Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian InstitutionI've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. It's been info overload around here, but that's a good thing!
So, it's due time to give shout-outs where shout-outs are due:
Members converging online:
- Care2, Allyson Kapin, and the National Women's Law Center, all NTEN members, offer a great case study on using Google Grants.
- Lots of members, including Charles Lenchner and Laura Quinn, were talking about the recent Pew research report on the use of social network by US adults over at M+R's Progressive Exchange online community.
- NetSquared is partnering with UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center for a Mobile Innovation Challenge. This Challenge encourages innovations with mobile technologies in human rights investigations and advocacy.
- Convio and Social Actions worked together to launch the Change the Web Challenge. The Change the Web Challenge invites you to answer the question: How would YOU connect all the ways to take action to the millions of people who browse the web everyday? The $10,000 prize winner will be announced at the NTC!
- Check out all the members, former and current, collaborating in this discussion about prioritorizing technology at nonprofits. (Social media comes last.)
- Arif Mamdani is the new Executive Director of the Progressive Technology Project.
- Shannon Turlingtion blogs about wikis, Open Source, and changing the way we "manage" participation.
- Video submissions are being accepted for the 3rd Annual DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards, co-sponsored by See3 Communications and NTEN. The winner will be announced at the NTC! Nonprofit organizations and foundations are encouraged to submit their videos.
- Oh, and while this isn't tech-oriented, I was happy to see NTEN member organization Green America (formerly Co-Op America) featured in the January issue of ASAE's magazine for their "lunch cooporeratives" initiative. They're breaking into groups and taking turns bringing home-cooked meals for lunch, y'all! What a great team-building and healthy idea! You can read more from Green America here.