NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoup.org - case study

Making your messages fun!

amysampleward — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:44:49 -0400

Sending out yet another email to your members can be painful sometimes when you really want to say the same thing you've already tried to tell them countless times. We've all been there, either on the sending or receiving end of those messages. But, making something fun that delivers the message means you get to make something new and interesting, your members get to enjoy what you've created and the message is in there without any more of the boring blah blah blah. But, how do you do that?

9 New NetSquared in Action Case Studies

Britt Bravo — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:53:02 -0400

We're up to 109 case studies of how nonprofits and NGOs can use the social web for social change. Check out some of the new ones.

Big thanks to the folks who took the time to write these up.

Malecare Prostate Cancer Support for Gay Men

It is the only cancer community for gay men in the world. Being online helps men connect with other men in a supportive, dating neutral environment around life threatening and sexually diminishing cancer treatment.

Arts Engine

100 Net2 Case Studies Up!

Britt Bravo — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:31:50 -0500

Big thanks to Emily Weinberg of the Nonprofit Blog Exchange for adding the 99th and 100th Net2 in Action case studies--Koko.org (yes, gorillas can have photo blogs), and the DuPage Children's Museum blog--and for finding and collecting 33 sites/blogs wearing Net2 badges.

98 Net2 in Action Case Studies Up. Don't You Want to Be the 100th?

Britt Bravo — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:26:00 -0500

We have 98 case studies up of nonprofits and NGOs using the social web for social change! You can view them alphabetically, by the tools they used, or on a map.

If you take a look at the map, you'll see that there are parts of the United States and the world that we don't have any case studies from.

Help us fill out the map.

If you know of a nonprofit or NGO using the social web for social change, please take a moment to add them to Net2 in Action, and if you're feeling swamped, just send me the URL and I'll see if one of our Net2Builders can put it up.

Euforic

Britt Bravo — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:00:52 -0500

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Supporting organization

Euforic

URL

www.euforic.org

Location

Maastricht, The Netherlands

Project Description

Euforic is a forum for information exchange and dialogue on international cooperation and development:

• Euforic makes information on Europe's international cooperation more accessible;
• Euforic facilitates communication and dialogue among organizations involved in Europe's International Cooperation;
• Euforic brokers collaboration, learning and knowledge exchange on international cooperation issues.

It begain in 1995 and is a not for profit coooperative whose members include NGO's, research and education organizations, networks and governments.

More Net2 in Action

Britt Bravo — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:01:40 -0500

A bunch of new case studies went up over the weekend:

Marshall Kirkpartrick put up H2otown, a community blog by and for the residents of Watertown, MA (they are our Nonprofit Innovator of the Week as well).

Arnau, who posted a nice introductory message today, put up Rural Innovation Network, an innovation network for rural India.

He also put up Inveneo, they combine VoIP, Wimax, cheap components, energy consumption reduction and free-software.

Emily Weinberg put up Stateline.org, a project of the Pew Research Center which has 63 RSS feeds that users can subscribe to.

SchoolNet Africa

Britt Bravo — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:45:12 -0500

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URL

www.schoolnetafrica.net

Project Description

SchoolNet Africa is an independent non-government organization which promotes education through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in African schools. SchoolNet is the first African-based, African-led, Pan-African school networking institution and works in partnership with national schoolnet organizations in up to 33 African countries. SchoolNet Africa stands for the right of every African child to have access to Information and knowledge and to be a global citizen.

SchoolNet Africa functions as a network of networks. Its primary network is with schoolnet practitioners, education policymakers, teachers and learners through national schoolnet organizations and groups operating in the following countries

Angola
Benin
Botswana
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Cote D'lvoire
Egypt
Ethiopia
The Gambia
Ghana
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Included in SchoolNet Africa's network is a range of donor and development agency partners and regional organizations promoting ICTs in African schools

A SchoolNet organization is one that has:

Regular communication and interaction between schools
Training of teachers and learners in using the technologies
Inter-school collaborative projects and
Content and curriculum development and sharing.

Net 2 in Action in NC, CA & TX

Britt Bravo — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:55:07 -0500

Thanks to Michael Stein and Emily Weinberg from the Net2 in Action Writing and Research Team for posting our most recent case studies of the Texas Campaign for the Environment, Green Coast Foundation and the North Carolina Conservation Network.

The team lives all over the country, so it is using a Ta-da list to add, edit and check off case studies as they are completed.

MoAD: Museum of African Diaspora

agenthandy — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:52:01 -0500

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Supporting organization

MoAD: Museum of African Diaspora

URL

www.moadsf.org

Project Description

MoAD’s MISSION

The mission of The Museum of the African Diaspora, MoAD, is to promote the universal connection of humankind to Africa and to explore and appreciate the impact people of African descent have had on contemporary life the world over. Reminding us that we are all part of one family, MoAD will seek to transform the way we perceive each other and ourselves. The new museum will be a world-class institution that utilizes art, culture and history to tell the story of the African Diaspora.

MoAD IS A GLOBAL MUSEUM

An international museum, based in San Francisco, MoAD will reach out and initiate collaborative ventures with institutions of similar vision from around the world. Utilizing innovative communications systems to link with other organizations, MoAD will help to bring Africa, the African Diaspora and the world community closer together.

In addition to exciting permanent and changing exhibits, the Museum will have ongoing educational lectures, scholarly colloquia, concerts, film series, satellite conversations, and other programs and events to add to the regular museum visitor experience.

Designed to be the embodiment of new applications in media, MoAD will feature an interactive theater and new technology in its exhibitions design. This coupling of art, culture and technology will enable in-person visitors and those experiencing MoAD through the Internet, to exchange histories and stories, share and debate viewpoints and find common expression in the many kinds of experiences that MoAD will provide.

While MoAD will not have a permanent collection like many other museums, it will be a collector of stories, a repository of information to be shared with all who wish to know about the vast reaches of the African Diaspora. This institution will draw from the collections of museums, institutes, organizations, universities and private citizens.

Using objects of art and culture as catalysts to tell the story of the African Diaspora, past and present, whether through exhibits initiated by MoAD or through traveling exhibitions, MoAD will become a virtual crossroads for people around the globe.

My first case study and blog musings

CoreyP — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:39:31 -0500

I created my first case study here on Net2 last night. It's just a short description of my podcast and a little about why/how I produce the show. I really enjoyed the process of having to think of a concise way to sum up what is often a very organic and changing project for me. I'm looking forward to finding other topics that would make good case studies.

I'm excited to see that people are beginning to contribute content to the Net2 site. It really is starting to shape into the vision that the people with TechSoup/CompuMentor had in mind! Britt Bravo, the Community Builder of NetSquared, is doing an awesome job! She is encouraging and excited to find new content to share with others. She's a great example of the axiom that the success of a team project is built upon the accomplishments of individuals.