Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of the popular radio and television show, Democracy Now!, has confirmed as a plenary speaker.

Amy will join our other plenary speakers, including: Howard Rheingold, Dan'l Lewin (Microsoft), Dan Gillmor (Center For Citizen Media), Ethan Zuckerman (Global Voices Online), Michael Turk (Industry Grassroots for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association), Paul Saffo (Institute For The Future), Hong Eun Taek (OhMyNews.com), Angela Glover Blackwell (PolicyLink), Joan Blades (Moveon.org), and Michail Bletsas ($100 Laptop/One Laptop per Child).

We're thrilled to add the following presenters for the NetSquared conference:

• Tantek Çelik - Chief Technologist, Technorati
• Adam Frey - Founder, WikiSpaces
• Tara Hunt - Online Marketing Director, Riya
• David Lehr - Fellow, Reuters Digital Vision Program
• Chris Vein - Acting Director, Department of Telecommunications and Information Services, San Francisco City and County.

Check out our full speaker list here!

We're excited to announce two new confirmed plenary speakers at the upcoming NetSquared conference: Michael Turk, Vice President for the Industry Grassroots for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, and Dan'l Lewin, corporate vice president of Strategic and Emerging Business Development at Microsoft.

Ever wanted to teach online? You can now easily create your own course with Nuvvo, an AJAX-enhanced eLearning web service. With a fully customizable interface that's a snap to use, you can create your own curriculum, post notes, make quizzes and assignments, and maintain a gradebook.

Nuvvo's eLearning Market allows you to spread the word about your course, too. And the best part? It's simple to use! With no software to install, you can get up and running within minutes.

This handy link explains web tools and technologies to educators: how to use Google, how to create mailing lists, web security, website design, podcasting, search engine optimization tips and more.

http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/Tools.html

Check it out! 

Paul Horne of CThings.com has a great idea in action. He's combined his interest in new technologies and forward-thinking ideas with the greater "meta" conversation of how they can be used for cultural and social empowerment. Articles cover topics ranging from the United Nations's Support of the $100 Laptop to global poverty, health, environmental issues, media, and corporate power.

TechSoup has a simple and palatable guide that can help your nonprofit utilize web technologies! Check it out: http://ga0.org/ct/lpA8cj912XRD/

We're also launching a new feature called Net2Ask. If you or your organization faces challenges in understanding or implementing new web tools, drop us a line and let us know here: http://netsquared.org/catlist/list/2. We'll take your responses and build toolkits that will help make these tools more accessible and transparent for your nonprofit's work.
 

Pix from the December Net Tuesday are now on Flickr:

http://flickr.com/photos/tags/net2/

The next Net Tuesday will be held on January 10, 2006. It iwill be back at Varnish in San Francisco (location of our first event!):

We'd like to invite you all to join us for our second Net Tuesday event in San Francisco! It will be held on Tuesday, December 13 at Balazo Gallery (2183 Mission Street @ 18th St. Doors open at 6 pm.

Ed Batista, Executive Director of Attention Trust, will show you how to stand up for your attention rights, while Seth Sternberg will demo web-based IM app Meebo.

Come and mingle with Bay Area web innovators and social change agents for demos,
discussions and drinks! Email net2@techsoup.org for more details on how to join the movement to remix the web for social change.

Warm greetings to all from the NetSquared family.

We're delighted to welcome Tessie Guillermo, President and CEO of the Community Technology Foundation of California to NetSquared's growing list of advocates!

Ms. Guillermo is a co-founder and former Chair of the CTFC Board of Directors. Prior to the CTFC, she served as CEO, for 15 years, of the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum, a leading national health policy organization. Throughout her career as an advocate for underserved communities, she has promoted issues of health and technology access, services and equity. Ms. Guillermo co-founded many nonprofit organizations, including the California Pan Ethnic Health Network, the Community Technology Policy Council and the National Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans. She has received numerous community leadership awards. In 2000, she was appointed by former President Bill Clinton to serve as an inaugural member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Ms. Guillermo currently serves on Boards of Directors of The California Endowment, a $3 billion philanthropy in California and Catholic Healthcare West, the largest hospital system in the state.