Philadelphia NetSquared gathers together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who's interested in using technology for social change.

• Nonprofit staffers will find a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for those not experienced with technology, and many chances to ask questions of tech-experienced nonprofits and experts.
• Technologists will find opportunities to put their expertise to social good, as well as the potential for lasting relationships (be they paid or volunteer) with leading organizations in our community.
• Activists and community leaders will see and be given the chance to present on successful uses of technology for social change. Not content to simply focus on "shiny tech," we'll explore what the true potential for social change is in each case, where community organizing work can be made more effective, and where it will have to push technology forward.

Philly NetSquared hosts free Net Tuesdays the first week of every month to discuss using the social web for social good, hear case studies and presentations from experts, and collectively chart a new course through "web 2.0." See some of our past presentations.

Some of our Net Tuesday topics have included:

• how to use "peer-to-peer" friend-based advocacy and cause platforms (October 7, 2008)
• ways to spread information and host decentralized fundraisers through social networks like MySpace and Facebook (May 6, 2008)
• "extreme makeovers" (web strategy edition) applying the social web to a particular cause or organization (periodic series)
• blogging for nonprofits case studies (January 6, 2009)
• moving the social web from the computer to the mobile phone, allowing for field reports, real-time organizing and the potential for direct democracy (June 2, 2009)
• using mapping and geographic information services to make a group's data, advocacy and mission more visible to supporters and donors (April 7, 2009)
• effective podcasting and videoblogging for nonprofits and community groups (September 2, 2008)
• social web carnivals — like speed dating nonprofit technology!

Join Philly NetSquared at an upcoming Net Tuesday, as we bring together web innovators and social changemakers to socialize, strategize, learn from and inspire one another! Interested in presenting? Contact us!

NetSquared, by which Philly NetSquared is sponsored, is a national organization with chapters in many cities. Net Tuesdays are independent gatherings encouraged by NetSquared.