NetSquared recently followed up with the N2Y3 Featured Projects to develop these short case studies, with the goal to expand the knowledgebase of best practices for applying social media in the nonprofit context. We interviewed participants from the N2Y3 Featured Project teams to gain a better understanding of the way they used social media to increase their reach and carry out their missions. We are very happy to bring you their stories!

Today's spotlight: Genocide Intervention Network!

In the past week or so, I've had the great pleasure of talking with a few handfuls of brilliant people. They've bestowed their wisdom upon me and you, my fellow NetSquared brethren, and I highlight here five of the sharpest, most apt pieces of advice I've lately heard regarding our livelihoods:

"When we began a couple of years ago, and were just sort of starting our outreach on Facebook, we found there were already dozens of Facebook groups around the issue and working on these issues. It was just about networking them, giving them resources, giving them support in the work they were doing."

N2Y2 Featured Project, the Genocide Intervention Network, has launched a new web site with some new features:

The Genocide Intervention Network is a small, non-profit organization located in Washington, D.C., that works to mobilize an anti-genocide constituency in the United States and Canada to raise the costs for inaction by politicians in the face of genocide. GI-Net empowers individuals and communities with the tools to prevent and stop genocide, in particular by protecting civilians in Darfur, Sudan.

Because of increased momentum and support, GI-Net is currently hiring for several positions:

Liveblogging from the social impact track of feedback session 2.

• feedback
  • Micha Sifry (Personal Democracy Forum, Sunlight Foundation)
  • Diana Scarce (Monitor Institute)
  • Alexandra Samuel (Social Signal)
• projects
  • Genocide Intervention Network
  • Nabuur
  • Global Women's Leadership Network
  • Social Source Commons