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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." The buzzword then was Web 2.0, which heralded a new, participatory web culture. Marnie, Daniel, and Billy had been following developments at O’Reilly Web 2.0

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Innovation: Clay Shirky Interview & NetSquared Challenges

Amy Sample Ward

Originally posted by me on the NetSquared blog. NetSquared currently has 3 open Challenges, calling for innovators and change makers around the world to submit ideas for Web and mobile-based technologies for social change. Through a NetSquared Community vote, 10 finalists will be chosen. Learn more. Submit your Project.

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Great reads from around the web on October 25th

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. " The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet | Magazine – "Two decades after its birth, the World Wide Web is in decline, as simpler, sleeker services — think apps — are less about the searching and more about the getting.

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Great reads from around the web on June 17th

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. NetSquared Local Reaches 70 Groups Worldwide! I'm not saying open data is a bad thing, but we need to highlight the gap between the semantic web and social impact. Below is a list of the new groups that have just gotten started. ."

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Change the Web Challenge from Social Actions is Here!

Amy Sample Ward

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. The Change the Web Challenge from Social Actions is now officially open! Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit every day.

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Great reads from around the web on April 15th

Amy Sample Ward

N2Y4 Mobile Challenge: 15 Featured Projects Announced | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org - Last week, the NetSquared Community voted on the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge to determine the 15 Featured Projects who will be invited to compete for $50K in cash-prizes and additinoal in-kind resources at this year's N2Y4 Conference.

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Wanna chat about the Web? Join Social Actions’ chat series!

Amy Sample Ward

Social Actions , a nonprofit organizaiton designed to make it easy for you to make a difference by connecting you with actions and opportunities from across the world and across the web. The Change the Web Challenge is open for submissions now at NetSquared. Details: Time: 11 am - 12 pm PST.

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