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NTC Storytellers: Day of Service Wireless Router Installation at Community for Creative Nonviolence

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[As part of the 2011 NTC, a group of attendees are documenting their experiences at the conference on the NTEN Blog.] A Photo Essay by Wendy Marinaccio A team of 30 NTEN-ers volunteered our mornings at the Community for Creative Nonviolence, which runs the largest homeless shelter in the country.

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NTC Day of Service 2011: The Art of Story Capture

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year’s Day of Service featured three different projects – a computer recycling project and installation of a wireless network in Washington, DC’s largest homeless shelter and meal preparation at DC Central Kitchen. Approximately 100 volunteers participated in service activities. Tech Recycling Day.

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Volunteer for the Day of Service at NTEN's NTC in SF on April 26th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Day of Service is an opportunity for nonprofit techies to give back to the local community - in form of sharing knowledge one-on-one with a local organization or participate in a group project like installing a wireless network in a homeless shelter! This year we will be installing two wireless networks in San Francisco thanks to Cisco.

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NTC Day of Service: Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm slowly blogging the posts, videos, and photos that I captured last week along with some reflections. I could barely utter two words let alone blog about it. That's why I'm so happy to see the well-written article that Ali posted on the NTEN blog. Although it was a little chaotic at the start of the event, it went off well.

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My Kumbaya Moments: Like Summer Camp for NPTechies, the NTEN Conference

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I joined a group project installing a mesh wireless network on Treasure Island, a community in San Francisco which is home to many low income families many of who were previously homeless. Cisco sponsored the project and provided the hardware for the network.

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