In-Person
Preserving Digital Assets: Hands-On with Decentralized Storage
This in-person workshop is for anyone new to digital preservation or looking to enhance their strategies. No technical background is required—just a commitment to data sovereignty and protecting your organization's valuable digital resources.
Preserving Digital Assets: Hands-On with Decentralized Storage
In-Person event/Workshop
Sunday, March 9, 2025
1PM – 4PM
Bring a laptop
View our FAQ page for more info, or contact us at [email protected] with any accommodation requests.
About the Event
As AI reshapes how we handle data, nonprofits face growing challenges in ensuring their digital assets remain secure, accessible, and free from centralized control. That’s why we created this workshop on decentralized storage for galleries, libraries, arts organizations, archives, museums, and special collections (GLAM).
In this workshop, you'll gain practical skills and confidence in using decentralized tools to safeguard your organization's digital heritage. This session is tailored for nonprofits concerned about data sovereignty and who want to reduce risks tied to centralized storage, such as censorship, external control, or authenticity.
Participants will:
Understand the fundamentals of decentralized storage and its benefits for GLAM institutions.
Get hands-on experience with tools like storacha.network, an intuitive platform for uploading files to IPFS and Filecoin.
Learn step-by-step techniques for uploading, retrieving, and sharing digital assets with decentralized storage solutions.
With live demonstrations, guided hands-on activities, and a focus on practical applications, this workshop equips you with the tools to protect and preserve your organization’s digital assets.
This workshop is for anyone new to digital preservation or looking to enhance their strategies. No technical background is required—just a commitment to data sovereignty and protecting your organization's valuable digital resources.
Join us to explore how decentralized technologies can empower nonprofits to take control of their data and build resilience for the future.
Public Good App House is a project of Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup.
Introducing Bay Area GLAM Organizations to the Decentralized Web and Storage
Tuesday, March 4 - 4 PM – 6 PM
Join us to explore how decentralized storage can empower your organization and transform how cultural data is preserved, shared, and owned. Together, let’s build a future where cultural heritage thrives in the digital era.
Partners
Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web
Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to ensure the permanent preservation of humanity’s most important information by stewarding the development of open-source software and open protocols for decentralized data storage and retrieval networks.
TechSoup
TechSoup is a nonprofit that equips changemakers with transformative technology solutions and skills that they need to improve lives globally and locally.
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