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News from Social Actions: "Related Ways to Take Action" Launches Today

peterdeitz — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:43:58 -0400

Hello NetSquared. Joe, Eric, Christine, and I wanted you all to be among the first to know about the latest web application from Social Actions. This one is a biggy. It would never have come together without the support and connections we made at N2Y3.

Below is a excerpt from the launch announcement, called AdWords-Style Widget Recommends Related Ways to Take Action

Follow the Net2 Mashup Challenge Featured Projects' Development Online

Britt Bravo — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:44:44 -0400

It's been a little over 2 months since the NetSquared Conference (N2Y3) where the 21 NetSquared Mashup Challenge Featured Projects presented their ideas. The Conference may have ended, but their work has not.

I've created a list below of the 21 Projects' web sites, blog feeds, Twitter feeds, news feeds and Facebook groups so that you can follow their work as it progresses. (Note: Many of the proejcts also have e-newletters or mailing lists that you can join through their sites). If I've missed any feeds or sites, please let me know in the comments and I'll add them to the list.

If you are interested in helping a project out, you can contact them directly, or contact Billy Bicket at bbicket AT compumentor DOT org about joining the NetSquared Innovator Support Network.

A Mashup of 29+ Social Action Platforms -- Social Actions
* Third Place Winner

Project site: http://mashup.socialactions.com/
Supporting org site: http://www.socialactions.com
Blog: http://blog.socialactions.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/socialactions
Social Actions on Facebook

Watch NetSquared Conference Sessions on FORA.tv

Britt Bravo — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:10:26 -0400

FORA.tv has posted videos from many of the sessions during this year's NetSquared Conference (N2Y3), and the project presentations from the 2007 NetSquared Conference (N2Y2).

You can watch them at fora.tv/partner/NetSquared

Social Actions Labs Launches Idea Wiki

JoeSolomon — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:44:29 -0400

Social Actions Labs is where we'll be building applications this summer that combine 19 social change and fund raising platforms like Care2, Change.org, and Kiva.org -- and present their actionable opportunities in highly useful & innovative ways.

We just started a wiki and are inviting the community to contribute their ideas for web applications and mash ups!

Imagine a Wordpress add-on that recommends actions based on the content of the post.
Imagine a Firefox Extension that alerts you to relevant social actions as you browsed the web.
Imagine a widget that lists actions that have nearly reached their goal -- only a few extra signatures or donations needed.

We want your ideas for connecting people to social actions. We'll be building 3-5 web applications this summer -- and will be choosing the community's most rock star ideas to take to the next level.

Check out the Social Actions Labs Wiki to see the 20+ ideas so far contributed by Beth Kanter, Amy Sample Ward, Tom Watson, and others.

Thanks for sharing!

- Joe Solomon, Social Actions Labs Lead Scientist and Evangelizer

N2Y3 notes

ChristineEgger — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:10:28 -0400

Note: My post to Social Actions' Google group, summing up the N2Y3 experience. Still buzzing from having been a part of such a fantastic event!

Hi all,

Finally sharing some thoughts on the NetSquared Conference which (hard to believe!) wrapped up just about a month ago.

First, some links:

N2Y3 Blog Posts and Videos: Check Out Ours. Add Yours

Britt Bravo — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:12:33 -0400

Last week a team of volunteer live-bloggers, vloggers, and a "n2y3con" tag monitor created and collected blog posts and video from the NetSquared Conference (N2Y3). Below are links to the sessions the livebloggers posted on the NetSquared Blog, and to the videos the vloggers posted on NetSquared's blip.tv channel.

You can also see an aggregation of N2Y3 related content from the NetSquared site, and other sites on the NetSquared Conference News Page. If you don't see your blog posts, video, or other media from N2Y3, tag it "n2y3con" and post the URL in the comments of this post.

Video: Meet the NetSquared Mashup Challenge Winners

Britt Bravo — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:54:03 -0400

Net Tuesday Los Angeles organizer, Blair Golson of Participant Media, posted a great video of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge winners on his post, NetSquared Presents: The Sexiest Non-Profits Alive. Check it out.

Your Mapper - Conference Overview

metromapper — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:11:15 -0400

Just finished a long and detailed blog post about the conference. Take a look: http://metromapper.blogspot.com/2008/06/your-mapper-netsquared-conference.html

GoSomething: What functions would you like?

Andrea_GoSomething — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:43:07 -0400

Thanks for all the feedback! We're not hard at work again, after the conference, working with Dreamfish on the new platform. If you have any suggestions for functionalities you'd like to see on GoSomething, now's the time to speak up! Drop a line at info /at/ gosomething dot org and we'll get back to you right away.

great recommendations all around, thanks for the feedback!

A BIG Thank You from Ushahidi

ehersman — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:52:06 -0400

We wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who attended the NetSquared conference and for NetSquared for making this whole thing possible. David, Ory, Juliana and myself are absolutely stunned and ecstatic about what this win will let us do.

More than the financial support, we were moved by the validation we got from the community through this prize. Sometimes you can think you're a little crazy, tilting at windmills on your way to changing the world, so this means a lot.

When moved to build Ushahidi earlier this year, I wrote: