I haven’t been posting much on Worldchanging these days. I’ve been trying to spend a bit more time doing things than writing about them I guess. If and when my schedule starts to sort itself out, I hope to contribute more over there. Anyhoo, to help spread the word for the good folks at Netsquared, I posted a brief call for entries for the Netsquared Mashup Challenge. If you have an idea for a tech mashup with worldchanging potential, submit it by March 14 and it just might get built!
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Hi Micki!
Thanks for spreading the word here, and on WorldChanging!
Britt
Britt Bravo
Community Builder
NetSquared • A Project of Tech Soup
http://www.netsquared.org
bbravo@techsoup.org
Hi Micki,
I saw that you were writing about the Netsquared Mashup challenge and I wanted to share a little bit about our Mashup Challenge entry: Assetmap.org/uganda. You can read more at http://www.assetmap.org/uganda
The question behind the project is this: with peace on the horizon after 20 years of war in northern Uganda, and the big NGOs soon heading off to other war zones, who is going to support community organizations and northern Ugandan civil society as it transitions to peace time?
By mapping information about ongoing community-led philanthropic partnerships in northern Uganda, assetmap.org/uganda helps American citizens aggregate their resources to support post-conflict transformation.
We hope to facilitate collaboration among American donors and volunteers by providing a digital tool that:
•maps project locations so you know who’s working where
•tags information about the specific issues projects and organizations seek to address
•links tagged and mapped projects to the facebook and LinkedIn profiles of participating donors or volunteers
If you’re interested in supporting us, please visit and vote for us here:
http://www.netsquared.org/2008/conference/projects/assetmap-org-uganda
Thanks!
Nathaniel Whittemore
Director, Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement
http://www.mycge.org
globalengagement at gmail