Being married to an amazing woman with a heart of gold who has dedicated a lot of her professional life working for nonprofits, I've seen the good, the bad, and uglly of the internal processes of how these nonprofits function. I'm a huge supporter of this initiative and I think you should be too. Netsquared is a multi-city initiative, and it can happen in your city!
Netsquared is an initiative and organization started by Techsoup to bring solutions for technology professionals and nonprofits with IT/web technology gaps. What started as a community meetup in the Bay Area, California eventually migrated to Houston, Texas and now has several local chapters, one of the latest is San Antonio, Texas.
NetSquared, or NetTuesday, San Antonio is a community forum that aims to address community issues and provide solutions on a regular basis. Other Netsquared Chapters have used this monthly meeting to showcase different nonprofit organizations, plan the next series of Barcamps and organizations, from grassroots meetups to 501(c)(3) corporations. The San Antonio chapter is seeking several representatives from nonprofit organizations, branding agencies, and corporations to volunteer and/or attend our regular meetings, which will be held on the second Tuesday of the month at the C4 Workspace (address below) in the King William District. In order to keep the cost of admission minimal or free, we are asking for donations, currently for food and drinks. Any promotion of your company/job is encouraged.
Our first Netsquared will be Tuesday, September 8, 2009—the day after Labor Day. It will last from 5:30 – 7:30pm. Do not worry too much about being late—we'll probably get started at 6pm. Parking on the street is ample, and parking restrictions are only in effect between the hours of 8am and 6pm. Registration can be done at our Eventbrite page: http://net2sa.eventbrite.com.
If you'd like to volunteer your time, we are looking for regular bloggers for our site http://www.net2sa.com. For more information, please contact Donald Wilcox at (313)478-6323 or dwilcox@neonnightrider.com
Additionally, the Netsquared community has been offered the opportunity to participate in One Web Day—a day devoted to making a difference locally. Net2SA is looking for ideas or ways to provide service to our community on this day, and we'd love to have you join us in volunteering your time to provide a service to the community who needs it. Whether you want to show people how to start a blog or train beginners on using social networks, we'd love to have you join us for OWD, Tuesday, September 22, 2009. If you're on Ning, you can join our Ning group at: http://my.onewebday.org/group/sanantonioowd.
We hope to see you at our first ever San Antonio NetSquared!
