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SUMMARY:Austin NetSquared December Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Austin NetSquared Meetup Group\n\nWho: People interested in fin
 ding the other people working on projects addressing real-world problems (I
 nnovators\, Community Groups/Nonprofits\, Investors\, etc.) \n\nWhat: Desig
 ning Environments For Social Innovation\n\nWhere: The Town Lake YMCA \n\nWh
 en: 9.9.08.   6:00-8:00PM\n\n****\n\nGreetings everybody\,\nBilly Bicket yo
 ur organizer here with a quick word about next Tuesday's event format.\n\nI
 n an attempt to lift-off from the fantastic energy and feedback of last mon
 th's event \, \nthis month's Net Tuesday will provide a forum for Social In
 novators\, Investors and Technologists interested in contributing to the di
 rection of future engagements.  Pls be sure to read the agenda below and be
  prepared to participate.\n\nGoals of the meeting:\n\n1. Cultivate ideas fo
 r designing an environment to help accelerate \nthe development and lift-of
 f of Pro-Social Projects.\n(Pro-Social = Projects focused on social-benefit
 .)\n\nThe Meeting Format:\n\n6pm: Open networking (30 minutes)\n1. Introduc
 tions (20 minutes)\n2. Self-organizing based on experience/expertise (5 min
 utes)\n3. What’s broken with the way we design\, develop and launch our Pro
 jects? (15 minutes)\n4. Group Presos. Volunteer reports findings back to th
 e group. (20 minutes)\n5. Summary: \nDesigning an environment for community
 -based innovation (5 minutes)\n-- What happens if we’re wildly successful i
 n designing an environment for Pro-Social Projects\n-- What’s unique about 
 our particular environment here in Austin as it relates to our focus?\n6. D
 efining Net Tuesday Community Roles (10 minutes)\n7. Easy Next Steps (5 min
 utes)\n\nParticipation Guidelines:\n\n1. Inclusivity.\nWe’re committed to m
 aking sure we approach opportunities in an inclusive way.\nA simple rule of
  thumb to help maintain this value throughout the event is to ensure your i
 deas and contributions allow for a broad range of community participation a
 cross both the private and public sector\, and aren’t limited to any single
  constituency.\n\n2. Impactful.\nDoes your suggestion/ideas create real soc
 ial impact?\n\n3. Accomplishable.\nAre your suggestions accomplishable base
 d on the current local resources\, and our existing collective capacity?\n\
 n4. Teachable.\nDoes your suggestion allow us to ‘teach’ as we go?\n\n5. Sc
 aleable.\nEverything doesn't need to scale\, but it's important to think ab
 out scaleability as we brainstorm\, as the ultimate goal here is to develop
  a model that can be distributed to cities beyond Austin.\n\nWhat Net Squar
 ed is bringing to the party:\n\n* 20 years of experience serving technology
  needs of nonprofits\n* Relationships with >35 technology companies at Tech
 Soup Stock\, including Adobe\, Microsoft\, Business Objects\, etc.\n* ~ 15\
 ,000 people registered users at net2 from every continent\, interested in t
 he web’s impact on civil society\n* A committed team http://www.netsquared.
 .. to help make this work a success\n* Access to Organizers of Net Tuesday 
 events in more than 20 other cities around the globe who meet up face-to-fa
 ce every month to work on similar problems and solutions\n* Techsoup.org (s
 ite/resource) that currently reaches ~100k organizations via email\, commun
 ity forums and a blog\n\nWho should attend? \n\nInnovators.  Building a pro
 ject that has the potential to change the way your industry works in addres
 sing a real-world problem?   \n\nMasters.  Have you had success building an
  approach to solving real-world problems that managed to do good by employe
 es\, the local community\, and your bottom-line?  We want to hear your stor
 ies.\n\nIf you have suggestions for speakers at this event\, or future even
 ts\, please send your suggestions to Billy Bicket at billybicket@yahoo.com.
 \n\nBackground.  \nNet Tuesday is the face-to-face event series brought to 
 you by NetSquared.org.  \nNetSquared is an initiative of TechSoup.org\, a 5
 01c-3 technology project based out of San Francisco\, CA. \n\nCurrently\, m
 ore than (21) cities are meeting up to discuss new ways to approach old pro
 blems.  \nMuch needs to be learned about operating in a networked-era -- ev
 en more needs to be discovered -- and opportunities for new Projects await 
 us.  \n\nFor more about NetSquared.org\, check-out the NetSquare site. \n\n
 Questions?  Bright ideas?  Shoot.  Send us an email at billybicket@yahoo.co
 m.\n\nAnd BIG Thanks to our Sponsor\, Steel Advertising & Interactive\, Inc
 \n\nAustin\, TX  78703 - USA\n\nTuesday\, December 9 at 6:00 PM\n\nPhoto: h
 ttp://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/4/a/5/event_6801669.jpeg\n\nA
 ttending: 12\n\nDetails: http://netsquared.meetup.com/25/calendar/9143262/
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