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!

NTEN and Beth Kanter are leading the nonprofit technology community in the We Are Media Project: The Social Media Starter Kit for Nonprofits. The community, by working wikily, is building a toolkit and instructional guides about the use of social media in helping nonprofits distribute their stories.

NTEN's "Be the Media" project that we mentioned last week has been renamed, We Are Media: The Social Media Starter Kit for Nonprofits.

This week they are looking for your ideas about Thinking Strategically About Social Media.

Some of the questions they are trying to answer are:

Brett Meyer, NTEN's Communications and Web Manager, asked me to ask all of you to take a moment to fill out their CMS Satisfaction Survey. The survey has 14 questions and will take about 5-10 minutes to complete.

Wondering what CMS is, or if the one you are using is on the survey? Here's what NTEN says:

" CMS Defined

NetSquared and NTEN are teaming up on some social media trainings. We want to know what social web tools you wish you knew how to use better. Facebook? Wikis? Twitter? Vlogs? Blogs? del.icious? Feedburner?

Let us know more in the comments of this post, in the TechSoup Emerging Technologies Forum, or by emailing net2@techsoup.org.

Photo by me.

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!

Hey Net2!

How many of you are going to NTC, NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Conference in New Orleans March 19-21? I'll be there and so will Susan Tenby, TechSoup's Senior Community Manager.

A little shout out here for our pals at NTEN who are launching their first NTEN Vendor Satisfation Survey to help nonprofits chose the software they need.

They're starting out with a CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) Survey. The survey has 14 questions and will take about 5 - 10 minutes to complete. Survey respondents will receive a free copy of the complete survey results.

For those of you who are saying, what the heck is CRM? Idealware has a good defintion in its article Creating the Relationship-Centric Organization: Nonprofit CRM:

Peter Deitz, whose Foik Micro-Philanthropy Network was a N2Y2 Nominated Project, will be facilitating the webinar, Group Fundraising 101: From Benchmarks to Success Stories for NTEN on Tuesday, July 17th at 11 am PT/ 2 pm ET. $50 for Non-Members and $25 for Members.

Here's more info:

Don't miss this exciting opportunity to visit Google's Mountain View campus for NP.IT: Midsummer Mixer at Google Headquarters on July 12th from 6:30-9 PM.

RSVP here. NTEN members will be given priority admission. You can join here.

Here are some more details from the announcement.