This month's Net2 Think Tank question asked:  How do real-world (offline) events fit into social media conversations and campaigns? 

The District-by-District Organizing Tool is officially in the running for the Change the Web competition. I'm cutting it a bit close since I'm knee-deep in bioinformatics studying for finals coming up in a week.

Looking forward to seeing what other entries are submitted in the next 24 hours. 

"Are you a developer writing code to support nonprofit needs? Are you a nonprofit user with strong opinions about what software you need developed to empower your programs and operations? Are you someone who just cares about seeing better technology developed to address the broad range of issues we face as a global community?"

Check out the Nonprofit Software Development Summit!

Britt Bravo is on a much-deserved vacation, so I'm stepping in for her to keep news and information about the social change web coming your way!

CARE is a humanitarian organization working to fight global poverty by serving individuals and families in the poorest communities of the world. CARE recently launched CARE Connections, a free, online community to connect you with others supporting global poverty work, women's empowerment, world news and more. You can learn more about CARE Connections, here.

The following was presented tonight at the April meeting of Houston's chapter. As last month's presenter, we promised Ed Schipul, the organizer, an account of the activity received from NetSquared members' leads, etc.

 

NetSquared Works!

 

Results of March 2008 Presentation by CathARTx

 

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I found something interesting in my garage earlier this week.  A tatty old piece of card?

Before the computer... or at least before they became part of our lives... I give you, The Telephone Tree.

I won't cross post the whole thing, but you can read the full story on nfp 2.0:

My Social Network, circa 1987

Does anyone else remember networking this way? It's so much easier now (I think).