:Title:    Help give feedback to four Net2 projects
:Author:   Haney Armstrong (CCAL30)
:Date:     Wed, 23 May 2007 17:40:46 PDT
:Modified: Wed, 23 May 2007 19:05:20 PDT
:URL:      http://www.omidyar.net/group/community-general/news/1879/

I'll be at `netSquared`_ acting as an "Expert Reviewer" on May 29 and 30 in San Jose. Part of my role will be to review four projects through the lens of "Social Impact". 

.. _`netSquared` : http://www.netsquared.org/2007/conference

**Would you help me come up with the most helpful feedback for one or more of these projects re: Social Impact?**

Here are the projects - 

`FamilyFarmed`_ - FamilyFarmed.org is a revolutionary system connecting consumers and trade buyers with a network of organic farmers and artisanal food producers. Consumers meet their farmers and re-establish connections with their food, community, and the land.

.. _`FamilyFarmed` : http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/familyfarmed-org

`Grassroots`_ - The Grassroots.org Toolbox will empower nonprofit organizations by granting free access to a suite of fully configured & hosted online tools, including content management, online event registration software, and CRM.

.. _`Grassroots` : http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/grassroots-org-toolbox

`Maps 2.0`_ - Geospatial Tools for Nonprofits and Humanitarian Relief - Maps 2.0, a collaboration already under way, will launch the first online resource for nonprofit and humanitarian organizations to share best practices in geographic information systems (GIS) and digital mapping tools.

`Taking IT Global`_ - What if youth everywhere came together to inspire each other, get informed about social issues, and involved in their communities? TakingITGlobal evolved from this idea to a Social Network for Social Good, inspiring youth to create a better world.

.. _`Taking IT Global` : http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/takingitglobal

.. _`Maps 2.0` : http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/maps-2-0-geospatial-tools-nonprofits-and-humanitarian-relief

I'll promise to post notes about how the sessions turn out. 

 Here's more info:

 "Here is what will happen in your Feedback Session: The first project will be introduced by their Project Champion.  Then, you and your fellow reviewers will each have 2-3 minutes to offer feedback on of that particular project.  After your brief review, audience participants and reviewers will have approximately 9 minutes to ask any additional questions pertaining tothat project.  This process will repeat with the 2nd, 3rd, 4th (and 5th) project.  For each of the 4 projects, you will have been expected to spend some time reviewing their proposal beforehand, so that you are prepared with 2-3 minutes of feedback."  

The other two tracks that I don't need to provide feedback on are Economic Sustainability and Technological Development.

Please post your ideas here.