N2Y3 was what got Ushahidi started financially.  Up until that time, we had no money at all. Zero.  We were all just volunteering our time to a project that we all believed in.  The $25,000 we won last year changed all that.  Here are some of the lessons that we learned and which just might help you too.

April 9-14 we will be asking you to cast your vote to choose the 20 NetSquared Innovation Fund Award Featured Projects that are utilizing the technologies, tools and communities of the social web to create societal impact most effectively.

We've had a couple of posts recently from folks asking the NetSquared community for help that I wanted to point to.

In answer to the first of our Four Questions, "What's * Really * New on the Web?", Paul Lamb of the Nonprofits of the Future blog wants your opinion about what a technologically empowered nonprofit will look like 5-10 years down the road.  You can get more information and post comments on his blog, or email him at pauljlamb@gmail.com.

Last night on the community blog, Julius Huijnk, a 4th year student in the EMMA program at the HKU in the Netherlands, wrote a post asking for feedback and help building a decentralized charity web site. You can get more information at his blog, Making The Site.