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Map The Van

March 3, 2007 - 11:30am
Project Vision Statement & Potential Social Impact:
The Coalition for the Homeless has three food vans that travel through NYC at night. We will be installing embedded GPS trackers into each of the food vans. The GPS data will be republished into three distinctly different electronic media. A VXML-based IVR will take that GPS data and make it available via telephone so that food van clients can call to check on the progress of the food vans along their routes. This means that they will no longer have to wait in inclement weather outdoors and can stay inside as long as possible. The data will also be republished as a GeoRSS-enabled widget so that users can see the progress of the van as a text stream. This widget will accompany a proposed ChipIn widget in order to add more detail to an expected ChipIn ask. This also means turning the vans into "blogjects" - self-reporting automated objects that blog. Project Summary:
Map The Van See the Coalition for the Homeless' food vans track their way through New York City on the Web. Read the food vans as they blog about their work on the Web. Listen to the food vans self-report their current position and time to next stop via the telephone.

Sponsor NetSquared

February 7, 2007 - 11:28am

Download the N2Y2 Sponsorship Case Study

Michael Rogers, then MSNBC’s Practical Futurist, called last year’s NetSquared conference "...[o]ne of the more influential technology conferences of the year…."

We invite you to join us for an ambitious year of NetSquared activities—online at the NetSquared site and offline at Net Tuesdays around the country— focusing attention on this year’s May 29-30 Conference...

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January 20, 2007 - 7:03am
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Leo Romero Suggestion:
I posted this question as a comment to Britt's Give Us Advice post, but I don't know where it went. In case gremlins ate it, here's what I asked (more or less): Is there a netsquared tagcloud or list so I can pick which tags to use when I post to the blog? Thanks; Leo

Partner

January 16, 2007 - 8:48pm

Want to support the Net2 2007 Conference and community? There are a variety of customized opportunities for you and your company, business or organization to partner, sponsor, and support N2Y2. Get more involved today! Contact: net2partner@techsoup.org

Conference 2007

January 16, 2007 - 7:50pm
NetSquared Conference 2007 (N2Y2): May 29th – 30th, San Jose, CA

In May 2007, 350 members of the NetSquared community are invited to the Cisco campus to participate in accelerating 20 great projects that utilize the technologies, tools and communities of the social web to create societal impact in a sustainable fashion. We will accelerate these projects by providing cash awards from the newly created Technology Innovation Fund and by connecting them with funders, developers, ntaps, and other people and organizations that can help the projects attain the next level.

2006 Strategic Partners

January 16, 2007 - 7:36pm

NetSquared is honored to include the world renowned Reuters Digital Visions Program Fellows – Technology for Social Enterprise.

The Digital Vision Program supports individuals who seek to develop technology-based solutions in the interest of humanitarian, educational, and sustainable development goals. The Program fosters social entrepreneurship and interdisciplinary projects that address real needs in underserved communities.

DV projects focus on the rapidly evolving mix of software applications that leverage advanced wireless and land-based data networks. These networks – paired to a new generation of mobile phones and low cost computer-based devices - have connected more than one billion people who previously lacked access to the innovations and cost-saving solutions made possible by digital communications, information services, and e-commerce.

2006 Supporting Funders

January 16, 2007 - 7:32pm

The following funders are generously contributing to the spread and adoption of collaborative networking technologies among the millions of nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations globally. These funders are contributing time, knowledge, people power and financial resources to the mission of NetSquared – which is to educate and help organizations more efficiently meet the needs of their constituents.
 

Open Society Institute Adobe Foundation Fund W.K. Kellog Foundation

2006 Supporting Sponsors

January 16, 2007 - 7:30pm

The following sponsors are generously contributing to the spread and adoption of collaborative networking technologies among the millions of nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations globally. These sponsors are contributing time, knowledge, people power and financial resources to the mission of NetSquared – which is to educate and help organizations more efficiently meet the needs of their constituents.
 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco Systems, Inc. is pleased to be working with NetSquared to bring the benefits of the Internet to non-profits, to enhance their ability to provide services to their constituents. Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government and home communications, and Cisco Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of these networks. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen competitive advantage. The Cisco name has become synonymous with the Internet, as well as with the productivity improvements that Internet business solutions provide. At Cisco, our vision is to change the way people work, live, play and learn.

2006 Supporters

January 16, 2007 - 7:28pm
2006 Supporters

NetSquared's 2006 Conference was a great success, thanks to our host Cisco Systems, our advocates from the nonprofit, philanthropic and technology sectors, our corporate supporting sponsors such as Symantec, supporting funders including the Community Technology Foundation of California, media sponsors and strategic partners.

GMap Health Disparity Mash-Up: Hospital Closures by Race and Income

January 16, 2007 - 10:22am
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Mike Connery Suggestion:
Hi, Not sure if this is the right place, but I'm trying to get the word out about a new resource I am rolling out. I think it's a pretty innovative combination of technology, research, and advocacy:

www.healthcarethatworks.org

The site is a Google Map mash-up that takes data on NYC hospital closures between 1985 and 2005, and overlays it on an interactive city-wide map that can display either the racial or economic demographics of the Five Boroughs. Using this tool, visitors can visually see how hospital closures disproportionately impact poor neighborhoods and communities of color. Text on the sidebar guides the user through each decade and demographic overlay, explaining the changing conditions of the city and the impact that closures have on underserved communities.

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December 15, 2006 - 2:05pm

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December 14, 2006 - 2:51am
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Gov2u Suggestion:
Gov2u is a non-governmental organization founded in 2004 with the aim of assisting parliaments become efficient and transparent institutions by harnessing the tools of Information and Communication Technologies and offering citizens and civil society the opportunity to participate individually and collectively in the policy input process of parliamentary democracy. Towards the achievement of this aim, Gov2u has created the Gov2DemOSS platform [http://citycouncil.gov2u.com/], an open source, generic but customizable, informative and collaborative e-participation platform. The most advanced platform of its kind, Gov2DemOSS provides an efficient channel for institutions and organizations to keep their communities informed, manage their information repositories, gauge public opinion, interact directly with their constituents and to involve them in the decision making process.

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November 24, 2006 - 2:16am
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