Be NetSquared: Year 3
Want a N2Y3 recap? View attendee blogs, vlogs and comments at Be NetSquared.
NetSquared is an initiative of TechSoup
NetSquared enables social benefit organizations to leverage the tools of the social web.
- Home
- Social bookmarking (e.g. del.icio.us, Furl)
Social bookmarking (e.g. del.icio.us, Furl)
Aspiration's Social Source Commons
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
The Social Source Commons helps nonprofits find appropriate software to support their work, and share knowledge about tools. It is the only venue on the net striving to build a complete inventory of what software is available for nonprofit needs.
Huichol Cultural Survival
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
The Huichol Indians are intact as a pre-hispanic people, but their cultural survival is in peril.
Much hard work has taken place to protect this universal treasure, yet time is running out for the Huichols. We must increase our efforts now.
The World Café GiGis (Girl Geeks) Project
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
The GiGi’s project applies understanding of social networks, community development, and online technologies, to enable the World Café global network to become increasingly self-organizing, self-sustaining on behalf of life affirming futures.
CT EarthNet: Empowering Community-based Environmental Management
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
CT EarthNet empowers a grassroots groundswell led by community groups in Connecticut that is known to hold great promise for resolving urgent issues such as sprawl, air and water quality, conservation and environmental education.
HIV ATLAS: Serving positively proud people
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
HIV ATLAS is an international technology initiative connecting Wants and Haves in the field of HIV/AIDS with a local perspective and global mindset.
Dgroups 2.0
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
Dgroups.org is the home for groups and communities working to achieve international development goals. Dgroups current platform, Dgroups 1.0, is long overdue for a modernized replacement, Dgroups 2.0, based on Drupal, Sympa and web2.0 services.
The Nata Village blog. A unique opportunity to witness the battle to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in an African village
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
Nata, Botswana is a village of hope. Donations from the blog:
http://natavillage.org are used to help the 400 orphans, people living with HIV/AIDS, Nata clinic, and a youth group.
China Digital Times
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
China Digital Times is an uncensored news portal covering China's political and social transformation. CDT uses the power of the Internet to bridge the language and cultural gap and overcome state censorship.
Not Just a Number
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
Not Just a Number is a violence prevention, community journalism website, created to give Oakland California a place to share stories, connect and develop solutions for social change.
Prevent Human Trafficking using technology to tell stories of empowerment and successful micro philanthropy
Voting Summary (Elevator Pitch):
Everyday people can prevent human trafficking! We use digital media to educate and empower by making human-to-human connections, & showcasing amazing, sustainable solutions that anyone can be part of as a new micro-philanthropist or activist.
