Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco Systems, Inc. is pleased to be working with NetSquared to bring the benefits of the Internet to non-profits, to enhance their ability to provide services to their constituents. Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government and home communications, and Cisco Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of these networks. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen competitive advantage. The Cisco name has become synonymous with the Internet, as well as with the productivity improvements that Internet business solutions provide. At Cisco, our vision is to change the way people work, live, play and learn.

Yahoo!

Yahoo! for Good is committed to making a difference in the world by empowering our users and employees with products and services that inspire them to make a positive impact. We are very excited to sponsor NetSquared and are confident that the conference will be the source of many new and innovative ideas on how to use technology for good.

About Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! seeks to provide online products and services essential to users' lives, and offers a full range of tools and marketing solutions for businesses to connect with Internet users around the world. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Symantec Corporation

Symantec Corporation is pleased to support and sponsor TechSoup’s Net Squared – we are dedicated to continuing our role as an agent for positive change in our global communities. We believe aiding nonprofits to better understand and use these exciting new technologies is a powerful way to help nonprofits more effectively address social needs around the world.

The Symantec Corporate Giving Program is committed to supporting the global communities where we work and live. This commitment comes in the form of sponsorships with an emphasis on education and software donations. As the leader in Internet security technology, Symantec understands the necessity of supporting the efficient functioning of nonprofit missions by allowing them to work safely in our connected world, building a strong educational system in order to produce the talented workforce that will create the technological advances of tomorrow. Symantec's goal is to proactively support educational programs aimed at pre-K through 12 through corporate sponsorship.

Microsoft Community Affairs

Microsoft is committed to being a responsible industry partner, working with businesses, nonprofits, communities, and governments to help advance social and economic well-being and to enable people around the world to realize their full potential. Microsoft Community Affairs and Microsoft Research are pleased to sponsor NetSquared.

About Microsoft Community Affairs

Microsoft and its employees have long recognized the importance of being engaged in supporting communities around the world. Last year the company donated $61 million in cash $273 million in software to 9,000 nonprofit organizations. While a majority of the company’s community investments are made in support of Unlimited Potential, a global program that supports IT skills development in community technology centers or telecenters, the company also makes software, curriculum and technology tools available to improve the use of technology by nonprofit organizations. Microsoft products are available to qualified organizations at http://www.techsoup.org. For more information, visit http://www.microsoft.com/unlimitedpotential.

Ensemble capital management

Ensemble Capital Management provides families both traditional investment management and a unique, specialized approach to furthering their philanthropic interests. We focus on the tactics of optimizing and structuring your assets to put your philanthropic strategy into action. At Ensemble, we bridge the gap between estate planning, tax planning, philanthropic strategy and investment management — to execute what we call tactical philanthropy.

With the transformation of philanthropy reaching critical momentum, we believe that NetSquared stands front and center as a leading example of the new approaches that are challenging the way we think about efforts to make the world a better place.

ReadyTalk

ReadyTalk is a full-service audio and web conferencing provider that enables nonprofit organizations to communicate more effectively. With our affordable and easy to use web conferencing, anyone in your organization can easily train volunteers, present new initiatives, hold webinars, and conduct virtual board meetings.

ReadyTalk is committed to making our customers shine, whether they hold an impromptu conference call or hosting a global webinar. We have all of the benefits of a large provider, but we take a personal approach to serving our customers. That's why ReadyTalk has become a favorite with nonprofit organizations of all sizes and causes.

Business Objects

At Business Objects we are tapping into the “Power of Collective Intelligence”, inviting lovers and creators of data to come together to explore data for innovative solutions to problems. I applaud the approach to this year’s NetSquared Conference which echoes this philosophy. How exciting to have the opportunity to bring the collective intelligence of technologists in the not for profit world together to explore 21 ideas that have the greatest potential to create positive social change. We believe that intelligent information can change the way the world works. We are pleased to partner with Tech Soup and support the innovative thinking of the conference hosts and the attendees whose spirit of purpose is to use technology to make a difference in the world.

Bryght

Bryght knows nonprofits benefit when they have the best community content hosting solutions, when people and organizations have all the tools and features they need to manage their online presence. That’s why we’re sponsoring Net Squared – it is an exciting place where nonprofits can in one location see the most beneficial and relevant communication tools surfacing for their use.

Bryght is a content and community management system that allows you to create and maintain a dynamic website for your organization (corporation, non profit, learning institution, etc.) without having any technical knowledge. It is based on the open source Drupal system. For the technically minded, Drupal is an open source content management system, a super blogging system, a superb RSS aggregator both in and out and more.

For the rest of us, Drupal is the best way to build and maintain an online community. Bryght is a hosted website service. Think of Bryght as Salesforce.com for content and communities. We are not RedHat; we don't sell Drupal software bundled into distros or support software; all we do is offer hosted services.

CMC limited

CMC Limited has always been a community-oriented organization and has contributed in nation building through its major projects like IMPRESS – a passenger ticketing and reservations system for Indian Railways, KHAZANE – a treasury management system for the Government of Karnataka, Census 2001 – digitization of the census data for the Government of India, MACH – a cargo handling system to integrate all complex and varied activities of container terminals of Indian and international ports, BOLT – an online transaction processing system for the Bombay Stock Exchange, and many more. We are pleased to support and sponsor TechSoup’s Net Squared.

CMC Limited, a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services Limited and part of the Tata Group, India’s best-known business conglomerate, is an end-to-end IT solutions provider with capabilities straddling the entire information technology spectrum: IT architecture; hardware; software (including systems and application software, development or implementation, maintenance, and frameworks); network consulting; Education & Training and IT-enabled processing services.

Bring Light

Bring Light aims to inspire a new generation of philanthropy with an online social network where donors and nonprofits build communities to fund specific charitable projects. It’s a fun, interactive and secure place where people can see where their donations are going, and multiply the impact by building Giving Groups around the causes they care about. For charities, it’s a quick, simple and cost-effective way to fundraise and build relationships with new donors.

Network for Good

Network for Good is delighted to support NetSquared and to share its vision – helping nonprofits use the Internet to spread their message, get heard and turn hundreds of supporters into thousands and millions. Together, we’re leveling the digital playing field so that even the smallest nonprofits can raise money, recruit volunteers and reach out to constituents online.

Network for Good offers low-cost, high-performing tools for donation processing, email outreach and donor management. It is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2001 by the Time Warner Foundation and AOL, Inc.; the Cisco Foundation and Cisco Systems, Inc.; and Yahoo! Inc. Network for Good recently merged with Groundspring, expanding the strength and scope of our online fundraising tools, and has partnered with Salesforce to bring nonprofits sophisticated but affordable donor management capabilities.

The organizations we work with, like the Sankara Eye Foundation, Architecture for Humanity and Chernobyl Children’s Project International, show the power of harnessing technology to (as NetSquared puts it) “catalyze the catalyzers."? We thank NetSquared for its work to catalyze still more organizations through a growing community of innovative thinkers.

Tendenci

Does your nonprofit organization’s Web site empower your members and supporters? Tendenci is a proud supporter of NetSquared and its work to make a social impact by encouraging the adoption of online technology and tools by nonprofit organizations.

Tendenci association management software is an all-in-one suite of easy-to-use Web-based association management tools that enable nonprofit organizations to grow their communities, connect their members, raise funds and make a difference. With close to a half million registered users, Tendenci makes it easy to manage and update the member database, create and register for events online, update and manage Web site content, develop and distribute e-newsletters, promote fundraising campaigns and collect donations, and empower users to create online communities. Let us show you how Tendenci can help your organization change the world one Web site visitor at a time!

Wild apricot

Wild Apricot is pleased to support NetSquared in its ongoing efforts to remix the web for the social change!

Wild Apricot helps busy non-profit executives, volunteers and members to focus their energy on their number one priority: advancing their cause. We provide web-based tools that are affordable, efficient and easy to use. Wild Apricot solves daily administration headaches for non-profit organizations, clubs and associations with an integrated set of Web 2.0 tools for:

- membership management,
- event registrations,- donations and online payments.

care2

Care2, as a practitioner and supporter of social innovation, has been an ongoing co-organizer of NetSquared's Washington, DC chapter since April of 2006, and is pleased to be sponsoring NetSquared 2007.

With more than 7 million members and 250 nonprofit partners, Care2 is the largest online social network of people interested in living a conscious and responsible lifestyle. Care2 members discover, share and take action each day on the causes and subjects that are shaping our world – environmental conservation, human rights, green living and more. Care2 provides information and services to help people make a difference including the most tips for living a greener life, the most popular online petition service to support nonprofit initiatives, and a forum for people with shared values to connect with one another. Care2 reaches the global community, but is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. To learn more about how you can make a difference, visit www.care2.com.

Man On a Mission Consulting

MOM Consulting is an organization dedicated to 21st Century social change. We focus on leveraging community-based knowledge and experience, innovative thinking, and emerging technologies for meaningful and high-impact results. We are facilitators of empowering, engaged work that can change the world in a world of change. We believe that people and people connections, not just better tools and processes, are at the core of that change.