NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoup.org - CommunityTechnology

Nonprofit Technology Events, Courtesy of TechSoup

Deborah Elizabeth Finn — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:01:55 -0400

Have I mentioned lately how much I love TechSoup?

The latest reason why I love it is that you can now go to TechSoup to see a list of upcoming nonprofit technology events.

I'm a little disappointed that there isn't a TechSoup RSS feed exclusively devoted to these nonprofit technology events. If one becomes available, I will certainly add it to my blog. And of course it would make a perfectly splendid addition to the NPtech Meta Feed.

Disclaimer: Although I have been a consultant to TechSoup on its NetSquared project, this effusion was not solicited, approved, or subsidized by TechSoup. I am merely writing as a humble fan.

This article was originally published in my blog, "Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector," under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License.

One feed to rule them all: The NPTech Meta Feed

Deborah Elizabeth Finn — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:55:44 -0400

I enjoy playing with new permutations of the NPtech tagging project. The latest one I've found, the NPTech Meta Feed, is based on a great concept, but it still needs a little debugging.

The feed was created by lazytom (whom I do not know) using FeedJumbler. It draws on all the right sources, plus a few that are new to me:

NetSquared: Reinventing Nonprofit Technology Online

Deborah Elizabeth Finn — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 22:58:07 -0400

"Net² is an invitation into the marvelous, messy world of the Internet as a participatory, interactive community: a community created by its users....We don't know exactly what the Net² community will look like, or how it will change the face of the non-profit web. What we do know is that both the online and offline work of every non-profit can be enhanced by a dynamic online community in which organizations and users support one another. And we know that the creativity and commitment of the non-profit world is crucial to achieving the creative and community potential of the Internet itself."

This is the NetSquared call to action from the good folks at CompuMentor. They have brought us wonderful resources such as TechSoup, TechSoup Stock, TechCommons, and ConsultantCommons - and are now counting the days until the NetSquared conference in April 2006.

I was particularly pleased when Marnie Webb of CompuMentor commissioned me to come up with a collection of case studies for the NetSquared project. Since I already spend a fair amount of time blogging about internet-based communities, tools, and projects that are of interest to nonprofit organizations, this seems like a consulting assignment that is almost too good to be true.