NetSquared Sponsors enable our initiative to make significant impact via the social benefit organizations we serve. These companies and organizations deserve tremendous appreciation as the community stands to gain immensely as a result of their sponsorship.

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Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco 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, (NASDAQ: CSCO), is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. 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.

Sponsors

Microsoft

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. As part of this commitment, Microsoft is pleased to sponsor NetSquared for the third year in a row.

Microsoft and its employees have long recognized the importance of being engaged in supporting communities around the world. Last year, the company donated $110 million in cash and $322 million in software to help more than 30,000 nonprofit organizations worldwide do their important work. While a majority of the company's community investments are made in support of the Community Technology Skills Program, a global program that supports IT skills development in community technology centers or telecenters, the company also donates its software and curriculum to improve the use of technology by nonprofit organizations worldwide. To learn more, visit www.microsoft.com/giving.

Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! is focused on powering its communities of users, advertisers, publishers, and developers by creating indispensable experiences built on trust. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit pressroom.yahoo.com or the company's blog, Yodel Anecdotal.

givezooks!

givezooks! supports and shares NetSquared's goal to help nonprofits successfully utilize the capabilities of the Internet to increase their impact and achieve social change. givezooks! offers social fundraising for nonprofits, connecting individuals and organizations online to increase charitable giving. Social fundraising (the Obama model) is the intersection of online fundraising with social networking. givezooks! embraces the power of social networking and other online marketing capabilities to increase fundraising efficiency and broaden the network of potential donors for nonprofits.

IdeasProject

IdeasProject, a project of Nokia hosted at www.ideasproject.com, brings together the most visionary and influential big thinkers to contemplate the big ideas that matter most to the future of communications. It is a new kind of conversation platform aimed at uncovering the connections between these thought leaders and their disruptive ideas. Explore the IdeasProject Web site, subscribe to its RSS feed, join its Twitter feed (ideasproject), and come back often to learn about great new big ideas as they break.

About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

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.

theCoup

theCoup multiplies the impact of public interest campaigns and innovations. Through branding, web development, and creative strategy, we help you connect with partners, funders, press, and the masses. With our collaboration on design and new media communications, you can achieve your goals--transforming information into knowledge, audience into action. www.theCoup.org

Acteva

Acteva which will be up on Monday, but for now goes to our website) has a ten year history of supporting the nonprofit community and believes in the ideals of TechSoup Global and NetSquared. Forty percent of Acteva's 14,000 customers are nonprofits and associations.

Acteva is a TechSoup Stock donation partner and we look forward to continuing our tradition of service as the official event registration sponsor of the 2009 NetSquared Conference.

We will also be donating an Acteva Community Network to each of the NetSquared finalists. Acteva Community Networks combines the power of proven online event registration technology, flexible event calendaring and enterprise-grade social networking tools—all in a single platform.

For more information on how to grow your own events and community, please visit www.Acteva.com.

Linden Lab

Linden Lab ® was founded in 1999 by Philip Rosedale to create a revolutionary new form of shared experience known as Second Life ®. Second Life is a 3D virtual world created by its Residents that's bursting with entertainment, experiences, and opportunity. The Second Life Gridâ„¢ provides the platform where the Second Life world resides and offers the tools for businesses, educators, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs to develop a virtual presence. Headquartered in San Francisco, Linden Lab has over 200 employees spread across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

RainCity Studios

Raincity Studios is a full service new media agency offering web site building services and hosting solutions. We focus on methods which empower organizations and individuals to engage and activate constituents and create an atmosphere for participation. With this in mind, Raincity Studios is pleased to support Netsquared's mission of encouraging responsible adoption of social web tools by social benefit organizations and heartily agree that the power of the participatory web should be available to all.

Using Raincity's "Bryght" hosting products, progressive web communities - including ChangeEverything, happyfrog.ca, For Peace, ProgressiveU, and Homeless Nation - have efficiently and effectively amplified their messages to online audiences with great success. Web services clients feature Sony/BMG, Warner Brothers, Harlequin, SPIN Magazine, Mozilla Foundation, UBC, Government of Canada, BCIT, and The Grateful Dead, plus over a hundred other projects.

As a full service web agency, RCS's offerings include strategic consulting, custom code development, graphic design for print and web, and e-commerce implementations, as well as "new" marketing services like search engine optimization, blogging, podcasting, social media releases, and tactical outreach campaigns.

Enthusiastic advocates of open software and culture, Raincity Studios team members participate in development of Drupal open source software and regularly organize and speak at conferences about open technology, international entrepreneurship, and social media topics.

Follow along on our journey via blogs and podcasts produced from the Raincity Studios offices in Vancouver, Canada and Shanghai, China - http://www.raincitystudios.com/blogs-and-pods.

Adobe

Adobe Systems Inc. is proud to sponsor and support TechSoup's NetSquared event as part of its commitment to helping nonprofit organizations increase their impact through technology and innovation.

Adobe supports strategic programs and partnerships that help make our communities better, stronger, and more vibrant places in which to live, work, and do business. Adobe supports nonprofit organizations and programs that address community-specific needs, with an emphasis on the following criteria: supporting arts and culture, reducing hunger and homelessness, protecting the natural environment, and improving access to electronic information for people with disabilities.

Sun

Network Innovation. That's what the Sun brand stands for. Innovation that's built into every product, service and technology we build. As part of this innovation, Sun is pleased to be a sponsor of NetSquared.

From Java technology that powers over 6.5 billion devices to the world class performance of the Solaris operating system to our award winning servers and storage systems. Sun products give you the power to Change (Y)our World. Through our commitment to eco innovation, we build products that help make your business eco-responsible. We open source most of our products because we believe there is innovation that happens not only inside our walls but outside to the communities in which we participate and contribute. We believe in the power of making technology accessible to everyone, regardless of geographic location or economic situation. We are committed to donating our time and resources to helping organizations and people committed to changing our world for the greater good.

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.

Redemtech

As the company that pioneered Technology Change Management, Redemtech remains committed to helping business enterprises achieve success in their social and environmental responsibilities through the proper management of technology, particularly end-of-lifecycle computer equipment. This commitment stresses maximizing the life optimum utilization of technology through refurbishment and recycling. This not only extends useful life of electronics, but keeps their hazardous components out of the waste stream and reduces energy consumption compared to new manufacture. But Redemtech goes beyond helping businesses achieve their corporate social responsibility objectives, and works directly with organizations that can help provide people and communities with surplus computer equipment. Just as Redemtech assists partners such as TechSoup to manage donations of surplus or refurbished computer equipment to charities and other worthy community non-profit organizations, the company surpasses accepted environmental fundamentals to assure data security on all end-of-lifecycle equipment, thus ensuring corporate compliance and protective consumer privacy. Through TechSoup's Refurbished Computers Initiative, Redemtech's commitment to being a model e-Steward is evident as the company provides non-profits with access to business-grade, name-brand, warranted computer equipment that comes with fully licensed Windows ® operating systems and Microsoft Office software. Additionally, Redemtech includes asset recovery and recycling services free of charge with all donations, ensuring environmentally- responsibly retirement. Redemtech's overall mission is to enhance and manage technology through the life span of each piece of hardware, expanding its usefulness and providing opportunities for charitable organizations to reuse equipment to add value to their own efforts to benefit society.

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 has also 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.

Aspiration

Aspiration is NetSquared's Conference Design Partner

Aspiration connects nonprofits to software solutions that help them more effectively meet their missions of positive global change. We connect and strengthen physical communities of nonprofit users and software developers by convening and facilitating innovative technology events. We connect and strengthen virtual communities of nonprofit users and developers through the Social Source Commons, which maps out available software tools and related information resources. And we provide capacity building services, working with software developers to produce better tools for nonprofits, and with nonprofits to better leverage these tools.

alonovo.com

By integrating trusted information about the way a company behaves (respect for workers, the local community, the environment, conservation of resources, ethics and other important factors) alonovo.com works to focus consumer buying power, connecting corporate behavior to the profit motive. We feel that by informing andeducating people at their point of purchase -and encouraging affinity with businesses that are evolving to balance people, planet and profit we can improve the quality and dignity of life everywhere. We share the revenue we generate through ecommerce with a growing list of non-profit organizations.

Social Signal

Social Signal is a social media agency that provides strategy, development and community management to engage your customers, supporters and team. Incorporated in 2005, Social Signal has always focused exclusively on online community and social media projects. Social Signal has launched more than 25 online communities, social network presences and web applications, and advised dozens of leaders and organizations on how they can use the social web.