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Changing the World with Social Networking, a conversation with Deanna Zandt

Tuesday, September 7, 2010: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
ShareThis!
Featuring: 
Deanna Zandt
  • How is social networking transforming nonprofit and social change efforts?
  • Or is it just lulling us into a false sense of confidence?
  • Aren’t the forces against change just as empowered by social networking as we are?
  • How can I, as an individual, have a meaningful impact on the most pressing global issues of the day?
  • How can we cope with (and even thrive from) the fire hose of information that social networking unleashes?

Join us for an evening of conversation about the current and future state of social networking, and its role in changing the world, as well as ourselves. Our special guest will be Deanna Zandt. Deanna is a New York-based media technologist, consultant to key progressive media organizations including AlterNet and Jim Hightower’s Hightower Lowdown, and a Research Fellow at the Center for Social Media at American University. She is also author of the recently published book Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking.

Deanna has a unique perspective on the profound impact of social networking.  And so do each of us … whether you’re coming from the perspective of a non-profit, a techie, an activist, a venture capitalist or a cynic. So, come and add your voice to this conversation, which promises to be inspiring, informative and interactive.

As usual, light food will be available. So will copies of Deanna’s book for purchase — though you might want to get hold of it sooner via Amazon or elsewhere.

Can’t make it to the event itself?  Come back to this page on September 7 for a link to the live Internet stream of the event, and for information about participating in the Twitter backchannel!

 

Special thanks to Evolve Strategies for sponsoring this evening, and to the American Friends Service Committee for providing the venue.

Sponsored By: 
  • Evolve Strategies

Connect the Dots of Your Social Media Strategy

Tuesday, August 3, 2010: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Connecting the dots
Featuring: 
Nicole Newman
Ivan Boothe
Sara Cederberg

Our discussion will be led by Nicole Newman of Newman Networks, who will review some key social media principles and introduce a way to “connect the dots” of your social media strategy. Then several local nonprofits and activists will describe their own social media experiences, and we’ll help them “conn…ect the dots” themselves.

This informative and highly interactive session is for anybody who wants to learn and share a fresh approach to advancing their nonprofit or social cause with social media.

Nicole Newman is a technology specialist helping organizations create executable plans for profitable results by increasing networking opportunities and efficient IT driven marketing solutions. She has worked with hundreds of organizations in four short years (online and offline) interweaving networks to create a better Philadelphia community. You can find out more about her on LinkedIn or Facebook.

We gratefully acknowledge our sponsor this month, dice.com, “the career hub for tech insiders”, who will be providing food, as well as giving away “merchandice” for people to enjoy.

Our venue

Jenkins Law Library is located on the 12th floor of the 833 Chestnut Street building, directly across from the Ben. Franklin. Use the Chestnut Street entrance. Please tell security that you are attending the Net Tuesday event at Jenkins. You will be required to sign in. The elevators unload on the 12th floor in front of Jenkins’ main doors. There will be a devilishly handsome young man behind the front desk to direct you to the event.

Looking ahead

For Net Tuesday, September 7, we’ll be having a discussion about the state of social networking with Deanna Zandt, author of Share This: How You Will Change the World with Social Networking. Mark the date, and check out this terrific book!

Sponsored By: 
  • Dice.com

Podcasting, video sharing and more: Audio and video content on the web

Tuesday, July 6, 2010: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Featuring: 
Steven Lubetkin
Wendy Univer

Podcasting. Videocasting. Streaming. Multimedia resources can be powerful tools for advancing your nonprofit or social change cause. On July 6, Philly Net Tuesday will have an interactive session focused on the technologies and opportunities for creating, editing and distributing audio and video content via the web.

Our presenters will be Steve Lubetkin (Podcast Steve) of Lubetkin Communications, and film maker and nonprofit communications strategist Wendy Univer. This interactive evening will cover tools and technologies for getting started, tips for effectively creating and editing video and audio content, and alternatives for distribution (e.g., when is Vimeo better than YouTube?). In addition to loads of useful, up-to-date information, we’ll have the opportunity to demonstrate these tools and skills, and compare and contrast different options. (You’re encouraged to bring your own audio or video recording equipment to try some new things yourself.)

Using Facebook for Social Change

Tuesday, June 1, 2010: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Facebook
Featuring: 
Ivan Boothe
Judah Ferst
Staci Greenberg

How can you use Facebook to support your nonprofit or social change cause?

The answer to this question was never simple — and with ongoing changes to Facebook’s privacy settings, tools for groups and organizations, and integration into other websites, it can be confusing to keep up.

On Tuesday, June 1, we’ll explore this moving target in a couple of ways. First, we’ll have a panel share some experience and insights. Then, we’ll have a “Facebook Clinic”, where we’ll invite attendees to show their organizational or social change-focused Facebook presence, and we’ll apply our collective wisdom to offer “diagnoses” and “prescriptions” on how to have become even healthier and more effective.

Sponsored By: 
  • Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney
  • Rock River Star

A Social Web Sampler

Tuesday, May 4, 2010: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Social Web Sampler
Featuring: 
Seth Horwitz

It’s our anniversary!  Philly NetSquared started holding monthly Net Tuesday gatherings of people “interested in using the social web for social change” back in May, 2008.  And, for our second anniversary, we’re going to hold a “Social Web Sampler”.

 

The Sampler will be an opportunity to address how various social web tools can help YOUR nonprofit or social action cause.  Blogs.  Wikis.  Mapping.  Facebook.  Podcasts.  Photo sharing.  RSS.  Videoblogging.  Mobile applications.  Twitter.  Tagging.  LinkedIn.  Digg.  Meetup.  And so much MORE!

  •  How are nonprofits and activists using these tools?
  •   How can they be used most effectively for YOUR nonprofit or social cause?
  •   What are the latest developments and trends?

The evening will be divided into two major sections: Small Groups and Large Group.

 

First, we’ll have time-limited, small group discussions around a specific social web tool or topic and how it applies to social change or the nonprofit world.  Which particular social web tools will be discussed, and who will facilitate those discussions?  That’s up to you.  You’re all invited to lead a discussion.  Maybe you’re an expert in using one (or more) of these tools.  But you don’t have to be an expert.  Perhaps you are just interested in a tool or topic and want to enjoy a discussion focused on it.  YOUR interests and passion will shape the agenda.

 

We plan to have three 15-20 minute discussion periods, each with 4-5 simultaneous groups, resulting in a total of 12-15 small group discussions focused on a particular social web tool or topic.  Each small group discussion will have a computer available for real-time demonstrations (and wireless is available).  Small group topics people have already volunteered to lead include:

  • Twitter (Sara Cederberg & Warren Allen)
  • Podcasting (Steve Lubetkin)
  • Facebook (Judah Ferst)
  • Blogging (Ivan Boothe)
  • Video web conferencing (Tim Siftar)
  • Facebook (Sara Cederberg)
  • Monitoring social media impact (Cliff Stevens)
  • WordPress (Jim Wurster)
  • Flickr (Ralph Medley & Tony Heriza)
  • Content management systems (Nate Gasser)

If you’re interested in leading a group discussion, please sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/SocialWebSampler.  Please sign up before midnight on Sunday, May 2 to be sure to secure a slot.

 

Then, after our thinking has been stimulated by these small groups, we’ll regather into a large group, and you’ll have the opportunity to enjoy the collective wisdom of the entire crowd by asking about applying these tools and strategies to your own situation.

 

This will be a highly interactive gathering with lots of shared knowledge and excitement.  Lite fare will be provided if you’re hungry.  Hope to see you there.  RSVP’s via Meetup or Facebook (links above) are appreciated.

 

 

 

We gratefully acknowledge the American Friends Service Committee, who sponsored our kick-off event two years ago, and has graciously offered to sponsor this anniversary event also.

Sponsored By: 
  • American Friends Service Committee

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