The NetSquared Community Blog has been running since September 2005! Seems like it's time to find out if it's meeting your needs, and if not, what kind of information you need.

If you could take a moment to vote for the #1 reason your read the NetSquared Community Blog, I'd really appreciate it. And of course, feel free to elaborate in the comments.

Thanks!

Those of you who participated in the Net2 at Your Service Poll indicated that your top 3 nonprofit social web related needs are:

1. Case studies of nonprofits using the social web for social change
1. Funding for my social web for social impact project (1 and 2 were tied for first place).
2. Social web applications suited to nonprofits' needs

Did you know we created a case study section on the Net2 Site when the project launched? You can view case studies alphabetically or by key tool. You can also add your own case study.

How can we make the case study section more useful for you?
What type of projects/tools are you looking for funding for?
What kind of social web applications does your nonprofit need?

In February 2006, members of the Net2 Community were asked, "What emerging tech tool do you think has the most potential to help nonprofits and NGOs create social change?"

Here were the results, ranked in order of preference:

- Content Management Systems, 29.41%
- Social networking, 29.41%
- Podcasting, 11.76%
- RSS (publishing information to an RSS/XML feed), 11.76%
- Blogging, 5.88%
- Cell phones/SMS, 5.88%
- Social bookmarking (e.g. del.icio.us, Furl), 5.88%
- Aggregation (republishing content from RSS feeds), 0.00%
- Tagging, 0.00%
- Wikis, 0.00%
- Other (posted here

A year and 8 months later, do you still think social networking and CMS can create the greatest impact for nonprofits?

Seems like social networking, in particular, is starting to reach its peak.

Chris Messina discussed some possible solutions to social networking fatigue in his post, Stop Building Social Networks.

As we mentioned last week, NetSquared is approaching its 2nd Birthday and we’re thinking about our 2008 programming and wanting to know: How Can We Serve You?

Please take a moment to choose your five greatest nonprofit social web needs from the poll on Vizu by Friday, October 5th.

So far, your most pressing need is, case studies of nonprofits using the social web for social change. Here are the rest of the poll results so far:

As NetSquared approaches its 2nd Birthday (check out the first blog posts in 2005 by Chris Locke) we’re thinking about our 2008 programming and wanting to know: How Can We Serve You?

We want to get a sense of your biggest needs so we can create programming to best serve them. Please take a moment to choose your five greatest needs from the poll on Vizu by Friday, October 5th.

If your need isn't listed, let us know, "I need_______________________________" in the comments of this post, in your own post on the Net2 Blog, or email us at net2techsoup.org.

Photo of red velvet cupcake by me.

Here are the results from the Net2Builders poll:

What emerging tech. tool do you think has the most potential to help nonprofits and NGOs create social change?

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Blogging, 5.88% 
- Cell phones/SMS, 5.88% 
- Content Management (web publishing platform), 29.41% 
- Podcasting, 11.76% 
- RSS (publishing information to an RSS/XML feed), 11.76% 
- Social bookmarking (e.g. del.icio.us, Furl), 5.88% 
- Social networking, 29.41% 
- Aggregation (republishing content from RSS feeds), 0.00% 
- Tagging, 0.00% 
- Wiki, 0.00%
- Other (posted here)
 

Join the Net2Builders group and contribute to this month's poll:

What emerging tech. tool do you think has the most potential to help nonprofits and NGOs create social change?

So far, Content Management (web publishing platform) and Social Networking are neck-and-neck with podcasting trailing behind.

And we've had some write-in answers:

"Content management systems as web application platform (Start with a simple website, graduate to constitute engagement and go further to back office donor management . . .all on the same technology platform)"

Social Networking and Content Management (web publishing platform) are neck and neck in the Net2Builders poll, for the emerging tech. tool that has the most potential to help nonprofits and NGOs create social change.  Join NetSquared's Net2Builders group and cast your vote! 

Join NetSquared's Net2Builders group and add your vote into the mix:

This week we're asking,

What emerging tech. tool do you think has the most potential to help nonprofits and NGOs create social change?

Here are your choices, (the tool list is taken from our NetSquared in Action "Submit Case Study" form):

• Aggregation (republishing content from RSS feeds)
• Blogging
• Cell phones/SMS
• Content Management (web publishing platform)
• Podcasting
• RSS (publishing information to an RSS/XML feed)
• Social bookmarking (e.g. del.icio.us, Furl)
• Social Networking
• Tagging
• Wikis
• Other (you can email it to me at bbravo@techsoup.org).