April 6, 2006 | Read Time: 1 minute
The forthcoming NetSquared Conference will focus on how charities are using — or could be using — a new generation of low-cost Web tools, often referred to as Web 2.0 technologies. Organized by CompuMentor, a technology organization in San Francisco, the meeting is scheduled to take place May 30-31 in San Jose, Calif.
Marnie Webb, a CompuMentor vice president, describes Web 2.0 technologies as free or low-cost Internet tools that individuals and charities can use and customize for their own purposes.
Many times, says Ms. Webb, the tools become more valuable as more people use them: “It’s social in a way that capitalizes on frequent use.”
Examples include blog software, podcasting, and Google Maps, all of which are being used by nonprofit groups in their online work.
Joan Blades, co-founder of the advocacy groups known collectively as MoveOn, will be speaking at the conference.
For more information: Go to http://www.netsquared.org/conference.
