::About

I work with social change efforts helping them build the communities necessary to propel their efforts forward. I am currently the co-CEO of TechSoup. If you are interested in understanding how you can use the communities we are building to move your project and ideas forward, please contact me at webb@ext337.org or 415.710.6688 (cell).

If you work for a business and are interested in partnering with social groups, I can help provide you with those opportunities as well.

You can also view my linked in profile.

Projects

A few of the things with which I have been associated.

NetSquared

TechSoup, a project of CompuMentor, launched NetSquared in October, 2005.

NetSquared’s mission is to help non-profit organizations understand, use and expand the social web.There’s a whole new generation of online tools available – tools 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.

— from About NetSquared

NetSquared held a conference in May, 2006. We did it again in May, 2007. Guess what’s going to be happening in May, 2008?

nptech tagging project

An early use of tagging by a loosely coupled group to create an ongoing stream of information to promote and educate those working in nonprofit technology. This project, which began as an attempt to create an emergent nonprofit technology taxonomy, was created with zero budget but has managed to gather press in the following places:

• The Toronto Star, Powerbloggers turning to tags
• Business Week, Picking up where search leaves off
• The Hindu, Aggregating tagged content

The project expanded beyond its original scope and the nptech tag can be found in a variety of platforms, including:

• flickr
• del.icio.us
• technorati
• ma.gnolia

The tag is being used for knowledge sharing, individual and organizational knowledge management, and outreach and promotion.

Disclaimer

I receive money and benefits and expense checks from CompuMentor. CompuMentor also operates TechSoup, NetSquared, and ConsultantCommons.org. I’m also a member of the Amazon Associates program. Just trying to make all of my financial stakes clear.

But, still, this is mine. It’s my fault. Blame me.