In cooperation with others from our local Net Tuesday meetup group #net2chi I'm promoting the Chicago Region Civic Forum.   

The goals of Chicago Region Civic Forum are:

We've got six Net Tuesdays meeting next week all over the country, and in Canada:

Austin, TX NEW!
Topic: Launch party

Chicago, IL
Topic: Pimp My Non-Profit

Houston, TX
Topic: Project LIFT Houston

Hey Chicagoland!

Beth Kanter and I are coming to your town this week.

We'll be joining Chi-Town's social changemakers and web innovators at Net Tuesday Chicago on June 10th from 6-8 PM at ITA (Illinois Technology Association).

June 11th and 12th we'll be speaking at the Making Media Connections Conference 2008 presented by Community Media Workshop.

Last night, the Chicago NetTuesday group held its first gathering. About 30 folks met at The Point (thanks Aaron, Andrew, Joe, and Greg!) for food, networking, and an eye-opening discussion about the tech needs and challenges of non-profits. The organizations represented were diverse - advocacy orgs, media trainers, consultants, social service agencies, youth orgs, community dev corps, and more. After a short discussion (next time we’ll leave more time for this), informal networking carried on until nearly 9pm. Co-covener Michael Maranda also blogged about the meeting.

also posted at http://movesmart.org/WordPress/?p=34

photo by Demetrio Maguigad

We've got two new Net Tuesday groups starting this week, so spread the word!

The first Chicago Net Tuesday will meet on Tuesday, March 11th at 6 PM.

The first Los Angeles Net Tuesday will meet on Wednesday, March 13th at 7:30 PM.

If you live in the Chicago or Los Angeles area, please help to spread the word.

June 13 and 14th I'll be representing NetSquared at Community Media Workshops' 2007 Making Media Connections Conference at Columbia College. On the 13th I'll be co-facilitating an all day, "Leap Into the Web," workshop with Community Media Workshops' Demetrio Maguigad, and on the 14th I'll be on the, "Good for the Web," panel along with Paul Baker of Webitects and Valerie Denney of Denney Communications.

If you're there, say hello!

Our Net Tuesday Chicago organizer is moving, and we need a new organizer (two would be great!) for our Chicago Meetup group.

The main things you do as an organizer is decide on the event's agenda, which can be speakers, a workshop, a discussion, a "Pimp My Nonprofit" brainstorm, or whatever form you think will faciliate networking and resource sharing among people who are interested in using the social web for social change.

Then you need to find a venue (preferably one with WiFi and refreshments) and spread the word.

I'm going to be co-facilitating a, "Leap Into the Web" workshop at the 2007 Making Media Connections Conference in Chicago, and would love to be able to let folks know about local examples of nonprofits using the social web.

If you know of a Chicago nonprofit using the social web for social change, will you let me know how they are using it, along with the orgs' URL, in the comments of this post, or send it to me at bbravo@techsoup.org?

Thanks!
Britt

We've got five NetSquared Meetups coming up in March in Washington DC, San Francisco, Houston, Chicago and Atlanta.  Join a Net Tuesday happening near you next month, or email us at net2@techsoup.org if you would like to start a NetSquared Meetup in your town.

Also, if you know of someone who might want to speak at one of the Meetups, feel free to contact the organizer, or email us at net2@techsoup.org and we'll forward your email on to them.