Contact

Please direct all press-related inquiries to:

• Krista Van Lewen

• Ph:(415) 608.0263
• Email: kvanlewen_at_gmail.com

This year’s conference coverage

People are talking about NetSquared! You can find some highlights below.

May

5/28/08
SFGate's Tech Chronicles
And the winner is . . . everyone!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=26859

5/28/08
The Mercury News
Netsquared: Harnessing the power of social media to solve social problems
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/obrien/2008/05/28/netsquared-harnessing-the-power-social-media-to-solve-social-problems/

April

4/28/08
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY
Mapping Web site Brings Data Home to Users.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080428/BUSINESS/804280309/1003

March

3/29/08
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY
The "Business People" section reports that the Louisville Metro Mapper is one of the NetSquared Featured Projects.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080329/BUSINESS/80328049

3/29/08
Killerstartups
NetSquared
http://www.killerstartups.com/Web20/NetSquaredorg---Web-20-Features-For-Nonprofits/

3/24/08
Eweek
Public Interest Mashup Follows Political Money Trail
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Apps/Public-Interest-Mashup-Follows-Political-Money-Trail/

3/19/08
ReadWriteWeb
NetSquared Mashup Challenge: 120+ Mashups for Social Change
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/netsquared_mashup_challenge_12.php

3/12/08
Y! Developer network
Interview with Marnie Webb and Billy Bicket
http://http://developer.yahoo.net/blogs/theater/archives/2008/03/netsquaredorg.html

3/12/08
Media Shift Idea Lab
A News Mashup
http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2008/03/a-news-mashup.html

3/10/08
CIO Blog
What Makes People Get Involved?
http://advice.cio.com/michael_hugos/what_makes_people_get_involved?page=0%2C0

3/6/08
Chronicle of Philanthropy
$100,000 in Prize Money for Charity “Mashups”
http://philanthropy.com/temp/email.php?id=0i0x61n9dlwjmi8mk028smsa69gi22w4

3/1/08
Worldchanging
NetSquared Mashup Challenge
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007865.html

February

2/28/08
Idealist.org
Mashup Data for Good – and Cash
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/h/blog/mash-up-data-for-good-and-cash

2/26/08
NetSquared
Thanks Bloggers and Tweeters Posting About the NetSquared Mashup Challenge
Find a summary of bloggers and tweeters spreading the word about the Challenge here

2/25/08
Full Circle Associates
Enter the NetSquared Mashup Challenge
hhttp://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2008/02/25/enter-the-netsquared-mashup-challenge/

2/21/08
The Mechanism
Mash Your Way to a Better World [Reblog]
http://themechanism.com/blog/2008/02/21/mash-your-way-to-a-better-world-reblog/

2/20/08
Google Maps API blog
Mash Your Way to a Better World
http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2008/02/mash-your-way-to-better-world.html

2/20/08
Tactical Philanthropy
NetSquared N2Y3
http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2008/02/netsquared-n2y3

Find this year’s conference-related press releases here

Media Highlights from previous conferences

TV

6/20/07
ABC News Now
Changing the world with a click of a mouse
http://abcnews.go.com/abcnewsnow/story?id=3307243&page=1
ABC News Now interviewed the three NetSquared Innovation Award winners and NetSquared’s Marnie Webb. Find the first half of the segment at the link above.

5/29/07

ABC 7: 6 p.m. Evening News
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=5350871

online

7/13/07
CNN Money.com/Fortune
The Amazing Freecycle Story
http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/13/magazines/fortune/pluggedin_gunther_freecycle.fortune/?postversion=2007071314
Read about Freecycle, one of the NetSquared Innovation Award winners, and Daniel Ben-Horin's comments on the project.

5/31/07
SFGate's Tech Chronicles
Nonprofits net a big return in competition
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=17135
It may not have drawn the national attention of television's "American Idol," but the NetSquared Innovation Awards this week at Cisco headquarters in San Jose profited from healthy competition among nonprofits seeking to use technology to better the world.

5/31/07
KQED Radio News
NetSquared Conference
News story by Peter Jon Shuler (no online file available)

5/17/07
Business Week NEXT
NetSquared Innovation Awards

5/09/07
San Francisco Chronicle, TechChronicles Blog
Call it Socially Responsible Idol

5/09/07
CIO Blog
Doing business in real time

6/13/06
MSNBC
Can Web2.0 Change the world
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13230538/
But in the not-for-profit world, Web 2.0 tools look like the biggest boost since the invention of the personal computer itself

Net2 presskit

Our press releases and other materials are available to read online, or you can download them at the bottom of the page. You can download a quick overview of the event here

What is NetSquared?

TechSoup NetSquared spurs responsible adoption of social web tools by social benefit organizations. The new generation of online tools, such as blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, and podcasting, makes it easier than ever to collaborate, share information and mobilize support. Some people describe them as "Web 2.0"; we call them the “social web,” because their power comes from the relationships they enable. Nonprofits and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) thrive on relationships – which means the social web holds tremendous potential to transform their effectiveness and impact.

In its third year, NetSquared focuses on:

• The NetSquared.org online community, centered around this web site, an venue for learning skills, sharing experiences, and developing expertise.

• Net Tuesday- a monthly real-world gathering of Net² members and friends across the U.S.

• The NetSquared Conference, May 27 and 28, 2008 in San Jose, CA , which will feature 20 mashup projects- chosen by the NetSquared community. These projects will be competing for a share in the $100,000 Technology Innovation Award and additional in-kind assistance to broaden their reach and impact.

Who is involved?

The people who came up with the initial NetSquared idea are Daniel Ben-Horin and Marnie Webb.

But the driving force behind this project today is the NetSquared community that includes people from very diverse backgrounds.

Who's the "TechSoup" in TechSoup NetSquared?

NetSquared is an initiative of TechSoup, a nonprofit organization founded in 1987 as CompuMentor. Through our informational Web site and our TechSoup Stock distribution operation, we transfer IT knowledge and products to the global nonprofit sector. The TechSoup website is visited by over 400,000 unique monthly users from over 190 countries looking for nonprofit tech know-how to achieve their missions. To date, TechSoup has also distributed over 2.7 million technology donations to nonprofits in the U.S. and beyond, at a retail value of over $725 million.

 

Press releases from 2008

January 2008

• N2Year 3 announcement

March 2008

• Net2y3 finalists

April 2008

• Surdna Foundation Supports TechSoup’s NetSquared Initiative With $600,000 Grant

May 2008

• NetSquared Announces its $100,000 Mashup Challenge Tech Innovation Fund Winners
• Cisco Hosts 2008 NetSquared Conference as “Mashups” Compete for $100,000

Releases about the 2006 event can be found here

 

Releases about the 2007 event can be found here

 

 

Net2 print media

The following Adobe Illustrator EPS files should be used for print publications. You can also find .pdf files of our press releases and backgrounders at the bottom of the page. Please see our policies page for more information about how our logos may be used.

• Net2 Logo (1.2 mb)
• Net2 Logo icon (900 kb)
• Net2 color information (416 kb)

Net2 online media

You can download Net² badges in GIF and PNG format and learn how to place them on your own website using our handy code on the Spread NetSquared page.

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N2Year 3 announcement1-08-1.pdf	67.04 KB
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N2-Surnda grant4-08.pdf	60.16 KB
N2Y3_Winners_release_final_5_28.pdf	78.37 KB
N2Y3 Cisco Sponsor release FINAL 5.22.pdf	186.84 KB