We're happy to announce that the folks at Net Tuesday New Orleans are doing ok after Hurricane Gustav and are moving forward with their first Net Tuesday on September 16th! The topic of their meetup will be, "How to Win Friends & Influence People, Web 2.0 Style: Power of Social Web Tools."

In March, we had a NetSquared Meetup during NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Conference at the at Loa Bar in New Orleans (where this photo was taken).

While I was there, I met Jessica Rohloff and we talked about her starting a Net Tuesday in New Orleans. I spoke with Jessica today, and she is ready to set the wheels in motion!

If you are interested in being a co-organizer, speaker or member of Net Tuesday New Orleans, send her an email at jessrohloff@gmail.com.

Liveblogging morning talk by Deborah Cotton, Editor-in-Chief of Louisiana Rebuilds at 08NTC in New Orleans. Please excuse errors from typing quickly.

The site was created to answer the question, "How do you get info about what is going on in New Orleans to displaced people?" Rather than create separate web sites for city, state, local businesses and nonprofits to post information, the stakeholders began talking to each other and decided to create one web property together.

Going to the Nonprofit Technology Conference in New Orleans?

Want to meet members of the NetSquared, TechSoup and Nonprofits in Second Life community? Join us for cocktails on Wednesday, March 19th from 5-6:30 PM at Loa Bar in the International Hotel (221 Camp Street). We'll be meeting in the "altar" area.

It's super close to the Sheraton New Oreans (where NTC is being held). Here's a Google Map of the two locales.

It looks kinda fancy, so bring your party shoes!

Big thanks to all the New Orleans natives who gave us suggestions for a venue!!

Flickr Photo Credit: New Orleans by Alejandro Forero Cuervo.

Susan Tenby, the Senior Manager of Online Community Development for TechSoup, and I are working out the details for the NetSquared/TechSoup/Nonprofits in Second Life meetup at NTC in New Orleans.

I'm talking to a bar near the hotel about our meeting up on Wednesday, March 19 at 5 PM. I need a general headcount. Please post a comment below or send a tweet to @netsquared if you might stop by.

Thanks!

I recently caught up with Dr. Enoch Choi, a family physician from Palo Alto, California, at MashupCamp. He shares his experiences helping Hurricane Katrina victims in New Orleans, aided immensely with the use of portable wireless computers.

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