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Hundreds of NetSquared (http://www.netsquared.org) community members cast their votes to determine the best ideas for a Web mashup designed to provide deeper insight into the social issues affecting communities around the globe.
"NetSquared lives in the space between the social missions that nonprofits are seeking to achieve on the ground and the incredible communications and advocacy possibilities offered by the new social media," said Marnie Webb, co-CEO of TechSoup (http://www.techsoup.org), the nonprofit behind NetSquared.
"There's a huge amount of hype out there, and consequently there is a backlash - many great nonprofits that don't allow themselves to discover what is now possible.
The Top 21 projects listed above, which were chosen from a field of 122 entries, will get an opportunity to display and discuss their Mashups with the 350 conference participants - including venture capitalists, philanthropy experts, Web developers and social activists.
The three top projects, as decided by a vote of conference participants, will divide most of a $100,000 Technology Innovation Fund raised by TechSoup for the Conference.
One of the highlights of this ongoing project is the annual NetSquared conference, which will be held on May 27-28, 2008 in San Jose and will feature 21 mashup projects chosen by the community.
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Posted on March 27, 2008 5:41 PM
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