NetSquared Year 3

The Third Annual NetSquared Conference is underway. Here are the 21 featured projects and below is a list of sites where you can follow the action: http://www.socialmedia.biz/2008/05/follow-the-nets.html http://www.netsquared.org/blog http://www.netsquared.org/conference/news http://twitter.com/NetSquared http://netsquared.blip.tv/ http://del.icio.us/tag/n2y3 http://www.technorati.com/search/n2y3?authority=a4&language=en http://www.flickr.com/groups/netsquared/ http://nonprofitcommons.org/ Disclosure: I proudly served on the Board of CompuMentor/TechSoup/N2 until December 2007. I am a public advocate of NetSquared. Tags: [...]

More networks and nonprofits

Info courtesy of Beth Kanter, here’s another new social networking/fundraising/nonprofit portal – BringLight. This is more evidence of the trend discussed here. I’m on my way to the NetSquared conference where I’m sure to find lots more examples of the intersection of social (change and technology). Will report back. Tomorrow at Net2 I am serving [...]

Virtual philanthropy simulator

Scientific America reports on the latest development in SecondLife – using it to recreate psychology experiments. The clip – called “Don’t stand so close to me” reveals how even avatars like a little personal space. (You can click through to NPR to watch the video clip of the experiment) Watching this made me think about [...]

Netsquared selects 21 proposals

Twenty-one of the 150 proposals to the Netsquared Innovation Fund will be moving on to the conference. You can read all about them here. The Featured Projects will be going on to the NetSquared Conference Here’s the list: 1. 100 Innovators – the world’s most important story has started to unfold http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/100-innovators-worlds-most-… 2. A Global [...]

aint too proud to gloat, or at least bask in praise

Admittedly, I deserve less than little praise, but as a board member of CompuMentor (TechSoup and NetSquared by extension), this post by Phil Cubeta over at Gifthub was really nice to read. The NetSquared Conference and community is a fabulous application of media tools to citizen action. Its a great honor to even know these [...]

How many universes do you occupy?

The Avatar Action Center is a community of activists focused on using avatars to engage humans in issues of sustainability. It is built to connect real reality and virtual reality – including all the many universes (metaverses). Huh? OK, by now you know about SecondLife. But do you know about There, SimsOnline, ClubPenguin, HiPiHi (China’s [...]

Innovation in philanthropy

Thanks to Sean Stannard-Stockton for reminding me what a valuable resource can be found in NetSquared. Even before this year’s event (May 29-30, Cisco Campus), the proposed projects page is a treasure trove of cool things in philanthropy. Check it out. Tags: philanthropy, net2

NetSquared Tech Innovation Fund

Check it out here. Tags: philanthropy, net2

Social media and philanthropy part 3 (or 4)

Sean at Tactical Philanthropy has taken up this issue – how and by whom are social media tools being used in philanthropy – read his post here. These tools are changing fast enough that his post brings up GiveWell (as it should) which wasn’t live when I started asking about this in August 2006. One [...]

Video Games, Virtual Worlds

Blogging the NCG workshop: Video Games and Virtual Worlds Ellen LaPointe, HopeLabReMission – a game for teens with cancer. Available on game download sites and at HopeLab. Its free for those with cancer. There are 50,000 copies out there. How to work with oncologists and game designers? Ask the kids – what do they need [...]