A buddy of mine, Sean Coon, has been working on a project down in (relatively) rural Greensboro, North Carolina for some time called The People, Yes.
The goal of the project is founded in acting locally:
To reach out to our neighbors on the other side of the digital divide and provide the necessary training and logistics for enabling a new online community of voices via blogging, podcasting, vlogging, etc. We plan on directly engaging with the homeless community and folk living at or below the poverty line, but will work with any Greensboro resident who would like to publish their point of view.
After struggling for a year to get off the ground (meanwhile running his own consultancy), Sean has a shot of getting some great support through Net Squared’s Technology Innovation Fund contest as part of their upcoming N2Y2 Conference. He’s submitted a proposal outlining the goals for the project and now needs your support.
From now until April 14th, you can go an read up on the projects submitted, see what Dan Ben-Horin, president of Net Squared’s parent organization, thinks and then cast your votes on the slate of 10 projects that you think are most deserving of support from the NetSquared community.
More specifically, here’s how to make sure your vote counts:
- First of all, get to know the projects participating by downloading and reading the N2Y2 Voter Booklet.
- Next, sign up for an account on Net Squared and login (this is a must for your vote to count).
- Once logged in, head to your ballot and choose at least five different projects, up to a max of 10. And remember to choose wisely, because the top 20 projects will receive a portion of the $100,000 being put towards these projects over the course of 2007-2008.
Oh, and I should add, Citizen Agency will be participating by donating a number of hours of our service to the fund, so clearly, we want a shot at working with the best of the best!
Lastly, I should point out that Net Tuesday is taking place tomorrow night at Citizen Space starting at 6:00pm. This month’s topic is “How Nonprofits Can Use and Build Online Social Networks: Change.org and Ning at Net Tuesday” featuring Gina Bianchini, the co-founder and CEO of Ning and Benjamin Rattray the CEO of Change.org, a stellar line-up, to be sure!
So there you go, two solid ways to do some good. And, in case you’re still not meeting your do-good quota, check out the Giving 2.0, Lighter Footstep and Helping Hand groups on Ma.gnolia.
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thanks for the good word, chris.
though i have to say that we’re only relatively rural down here.
It may be small for a city, but there’s nothing rural about Greensboro. Look at the skyline! http://www.soulforce.org/article/824
Just wanted to second the fact that just because Greensboro is in the South, doesn’t mean it’s rural. It’s, you know, like a regular city and what not.
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