Thanks to everyone who has helped us prepare for the NetSquared N2Y4 Conference next week. For those of you who can’t make it out to the conference, you can follow the projects here:
http://www.netsquared.org/
It’s been great working with the team at NetSquared and the other projects. The past few weeks have been a great example of how online technology can be used towards creating effective collaborations. The NetSquared team used wiki’s, mp3 recording, videos and more to communicate weekly tasks, expectations and support networks.
I also wanted to let you all know about our Summer of Coding for Good program. Since we’ve completed the demo product, we’re looking for programmers/engineers/
And if you can’t help yourself, help us spread the word! Thanks again guys, and wish us luck!
Thank you! 4/20/09
So, we were voted into the top 14 projects in the recent NetSquared Mobile Application Competition. And we couldn’t have done it without every single one of your votes. So seriously, thank you!
We will be going out to beautiful California at the end of May to give a presentation at the NetSquared Conference. And the top 3 projects from the conference, will get funding!
For those of you who are interested in technology development that has a positive social impact, I would definitely suggest checking out the conference. The conference is a two-day meeting that brings together the minds of unlikely allies from different professional fields including: leaders in philanthropy, corporate philanthropy, engineering, media and world-class innovators driving the development, distribution and use of social technologies for progressive change. Check it out here:
http://www.netsquared.org/
Do you have a great idea on what we should include in our presentation? Email us: ps@publicstuff.org
Please support our idea by voting for us by this FRIDAY. Here are the steps to vote:
Yet another competition! 4/7/09
Has it really been a month since our last entry?! Well, we’ve done so much in the past few weeks, including discussions with potential collaborators, developing our strategy and beginning the proto-type. Yes, yes, a real prototype already!
For those of you who supported us in the Startup Nation Competition, thank you! We were voted #4 out of over 90 entries!
We enjoyed it so much that we’re trying another competition for mobile applications that create a positive social impact. And in our case, we will be creating a mobile application that works in tandem with publicstuff.org for all your cool iPhones and Blackberry’s, that will allow you to submit service and informational requests as they happen.
See a missing street sign? Want to request bulk garbage pick-up? Want to know how many of your neighbors have also reported excessive speeding on your street? Well, you can do all this and more on the go, through our phone application!
Please support our idea by voting for us by this FRIDAY. Here are the steps to vote:
Create an account at: www.netsquared.org
Check your email for the account confirmation message, and use the link in the email to log in.
Visit the PublicStuff page at: http://www.netsquared.org/
Fill your ballot by clicking on “VOTE FOR MY PROJECT" Badge at the top of the PublicStuff page. You need to add at least 3 projects to your ballot, before you can submit your ballot.
Add 2 more projects to your ballot by going to the right side and clicking on the “Gallery” link. From here repeat step 4 & 5 to vote for 2 more projects.
Submit your ballot by clicking on the “CAST BALLOT” link. Remember that you will only see this link when you have added 3 projects to your ballot.
I know that the voting process seems complicated, but I tried it out on my less tech savvy friends, and it only took 5 minutes! (For more detailed voting instructions, visit: http://www.netsquared.org/
Keep your fingers crossed for us, or better yet, get your family, friends and co-workers to also vote for us! Bottom up innovation and mobile interactions-- that's something we can all sink our teeth into. Support us and get back to local!
Startup Nation Pitch Competition, 4/3/09
Yesterday we submitted a proposal to the Startup Nation Elevator Pitch 2009 Competition. The competition allows entrepreneurs across the nation to submit a two minute long “elevator pitch” online. These pitches can be in the form of a video or audio pitch, and can be supported with a brief written description.
An elevator pitch is pretty self explanatory. It references a moment you may have with a potential investor in an elevator where you have an opportunity to deliver a brief, yet compelling pitch for your business. The execution of an elevator pitch, however, is not as straight-forward. The delivery of a successful pitch is indeed an art; it has several different varieties, and will change depending on who your audience is. So, I encourage you to check out the proposals at Startup Nation to see the different approaches. Five winners will be selected, and these companies will have the opportunity to present their business model to the investors.
And of course, everyone at PublicStuff encourages you to vote for our video. You can vote once per day, so if you really believe in the work we’re doing, vote often! VOTE FOR PUBLICSTUFF HERE!
And as always, our doors are open, so please let us know what you think!
Project Development Website, 2/3/09
This entry marks the official launch of our project development website! PublicStuff.org is an online portal that will connect people with their local governments. We are currently in the planning and development stage, and will be using this site to provide updates on where we are and what we are doing!
For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Lily Liu and I’m the founder of PublicStuff.org. I have years of experience working in local government and NGO’s worldwide, and understand both the need and challenges behind increasing civic participation, transparency and accountability for local governments.
Our team at PublicStuff is committed to successfully launching our pilot program. But we’re going to need your input and support-- so please feel free to contact us and sign up for our email notifications.
