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Tuesday September 8, 2009 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm


NetSquared is a nonprofit initiative that pursues Web-enabled progressive social change by mobilizing individuals and communities, providing Web-based tools, and awarding financial support to leverage social action projects. Every month, the NetSquared community comes together offline at Net Tuesday events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate. These gatherings provide a chance to connect for all those interested in the intersection of social technologies and social change, whether you’re part of a nonprofit organization or a for-profit organization, a funder or a consultant, a developer or an entrepreneur.


This month’s agenda: Spotlighting tools and causes


Socialbrite will first show some of the things they do, including their Sharing Center and community widgets. For the second half of the evening we’ll showcase some other community-focused organizations with a strong social media component, most likely a 5-minute talk for each followed by 5 to 10 minutes of questions from the audience.


Some possibilities :

• Your organization. If you have a community-spirited effort that involves social media or uses social tools for social change, drop me a note and let’s discuss.
• Public Media Collaborative, which brings together bloggers, journalists, technologists, media & environmental justice folks, community organizers and activists from around the Bay area to explore and discuss social justice and emerging technology issues in a way that links theory and practice.
• The Extraordinaries, a way to volunteer for worthy efforts by using your mobile phone during your free time (their video interview with co-founder Ben Rigby will go up here soon). Or, if you have a suggestion about showcasing a group or cause that you’re not leading but think they deserve a Net Tuesday appearance, let us know that, too. Looking forward to connecting!

Light snacks, beers, wines, sodas to be served


More from SocialBrite: http://www.socialbrite.org/2009/08/04/socialbrite-to-appear-…