As most of you know, I’m now located in London, UK and the community builder at NetSquared.  I’m really excited to be here and to connect with the nonprofit technology community on the ground in the UK.

We've got a new Net Tuesday group forming in Austin organized by TechSoup's Billy Bicket.  It's our second Net Tuesday in the Lone Star State (the other one is in Houston). 

If you'd like to be a co-organizer, speaker or member, go to the Austin NetSquared Meetup group and/or email billybicket@yahoo.com.

 "You have to be experimental." Deb Levine, Founder, I.S.I.S., Inc.

Over fifty people showed up for Net Tuesday San Francisco on July 8th.  Our topic was, Mobilizing Generation 2.0: How Nonprofits Can Use Technology to Engage Youth, and the speakers were Ben Rigby, the Founder and Co-Executive Director of Mobile Voter, and the author of Mobilizing Generation 2.0, and Deb Levine, Founder of I.S.I.S., Inc. (Internet Sexuality Information Services).  Audio recordings of both presentations will be available in a few weeks on the NetSquared Podcast.  Our next Net Tuesday San Francisco will be on August 12th with Tara Kirchner of Flickr for Good. Below are my notes from the event.

Ben started the evening off by saying, "We're not going back to 8-Track." 

When: Tuesday, July 8thth, 5:30pm-7:30pm
Where: Workspace (400-21 Water Street) Vancouver BC
Price: FREE!
RSVP: Facebook, Meetup

At lunch today, during the NetSquared Conference, 17 Net Tuesday organizers from 12 of the 16 Net Tuesdays met face-to-face for the first time.

Net Tuesdays are local monthly meetups for folks to get together, share resources, network, and have fun! You can look and see if there is a Net Tuesday near you on the NetSquared Meetup Alliance. If you'd like to start a Net Tuesday, check out the blog post, How to Start a Net Tuesday in Your Town, and email me at bbravo@techsoup.org.

Photo of Net Tuesday Organizers at N2Y3 Lunch: Organizers in top row from left to right: (Jennifer Sly (Twin Cities), Fresh! White (San Francisco), Katie Laird (Houston), Ivan Boothe, (Philadelphia), Jean Russell (Chicago), Seth Horwitz (Philadelphia), Sarah Schacht (Seattle), Lewis Hoffman (Chicago), Michael Maranda (Chicago), Lela Prashad (Phoenix), Hatef Yamini (Washington, D.C.), Me! (San Francisco). Organizers in bottom row from left to right: Jane Zhang (Toronto), Justin Massa (Chicago), Blair Golson (Los Angeles), Eduardo Bejar (Guayaquil), Jason McElweenie (Houston).

We had the first Net Tuesday meeting in the Twin Cities last night.  It was great, had quite a few attendees, and a lot of us got to meet each other and talk about what we're doing.  I'm looking forward to many more.

Last night was the April Net Tuesday here in Portland. We had Heather Cronk with us from PledgeBank to talk about online campaign building (both with PB and the general topic). It was quite a lively discussion, answering questions and leaving participants with others to think about in their organizations.

I recently had the opportunity to interview Heather Cronk of PledgeBank to ask her about the campaign building site before her visit here to Portland to present at Net Tuesday about online campaign building. We'd love to have you join us for the event!

What IS PledgeBank?

Last night, the Chicago NetTuesday group held its first gathering. About 30 folks met at The Point (thanks Aaron, Andrew, Joe, and Greg!) for food, networking, and an eye-opening discussion about the tech needs and challenges of non-profits. The organizations represented were diverse - advocacy orgs, media trainers, consultants, social service agencies, youth orgs, community dev corps, and more. After a short discussion (next time we’ll leave more time for this), informal networking carried on until nearly 9pm. Co-covener Michael Maranda also blogged about the meeting.

also posted at http://movesmart.org/WordPress/?p=34

photo by Demetrio Maguigad

Not only do the fun folks at Net Tuesday Houston have great photos (left), they have also started a snazzy, new Net Tuesday Houston Blog. Check it out and give 'em a warm welcome to the blogosphere.

Photo by Ed Schipul.