changemakers and technological forerunners come together at PD XTech4Good events to mix\, swap stories\, share ideas\, build new relati onships\, and reinforce the online communities of NetSquared and the NTE N 501 Tech Clubs. This group is organized/supported by volunteer effort s and open to all to attend. \;\n \;\n**Pixel Arts** \;\nA soci al entrepreneurship that empowers groups to address social and economic issues through video games. We support innovative collaborations for so cial good through game development\, education\, entrepreneurship and co mmunity building.\n\nTags: game design\, gaming\, game education\, progr amming\, technology\, non-profit\, social good\n\nImported from: http:// calagator.org/events/1250462395 URL:http://gaming4good.eventbrite.com/ SUMMARY:Gaming for Social Good LOCATION:Collective Agency Downtown: 511 SW 10th Ave\, Suite 1108\, Portl and OR 97205 US SEQUENCE:11 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR