Bits: Accenture Foundations Awards $1.5-million to the Aidmatrix Foundation

By Nicole Wallace

• The second annual NetSquared Conference, scheduled for May 29-30 in San Jose, Calif., will focus on improving and promoting 20 projects that use social-networking sites and other technologies to promote social change. Organizers are accepting project nominations through April 6. Registered users at the NetSquared site will vote from April 9 to April 14 to decide which projects are featured at the meeting. For more information: Go to http://www.netsquared.org/2007/conference.
• The Accenture Foundations have awarded $1.5-million to the Aidmatrix Foundation, a Dallas organization that has built technology systems that link companies with surplus products and charities that can put those supplies to good use.
• The Case Foundation, in Washington, has posted several articles on its Web site about careers in the nonprofit world and the impact of college loans and other debts on career choices. To read the articles: Go to http://www.casefoundation.org/spotlight/careers.