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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us.

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

Curated by library staff and educators, the app lets users search by title, author, genre, or list. And if you have a great idea for an app, but don't know where to start, you might be able to find help from NetSquared , an initiative from TechSoup Global. Image: App Inventor Workshop ( Flickr ).

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Google Blog Search. Photo from Cambodia4kids. More pointers to NTC posts here. NTC 2007 Pipe.

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NpTech Summary: Red T-Shirt Day - Supporting Monks, YouTube Nonprofit Channel, and Web2forDev Conference Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. There's a roundup of coverage on his Netsquared blog , including pointers to live blog posts like this one. And if you???re

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What Do You Want to Change?

Have Fun - Do Good

I'm double blogging these days, here and on the NetSquared blog. That's a photo of me above at NetSquared's last Net Tuesday. The photo is from NetSquared's "I Want Change" Flickr group where folks are posting photos with signs that say what they want to change in the world. net2 nptech flickr Here's info.

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Four Steps to Ease You Into Social Web Activism

Have Fun - Do Good

Blogs You can find blogs by searching on Google Blog Search and Technorati. Online videos/vlogs Online videos or vlogs can searched for in the iTunes Music Store as well as on YouTube , blip.tv , DoGooderTV , QuantumShift.tv You can still add your own red photo to the Burma Free - Birmania Libera Flickr pool.

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Are They Listening Carefully or Not At All?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Listen Carefully Photo in Flickr CC "BY" license by Sookie. In article about ego searching, Robin Good adds If you can track what the rest of the world is saying about you or your products and services, you have a great deal of valuable information at your disposal. Ego searches. Robin Good - Ego Searching.

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