Philly NetSquared

Remixing Philadelphia for Social Change

Join us in March for crisis response and social media

Don't panic! Crisis response and social media Recent crises — whether caused by nature (like Haiti or Katrina) or by humans (like the London subway bombings or PA budget cuts for arts and culture) — have been met by a new type of response virtually unavailable just a decade ago.

Social tools, including Facebook and Twitter, GIS/mapping applications, mobile technology, image and video sharing services and others, have been used in ways that are creative, widely participative and, often, surprisingly effective.

The March Net Tuesday will be about this phenomenon and how it might be relevant to you, today.

We’ll have an interactive discussion and workshop, not only about how some of these sorts of tools have been used in past crises, but about the sorts of social structures (e.g., CrisisCamps) that are emerging to build community and prepare proactively for the next crisis.

Posted February 24, 2010 by Philly NetSquared

Feb. 2 Net Tuesday: Crowdsourcing Change

On Tuesday, Feb. 2, we'll be hosting Crowdsourcing for Change, in which we'll be gathering with three nonprofits: Dignity Housing, ScienceForCitizens.net and EarthGame.

Our objective will be to use the wisdom and experience of our crowd — of fellow nonprofit staffers, social change activists and experienced techies — to brainstorm, provide feedback and ideas for using social media and social technology to achieve their goals.

We invite you to read project descriptions from the three presenters, and ask questions in the comments ahead of time. The more familiar people are with the projects when we begin, the more we'll be able to achieve on Feb. 2.

Posted January 26, 2010 by Ivan Boothe

Resources on metrics for nonprofits and social changemakers

For our event tonight on metrics and measurement, we've rounded up some of the best resources, guides and presentations on the topic for nonprofits and social changemakers. And if you have a resource to share, please add it in the comments!

Take a look, and we'll see you tonight at 6PM!

Posted January 5, 2010 by Ivan Boothe

Save the date: Tuesday, Jan. 5 on metrics & measurement!

The holidays are upon us, and your mind is elsewhere. But save the evening of Tuesday, January 5. Philly Net Tuesday is planning a session to help approach the new year with a fresh perspective.

See all the details about our January Net Tuesday!

Posted December 28, 2009 by Philly NetSquared

Reflections on a Biblio-Social Experiment

Posted December 14, 2009 by Seth Horwitz

On our last Net Tuesday (December 1), we held the Philly Net Tuesday Book UNclub at Robin’s Bookstore. The idea was pretty straightforward… We would discuss books in Net Tuesday’s scope of interest: social networking/media, nonprofit technology and social change. (That’s the “biblio” part.) And we would use the style of an unconference, in which participants set their own agenda. (That’s the “social” part.) As far as any of us knew, this wasn’t really done before. (And that’s the “experiment” part.)

We were fortunate that Lindsay Tabas video recorded parts of the evening (and also led one of the book discussions). She put together a really great, short piece that nicely captures the spirit of the evening. Thank you, Lindsay!