Edit 3/6/2007: I mistyped the date on this post, and Sherry just picked up on it. Amusingly enough, this has turned into a great example of misinformation propegating across the web, as Sherry only caught the mistake after posting it on her blog. Oops! My bad, as they say. :)
This blog post is the official announcement of a new Meetup in the Atlanta area. The zeroth meeting of the Atlanta NetSquared Meetup will be happening on March 7th 13th at 7pm. Event information and rsvp here: http://netsquared.meetup.com/8/
This meetup is part of NetSquared's series of NetTuesday events that are currently being held in San Francisco, Houston, and Washington DC. My goal in bringing this event to Atlanta is to start a discussion on how social media/web 2.0 technology can be used to empower people to make great things happen. Social change is the name of the game!
From the NetSquared about page:
Our mission is to spur responsible adoption of social web tools by social benefit organizations.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.
I'm really excited about this and am hoping to create a forum where a diverse group of social changemakers, non-profit employees, volunteers, and members of Atlanta's growing social media community can come together to network, collaborate, and learn about the practical application of emerging online tools for social change.
More information about the larger NetSquared community can be found here.
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