NosVies

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Warning: Reproduction for commercial purposes is prohibited, but for non profit organization highly recommenced 

Series: social entrepreneurship, helping others, contagious attitudes

The Net² (aka N2Y2 or NetSquared) conference is being held in California’s Silicon Valley May 29 and 30, 2007.
The goal of the conference is to speed up development of 21 social, humanitarian and ecological projects, mostly North American projects, selected for their potential to make the world a better place by using the Internet.

Some 350 people, including leaders from all walks of life, the media, investors, big business and non-profit organizations, will be putting their heads together to find the best way to help these 21 projects and will vote on how to distribute financial aid. You can follow the feedback of the conference on their blog

I won’t be able to take part in the conference. But I felt the urge to contribute something to this wonderful initiative and also to all the projects (selected or not) that are trying to make a social difference in the world. Helping others is very dear to my heart and I am so glad to discover every day new projects that either contribute to make a difference or build the tools for others to make a difference. But many projects lacks some tools to communicate and publicize their actions. So we are creating some visual supports that we allow them to use freely in their marketing efforts.

On this cartoon, I have been working for the first time with the graphic artist Benjamin Lefort. The goal is to promote the idea of leveraging the web for social changes.  And Benjamin did a very good job. Thank you very much for your talent and patience with me.

I am inviting not only Net² and the lucky 21 projects that are getting extra help, but also any non profit organization to use this cartoon as flyers, poster and on their websites as they see fit or as a display. You can add your own organization logo. Simply include a courtesy link to NosVies.com if you use it on your site, so we can enjoy to see who uses it.
(You can get the high resolution version by clicking on the drawing above and just “save it” on your computer. Drop me a line if you do not know how to do add your logo and I will try to give you a hand).

So please, loyal readers and bloggers, spread the message to non profit that they can use our cartoon but also a couple of others here. And we are going to add more in the coming months.

And don’t hesitate to let us know about any other similar events being organized around the world so we can discover more projects and hopefully contribute to them.

PS: I’ve suggested to the Net² organizing team that they give some thought to an equivalent event in Europe, containing a mix of American and European projects to extend collaborations. So, if this idea grabs you, please get in touch and let’s thrash it out.