We recently reported about the DonateNow mashup challenge. On May 4 from 12-5pm, TechSoup's NetSquared project, in partnership with Sun Microsystems, is inviting you to bring your mashup for social impact project to the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

If you're headed to the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco this week, be sure to stop by TechSoup's NetSquared tabletop exhibit at Moscone West, where you can learn more about NetSquared's mashup challenges and upcoming conference.

Exhibit hours:

• Thursday, April 23: 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Friday, April 24: 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Learn more about the San Francisco Web 2.0 Expo.

NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, helps nonprofits remix the Web for social change.

How would you mash up the Network for Good donation processing service with other services to make it easier for nonprofits to raise money online?

NetSquared, Network for Good, and the Case Foundation invite you to help them enhance Network for Good's online donation process. Submit your ideas in one of two categories:

Everyone's got a story to tell and lately in the nonprofit tech world, everyone seems to be telling others about, well, telling stories! And with good reason. Storytelling is one of the most effective ways for nonprofits to raise funds and raise awareness about their cause.

M+R Strategic Services and NTEN are about to release an updated eNonprofit Benchmarks Study for 2008. The study analyzed online messaging, fundraising, and advocacy data from 21 leading nonprofit organizations. The report will be released at a special event in Washington, D.C .on Thursday, April 24 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.  The event will also be Webcast live. 

During the release event the authors will:

While it's nice to have a great mission statement and a lot of earnest copy and graphics on your nonprofit Web site, there's nothing like a clever or fun hook to get people to engage with your cause in a creative way.

On Thursday, April 17, Stanford University will host the FCC Commission for a public hearing in Palo Alto on the future of the Internet. Those interested in the issue of Net Neutrality are urged to attend.

From Save the Internet's site:

Comcast has been caught blocking BitTorrent, Verizon has been caught blocking text messages, AT&T wants to inspect and filter Web traffic. These big companies' efforts to discriminate online are crushing competition, slowing innovation, and endangering free speech. With so much at stake, it's encouraging that the FCC's first move is to quickly seek public feedback and expert counsel about the future of the Internet.

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After testifying before a Congressional committee on the virtual world of Second Life last week, TechSoup's Senior Manager of Online Community Development Susan Tenby became the official rock star of TechSoup when a segment of her testimony was picked up by The Daily Show last night.

You work to make an impact every day — here's your chance to share that passion and possibly have your photo featured on TechSoup's homepage.

Upload photos that you've taken to TechSoup's Flickr Group around the following theme (below). We'll choose three pictures for a month-long feature on the TechSoup homepage, so make sure to upload your photos before April 11, 2008.

Theme: Show us in a photo the work you do to help your nonprofit fulfill its mission (bonus points if it includes using technology, but it doesn't have to).

Today is the last day to submit your caption for the Humane Society's LOLseals Photo Caption Contest. This campaign is another example of one of the creative ways nonprofits are using Flickr to support their cause.

How does it work? It's simple. Select a baby seal photo that speaks to you and come up with a caption for it. Your caption can be humerous, serious, poetic, you name it. Then simple submit your entry to the contest. Or if you have a Flickr account, you may upload  your picture with the tag "lolseals08". All photo entries can be viewed on the Humane's Society's Flickr page and will be featured in a slideshow on the Humane Society site.

Hurry, the contest ends Fri. March 21st.  Send in your caption--and if those baby seal pictures touched you, you can find out more about how you can help protect them.