December 31 Deadline Rapidly Approaching for Competition with $650,000 in Cash and Prizes for Wireless and mHealth Solutions



The Vodafone Americas Foundation and mHealth Alliance announced the last call for submissions for the annual Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project™ and the mHealth Alliance Award, a competition designed to spark innovation and help solve pressing global issues. Proposals will be accepted through December 31.




Today, as people around the world celebrate the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day, The Belinda Stronach Foundation and 30 supporting businesses and organizations have announced the Second Annual G(irls)20 Summit 2011.  On October 18-20, a girl from each of the G20 countries, and the African Union, will come together to “debate, discuss and design innovative solutions for the economic challenges of our time.” The participants are all 18-20 year old young women and will be trained in business, media and public policy so that they can grow innovative solutions in their own communities.

Like so many people working on projects focused on the issues, technologies and strategies that help strengthen communities, we spent the end of 2010 reflecting on our findings (check out the year-in-review post series). As we dash forward with our plans for 2011, the NetSquared team would like to begin a dialogue with our users around the evolution of the NetSquared initiative.

Recent conversations with community members surfaced three key topics that we’ll be exploring in a series of posts over the coming weeks: The Inter-Play Between Local & Global Programs, Expanding & Evaluating Impact, and Developing a Compelling Network Narrative.

(This post originally written by Mary Joyce for the Meta-Activism blog. You can see the original post here.)

The Global Digital Activism Data Set is the first attempt to quantitatively study digital activism as a global phenomenon.  It is an all-volunteer project to create an open case study database under a Creative Commons license that will be accessible to scholars and activists around the world.  It currently has 342 cases, with over 1,500 cases waiting to be entered… and that’s our challenge.

Take Green Map With You!

Joining the mobile revolution, Green Map System has two new resources for green living - a mobile website and the first Green Map iPhone App! 

Ideal for locals and tourists alike, both are free and feature the beta version of "What's Green Nearby?™" a handy tool for connecting with green resources on the go. 

Gain a unique insight into the work and outcomes of locally-led Green Map projects of over 600 projects in 55 countries with Version 1.0 of the iPhone App. Explore Green Maps, videos, photos, Twitter,  blog and much more. 

The Dell Social Innovation Competition is challenging students worldwide to come up with innovative ideas that will benefit society.  Running through March 1, the competition is designed to foster the creativity and idealism of students. The winning student will recieve $50,000 to put their plan into action.

Here at NetSquared we are proud, honored, and in awe every day of the very special global community made up of local groups and their networks, the ties between local groups around the world, and the project teams from all over the globe focused on innovations that help us make the world a better place.  Reflecting on the Community and the work being done in every corner of the world, we've tried to articulate some of the aspects that make the NetSquared Community so unique and also so powerful.

Global Entrepreneurship Week kicks off today and it look set to be a week full of events to celebrate entrepreneurship. 

This afternoon the Big Launch takes place at the British library, complete with a webcast GOING ON NOW for those who can't attend.

The week is full of opportunities, including vouchers and prizes for events with strong impact with participants.  Find out more and register your event now.

Hello Everyone!

 The Community Tool Box has some very exciting news and updates to annouce!