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Help Shape the Future of NetSquared This October

We’re writing to share some exciting news about our plans to spend the month of October surveying the community so we can better understand your needs. The aim is to re-evaluate our strategy and goals for the NetSquared program moving forward.

September Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Curating Content

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For this month's Net2 Think Tank, we asked you to share your tips, resources, and ideas about curating content at your organization or enterprise. Below, read the curated list of the community responses we received - and share your own tips in the comments!

September Net2 Think Tank: Curating Content

We want to learn from you about curating content! A buzzword in the industry, content curation is nothing new. In fact, many organizations have been effectively curating for years. But the creation of new tools and an increasing demand for streamlined content access has inspired us!

August Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Conducting Community Surveys

Net2 Think Tank LogoAs changemakers in our communities, it's important to take the time to learn from the communities that we serve about their impressions of our services. Whether your community is of volunteers, members of the public, internal stakeholders, or international organizations, it is valuable to ask them what they think of your work and invite them to help shape the future of your programs. For this month's Net2 Think Tank, we asked you to share your tips and examples from surveying your community!

August Net2 Think Tank: Conducting Community Surveys

As changemakers in our communities, it's important to take the time to learn from the communities that we serve about their impressions of our services. Whether your community is of volunteers, members of the public, internal stakeholders, or international organizations, it is valuable to ask them what they think of your work and invite them to help shape the future of your programs. In this month's Net2 Think Tank, we look forward to learning from you about surveying your community!

July Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Building a Culture of Accessibility

Net2 Think Tank LogoIn the old days, we used to talk about accessibility as something we added to our websites. Today, the conversation has shifted towards making our websites accessible as a key requirement of the development process - for complex reasons and with complex benefits. From providing accessible content for people with disabilities, to creating fully usable functionality, to support for multiple languages, we wanted to learn about the benefits people are creating using web and mobile technology.

July Net2 Think Tank: Building a Culture of Accessibility

In the old days, we used to talk about accessibility as something we added to our websites. Today, the conversation has shifted towards making our websites accessible as a key requirement of the development process- for complex reasons and with complex benefits. From providing accessible content for people with disabilities, to creating fully usable functionality, to support for multiple languages, we want to hear what’s going on in the innovative world of accessibility!

Please share your ideas about making web and mobile efforts accessible to a wide range of users, as part of this month’s Net2 Think Tank!

June Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Monitoring Online Feedback

Using the social web to market your cause, communicate your services, and interact with your audience is an important part of the communication function for many socially-foucused organizations. One thing that many of these groups have found is that the internet allows us to not only tell our story, but also get an honest understanding of the perception of our organization.  With that in mind, we asked you for your advice for monitoring online feedback as part of this month's Net2 Think Tank:

June Net2 Think Tank: Monitoring Online Feedback

One of the great things about the social web is that it allows us to listen-in on the conversations people are having on topics that interest us. For organizations or enterprises with audiences that use the web, this means that they can monitor and respond to conversations about their products, services, and wider industry with a couple of clicks of the mouse.

May Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Improving Lives in Rural Communities with ICTs

May 17th marked the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD). To celebrate, we used this year's WTISD theme, "Better Life in Rural Communities with ICTs" to guide our Net2 Think Tank question for May. And wow did you respond! We had some of our best Net2 Think Tank responses to date!

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