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SUMMARY:Austin NetSquared March 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\n\n\n****\n\nGreetings everybody\
 ,\nGordon Montgomery (@gmeta) your organizer here with a quick word about t
 he next event format.\n\nIn an attempt to lift-off from the fantastic energ
 y and feedback of recent events\, \nthis month's event will provide a forum
  for Social Innovators\, Entrepreneurs and Technologists interested in cont
 ributing to the direction of future projects.  Please be sure to read the a
 genda below and be prepared to participate.\n\nGoals of the meeting:\n\n1. 
 Cultivate ideas for designing an environment to help accelerate \nthe devel
 opment and lift-off of social-benefit Projects\n\nThe Meeting Format:\n\n6:
 30pm: Open networking \n1. Introductions \n2. Self-organizing based on expe
 rience/expertise \n3. What’s broken with the way we design\, develop and la
 unch our Projects? \n4. Group Presos. Volunteer reports findings back to th
 e group. \n5. Summary: \nDesigning an environment for community-based innov
 ation\n-- What happens if we’re wildly successful in designing an environme
 nt for Pro-Social Projects\n-- What’s unique about our particular environme
 nt here in Austin as it relates to our focus?\n6. Defining Net Tuesday Comm
 unity Roles \n7. Easy Next Steps \n\nParticipation Guidelines:\n\n1. Inclus
 ion.\nWe’re committed to making sure we approach opportunities in an inclus
 ive way.\nA simple rule of thumb to help maintain this value throughout the
  event is to ensure your ideas and contributions allow for a broad range of
  community participation across both the private and public sector\, and ar
 en’t limited to any single constituency.\n\n2. Impactful.\nDoes your sugges
 tion/ideas create real social impact?\n\n3. Achievable.\nAre your suggestio
 ns achievable based on the current local resources\, and our existing colle
 ctive capacity?\n\n4. Teachable.\nDoes your suggestion allow us to ‘teach’ 
 as we go?\n\n5. Scalable.\nEverything doesn't need to scale\, but it's impo
 rtant to think about scaleability as we brainstorm\, as the ultimate goal h
 ere is to develop a model that can be distributed to cities beyond Austin.\
 n\nWhat Net Squared is bringing to the party:\n\n* 20 years of experience s
 erving technology needs of nonprofits\n* Relationships with >35 technology 
 companies at TechSoup Stock\, including Adobe\, Microsoft\, Business Object
 s\, etc.\n* ~ 15\,000 people registered users at net2 from every continent\
 , interested in the web’s impact on civil society\n* A committed team http:
 //www.netsquared... to help make this work a success\n* Access to Organizer
 s of Net Tuesday events in more than 20 other cities around the globe who m
 eet up face-to-face every month to work on similar problems and solutions\n
 * Techsoup.org (site/resource) that currently reaches ~100k organizations v
 ia email\, community forums and a blog\n\nWho should attend? \n\nInnovators
 .  Building a project that has the potential to change the way your industr
 y works in addressing a real-world problem?   \n\nMasters.  Have you had su
 ccess building an approach to solving real-world problems that managed to d
 o good by employees\, the local community\, and your bottom-line?  We want 
 to hear your stories.\n\nIf you have suggestions for speakers at this event
 \, or future events\, please send your suggestions to Billy Bicket at billy
 bicket@yahoo.com.\n\nBackground.  \nNet Tuesday is the face-to-face event s
 eries brought to you by NetSquared.org.  \nNetSquared is an initiative of T
 echSoup.org\, a 501c-3 technology project based out of San Francisco\, CA. 
 \n\nCurrently\, more than (21) cities are meeting up to discuss new ways to
  approach old problems.  \nMuch needs to be learned about operating in a ne
 tworked-era -- even more needs to be discovered -- and opportunities for ne
 w Projects await us.  \n\nFor more about NetSquared.org\, check-out the Net
 Square site. \n\nQuestions?  Bright ideas?  Shoot.  Send me an email at gor
 don@gmeta.com or connect via twitter @gmeta\n\nAustin\, TX  78759 - USA\n\n
 Wednesday\, March 11 at 6:30 PM\n\nPhoto: http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/p
 hotos/event/5/4/a/5/event_6801669.jpeg\n\nAttending: 7\n\nDetails: http://n
 etsquared.meetup.com/25/calendar/9716854/
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LOCATION:360primo - 9828 Great Hills Trail - Austin\, TX  78759 - USA
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