In the midst of putting the final touches on the NTC, we hosted a Twitter Tutorial today, Twitter Me This!

We had a great lesson and conversation about how Twitter works and how it will function as the NTC back channel. Rosie de Fremery, Director of Management Information Systems for the American Jewish World Service gave us lots of great insights on how to best use the micro-blogging tool. Kari Peterson, Consultant and Official NTC Twitterator, informed us on how we can use Twitter at the NTC.

Want to know more? Check out the recording (and other useful links under Event Materials)!

We're looking forward to seeing you all in New Orleans! Oh, and be sure to follow 08NTC!

Do you have an idea for a mashup that could be a tool for social change? Can you imagine a way to combine data from more than one source into an integrated tool that would increase awareness around an issue? NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, is awarding a share of $100,000 in prize money, and a trip to the NetSquared Conference, to the top 20 winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge.

Submit your idea for a mashup with social impact by March 14, 2008 at 5 PM PST. Submission forms are available at http://www.netsquared.org/mashup.

There are three parts to the Challenge: