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Chain Reaction: Collaboration hits London 17-18 Nov

chain reaction conference logo"None of us on our own can change the world, not governments, not businesses, not charities. We succeed when we work together."  That's the premise of Chain Reaction, an event that brings together social leaders, community activists, policy makers, business leaders, young people and people like you from around the globe to share learning and to generate new ideas for social change, locally, nationally and globally.

What's Chain Reaction?

Call for ideas for the next Social Innovation Camp

Social Innovation Camp logoSocial Innovation Camp is back and looking for your ideas for web-based tools that could change something important. SICamps bring software developers and social innovators together for an action-packed weekend, 48 hours to take new ideas and put them into working parts.

Submissions are due by 7 November, so enter yours soon!

Learn more and get involved with SICamp!

Announcing London Net Tuesday!

NetSquared share build collaborateI'm thrilled to announce that the London Net Tuesday is officially here!  The community in London and around the UK is ready for a solid, monthly event that brings together social changemakers (whether a nonprofit organization in the traditional sense, a group of interested citizens, social venture capitalists or an individual with an idea) and technological forerunners together to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate on new projects.

Join the fun!

The Hub: Another place for collaboration

Hub logoThe Hub at Kings Cross, in London, UK, is officially opening its doors today.  Social innovators, entrepreneurs, collaborators, nonprofit organizations, and other social good types are already filling it up and taking advantage of the other Hub locations.

Hub Spaces

Net Tuesday London in the works!


net2 logoAs most of you know, I’m now located in London, UK and the community builder at NetSquared.  I’m really excited to be here and to connect with the nonprofit technology community on the ground in the UK.

N2 in the UK Brainstorm Begins!

 

This summer, Dan McQuillan expressed a need for a NetSquared community in Europe. Four months later, web innovators and social changemakers got together at the Newman Arms pub in London to brainstorm the structure, goals and programming for a NetSquared group in the UK.

According to David Wilcox and Nick Booth's coverage of the night, William Hoyle, Steve Bridger, Steve Moore, Michael Ambjorn, Paul Miller, Simon Berry and Nathalie McDermott were part of the mix.

Sounds like a big focus of the evening was about how the growth and adoption of the social web can not only help nonprofits and NGOs with their work, but change their culture and structure as well.

David Wilcox writes:

"The focus of discussion was not just about how nonprofits could use Web 2.0: in fact Dan - who has recently left an international charity - went so far as to say "the Third Sector is broken" ... I think. I'm sure he'll correct me if that's an overstatement. While some people felt social media could help in fixing, others of us were more interested in the new set of values and ways of doing things bubbling up around social media, unbounded by historic notions of public, private and nonprofit sectors."

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