NetSquared Tuesday Launches in Seattle June 5, 2007

My colleague Sarah Schacht of Knowledge As Power and I are co-organizing the kickoff of Seattle's first Net2 Tuesday. NetSquared is a Tech Soup venture to increase the adoption of Web 2.0 services by nonprofit organizations and others interested in creating a social benefit. The goal of NetTuesday is to create an ongoing peer-driven community event for the development of social software and real world applications in Seattle.

This is the first Net2 Tuesday in Seattle, so we're focusing the time mostly to talk to each other about what we'd like to get out of events like this. Please email your friends about this event. Everyone is welcome.

When: Tuesday, June 5th
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Where: The McLeod Residence, 2209 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121 (2nd floor).  Map
Recurring: First Tuesdays of each month, exact details to be determined

Agenda
6:30 - 7 pm
- Socializing as people arrive
7 pm
- Sarah on the challenges and solutions to effective communications tools between citizens and legislators
- Jeff on his social news project NewsCloud.com
7:20 pm
- Introductions and open discussion: What would you like to see in future NetTuesday's?
8:00 pm
- Socialize with other social software techies

Technorati Tags: net tuesday, net2, netsquared, seattle, social software

Door Prize
- One free six month ActionStudio subscription for the nonprofit of your choice will be picked at random. Bring your business card.

About NetSquared

NetSquared's mission is to spur responsible adoption of social web tools by social benefit organizations. There's a whole new generation of online tools available that make it easier than ever before to collaborate, share information and mobilize support. These tools include blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, podcasting, and more. Some people describe them as "Web 2.0"; we call them the social web, because their power comes from the relationships they enable.

About Sarah Schacht

Sarah Schacht is the founder and executive director of Knowledge As Power, a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to providing citizens easily accessible legislative information and legislators organized constituent feedback. A veteran of Dean and Kerry campaigns, Sarah's work experience is rooted in campaigns and online organizing.  When not directing Knowledge As Power, Sarah manages promotion campaigns in Washington State.  She blogs sporadically at http://www.oneton.us and lives in Seattle.

About Jeff Reifman

Jeff Reifman is the founder of NewsCloud, an online news community for organizers and activists as well as ActionStudio, an online service for emailing and faxing elected officials. Jeff has lived in Seattle for 16 years. He's a Microsoft veteran and once owned Habitat Espresso and the Four Angels Cafe, Seattle's first not for profit coffee shops. He's also written for the Seattle Weekly and blogs at http://www.idealog.us.