Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. We believe that NGOs learn best from each other, so NetSquared provides a platform where we can come together face to face to share technology tips and create a community of practice around tech for good. Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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NTEN

AUGUST 12, 2011

The Chronicle of Philanthropy summarized the debate nicely and features advice from Beth Kanter. At this month’s Philadelphia NetSquared event, Ivan Boothe of Rootwork spoke about the implications of Google+ for nonprofits and social change. A recording of the presentation and the slides are available for free.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. With that in mind, we asked you for your advice for monitoring online feedback as part of this month's Net2 Think Tank: Topic: What are your best practices for effectively monitoring online feedback about your organization, cause, or enterprise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2008

Alexandra Samuel did a workshop called " Bringing Your Community to Life " at Netsquared and offered some terrific practical advice about you get the conversation started. Here's the advice from the notes: Dealing with Detractors. What's your advice? You have to be ready as conversation facilitator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

" So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. account and point to a few good ones I find every week for my NpTechTag Roundup over at Netsquared. I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. The Short Resource List.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

I was also an early member of Netsquared Community , another one of Marnie’s brilliant ideas that rocked the field. David was interested in learning more about what American nonprofits were doing with social media, he asked me for some advice. Conference. (He even brought me some Tim-Tams.).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

This free event will launch our TechSoup's 2014 Storymakers event with a recipe for creating a break out story and advice on where to turn for inspiration in a cluttered landscape. Joe Lambert, creator of the Center for Digital Storytelling and literally the guy who wrote the book on digital storytelling for changemakers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2008

Britt Bravo has a write up on NetSquared. Oh, I also got a people's choice award (popular vote) The person you turn to most for trusted advice (for nonprofit technology issues). This person has also inspired me to learn about all things web2.0 and how it can help the nonprofit sector!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2015

TechSoup's NetSquared is a global volunteer-run network of nonprofit technology meetups. This is just a taste of the events being held every month by NetSquared groups. We're Currently Looking for People to Join Our NetSquared Community as Co-organizers. There are already 20 NetSquared groups across the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2006

There is a panel on nonprofit and tagging taking place netsquared. What would advice would you give to other organizations just beginning to experiment? There is some interesting discussion threads taking place. Even if you're not attending in person, you may have some questions or observations to add.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2007

Britt Bravo over at Netsquared points this gem from Marnie Webb. Her column offers some good advice about transparency too: You have to decide what you can share because ??? Photo from Gina. It is a guest column, "Harness the social web before it harnesses you" in the Philanthropy Journal. and let's be honest here ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Her recent post at Netsquared called " How To Green Your Tech Conference " has some good advice. She was creating a visual for this post, " Can't Blogher Conference Be Greener Next Year ?" " Looks like Britt has been looking at other tech conferences and asking the same question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2006

He offered some pointers about how to think strategically about podcasting, when not to do it, and some advice to get started. (See resources below) He also shared an interview from the 501c3Cast for Nonprofits. See YouTube interview for more). Brad Stephenson gave a very good overview of the process and the tools. My del.icio.us

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2012

The best advice is to take a tip from libraries and museums and curate all that information. NetSquared Think Tank: Curating Content. Susan Chavez is a blogger for TechSoup's Online Community team. Technology has made it easier than ever to access a wide range of information, but what’s the best way to sort through it all?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There's a roundup of coverage on his Netsquared blog , including pointers to live blog posts like this one. More from Britt Bravo on Netsquared blog. Nancy Schwartz has excellent advice in her 7 Facebook Essentials Nonprofit Marketers Need To Know Radio, podcasting and fundraising? And if you???re

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2013

NetSquared is proud to be a sponsor of this kickstarter project. What's some advice for getting started? Throughout the guide, we're going to feature bites of hard-earned advice and micro-stories from the folks who are pushing the boundaries of wired organizing. social media online community Net2 NetSquared community'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Netsquared.   See also Katya's advice. These are blogs communities or group blogging sites created by a nonprofit that lets their stakeholders blog on their site.    Strategy Tip :  You need a community manager and an engagement plan. Life on Mars. Share Your Story. Examples: Humane Society CEO Blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 10, 2007

I am often asked for advice from nonprofits that want to start a blog. My final piece of advice to nonprofits is to just start. This post was originally written for the NetSquared blog. Here are five of the tips I most frequently give: 1. Read blogs. Just start. Try it for a year and see what happens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

The advice for marketers looking to embark on a Web 2.0 Gavin wrote some excellent advice not too long ago on a listserv and if we're lucky, he'll write it up as a blog post). Marshall Kirkpatrick's Article on Netsquared : How To Track Mentions of Your Organization. The Zoomerang Study of Marketers and Web2.0 strategy is to ???shut

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

The advice for marketers looking to embark on a Web 2.0 Gavin wrote some excellent advice not too long ago on a listserv and if we're lucky, he'll write it up as a blog post). Marshall Kirkpatrick's Article on Netsquared : How To Track Mentions of Your Organization. The Zoomerang Study of Marketers and Web2.0 strategy is to ???shut

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs. Why Are You a NetSquared Member? We asked NetSquared members why they attend our meetup events. Find your closest NetSquared group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Ivan Booth is doing a meet up and live stream for the Philly Netsquared meet up on August 2nd at 6:00 PM EST about Google +. He talks about the importance of Google implementing brand pages. What are the potential uses for nonprofits? You can find the information for the meet up in my collection of Google + and Nonprofit Links.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

NTEN members Danielle Brigida ( National Wildlife Federation ), Rachel Weidinger , Jon Dunn ( Best Friends Animal Society ), and Jeff Patrick ( Common Knowledge ) share their tips and advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

I'll still continue to blog here during the next two weeks, but will point you over to daily guest posts on Netsquared. Any advice? Read about it here. View the vlog post about it here. Video Blogging Learning Journal. Notes on shooting yourself. At blogher, I attended a workshop on video blogging lead by Ryanne Hodson and Zadi Diaz.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

That's why each month NetSquared organizers in 60 cities across the globe host networking events for the nonprofit tech community. NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * Victoria, British Columbia: Social Media Surgery: Hands-on Advice and Help. Friday, June 3, 2016.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

But first I'm going to show off on behalf of our NetSquared organizers. The NetSquared organizers' events help TechSoup deliver on our shared mission of ensuring that civil society has the tools and skills necessary to use technology effectively. But I'm not the only one singing the praises of the NetSquared organizers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

If you're looking for tips when making your video for the contest, or for making YouTube videos for your nonprofit in general, check out these posts for ideas and advice: 9 YouTube Features You May Not Know About by Holly DeRuyter on Frogloop YouTube Adds Call To Action Tool For Nonprofit Videos by Allyson Kapin on Frogloop Online Video Production (..)

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

Amy and I will provide concrete advice from our new book Social Change Anytime Everywhere on what you need to be doing to build and mobilize your communities through multifaceted campaigns and by integrating social media into your online communications and outreach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Last week at Netsquared Net Tuesday, Peter Campbell, IT Director at Earthjustice , created the above slideshow that offers an overview of the Day of Service. We host a strategy session where we pair up local nonprofits with nonprofit technology experts on a variety of topics - from online fundraising strategy to giving advice on databases.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

Britt Bravo at NetSquared summarized a community discussion about the "Best of the Nonprofit Social Web." Katya Andresen has some great advice on building relationships on social networks. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. bubble would burst.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

For Twitter, Sarah offered the following advice: Twitter moves very fast , so they find Twitter is useful for creating and capturing "moments," rather than educating or sharing information. Many thanks to the San Francisco Online Community Meetup Group and SF Tech4Good/NetSquared for organizing such a great event. Learn More.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

This is a cross-posted with permission from NetSquared ambassador Stephen Blyth's blog, Common Knowledge. Stephen is a NetSquared ambassador from Wellington, New Zealand and attended the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in March. It’s this advice I’m thinking about now. Just what did I learn from #14ntc?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

" I used the technique two years ago for a presentation at the first netsquared conference called " I Tag the Hand that Feeds Me " or what I should retitle "Meet Sally." Andy Carvin responded with this advice: That's the only way to do it. Here's another one called " Meet Charlie."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. What do you think? See below).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

My post over at Katya's blog generated some excellent advice and has also raised many more questions. I posted an announcement of the campaign on my blog and on Netsquared Posted a guest blog post at Katya's blog soliciting campaign advice in exchange to share my learnings. Results My campaign goal is $750 by December 31, 2006.

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