I was fortunate to spend the past week on a guest-couch belonging to Ben Rattray, founder of Change.org. At present, Change is trying to figure out what to do with all of that "now what?" energy that is surrounding post-election excitement. Also - you might have heard of this little site called Change.gov, right?

Get ready for the next San Francisco Net Tuesday—it looks to be a great event! 

Net Tuesdays are free monthly gatherings for social changemakers and web innovators to network, socialize and share ideas about how nonprofits and social benefit organizations can use the social web for social change.

SF Net Tuesday - November

DETAILS:

Date:  Tuesday, November 11th
Time:  6 pm
Location: TechSoup/CompuMentor

A few brief notes to start (or "old business" for all of you Robert's Rules fetishists):

I'm thrilled to announce that the London Net Tuesday is officially here!  The community in London and around the UK is ready for a solid, monthly event that brings together social changemakers (whether a nonprofit organization in the traditional sense, a group of interested citizens, social venture capitalists or an individual with an idea) and technological forerunners together to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate on new projects.

Join the fun!

Last month's Net Tuesday San Francisco featured Nikki Serapio, the Director of Community Marketing for Involver, talking about how nonprofits can use Involver to create a video campaign for social networks.  Chirag Shah, Special Projects Manager for Kiva.org, also spoke about Kiva's experience using Involver.

Below is a video interview with Nikki Serapio by David Collin of FI Space.  Enjoy!

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."

Join one of 10 Net Tuesdays next week! Net Tuesdays are free monthly gatherings for social changemakers and web innovators to network, socialize and share ideas about how nonprofits and social benefit organizations can use the social web for social change. If you don't see a Net Tuesdya near you, start your own!

The next Net Tuesday San Francisco on September 9th will feature Nikki Serapio, the Director of Community Marketing for Involver. Involver facilitates companies and organizations building, launching, promoting, managing and monitoring video campaigns on social networks.

Chirag Shah, Special Projects Manager at Kiva.org, will also be on hand to talk about Kiva's experience using Involver.

If you don't live in the Bay Area, an audio recording of the speakers will be available on the NetSquared Podcast (thanks to David Collin) and a video will be posted on the NetSquared Blip TV Channel (thanks to Ross Chapman) after the event.

If you do live in the Bay Area, RSVP on Meetup, Facebook or Upcoming!

Two of the 21 Net Tuesdays are meeting this week on Tuesday, August 26:

Net Tuesday Vancouver, BC
Topic: How Drupal Can Help You Save the World!

Net Tuesday Portland, OR
Topic: An Analysis of Online Messaging, Fundraising and Advocacy Metrics for Nonprofit Organizations

A big welcome to our 20th Net Tuesday group: Net Tuesday New Orleans!

The theme of their September 2nd Meetup will be "How to Win Friends & Influence People Web 2.0 Style: Social Media in Action."

You can also follow their Twitter feed at @net2NO.

Flickr photo credit: New Orleans, LA uploaded by Ron Reiring.