Vancouver had its first Net Tuesday in February and its second in March. Its third and latest event happened this past Tuesday and was a great success! Presenters included Jason Mogus of Communicopia.com, Scott Nelson of FearlessCity, and Keith Grennan of Sprout. Our host for the evening was Sarah Pullman.

The event was titled “Welcome to the Widget Revolution!”

Widgets aren’t just little pieces of portable code. Widgets are about opening up your message to your supporters and the community. Widgets represent a shift towards using online tools, and online thinking, to connect with more people and build deeper relationships with the people you are already connected with.

You can watch Jason's awesome presentation on Blip.tv --

You can also watch Scott's great presentation about the imperative for using and contributing to open-source software here.

While Keith's demo of Sprout didn't make it to Blip.tv yet, Keith did a likewise inspiring job of demonstrating how nonprofits can make their own widgets using the Sprout platform and use them for fund raising & engaging your supporters where they are.

UPDATE: Keith's demo of Sprout is now available!

Our event was also live-blogged by Raul for Miss604 -- you can read his comprehensive post here.

Much thanks to Vida Mas for shooting and uploading the videos to Blip.tv!

And thank you Communicopia, Social Signal, and WorkSpace for sponsoring our event!

If you're interested in attending future Vancouver Net Tuesdays, please join our Facebook Group and/or Meetup Group.

Co-organizers and presenters are also wanted for future events – please e-mail me at joe@engagejoe.com!