Tech Soup

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In celebration of the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft announced the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest in partnership with NetSquared. The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest challenges anyone to design an app for Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 that can make a positive difference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Via Britt Bravo Do you have an idea for how a mashup could be a tool for social change? 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.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. Much has been written criticizing the contest and the initial selection of 100 charities who already received $25,000 and are now vying for the grand prize of $1,000,000.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

TechSoup’s NetSquared community organizers connect nonprofits with local technology experts. With just one month left in 2014, now’s a good time to review NetSquared's progress. With just one month left in 2014, now’s a good time to review NetSquared's progress. NPTech Social.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

As you can read below, Green Mountain Coffee and JustMeans have partnered up for the Change Climate Change contest. Originally posted on the NetSquared blog.). To participate in this contest, you need to submit your idea on JustMeans and fill out the full grant proposal from Green Mountain Coffee. Submit your idea to JustMeans.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

N2Y4 Mobile Challenge: 15 Featured Projects Announced | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org - Last week, the NetSquared Community voted on the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge to determine the 15 Featured Projects who will be invited to compete for $50K in cash-prizes and additinoal in-kind resources at this year's N2Y4 Conference.

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Tech Soup

JULY 10, 2012

Here at TechSoup, we know that contests and challenges are an excellent way to marshal the enthusiasm and talent of our community. Our annual Digital Storytelling Challenge , Restart Romania , and NetSquared challenges are just a few examples of how we get our community members engaged at multiple levels. How to Participate.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

For perspective, I imagine you immediately ask where are we on this roadmap right now: We are in the social space. Social Paradigm. Thus, we entered the social period. Social Tools. The social period saw a more balanced weight across various kinds of media. And something did give.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

TechSoup and NetSquared have joined forces to bring you a September full of social media learning! All month long, we're putting on events and publishing content to sharpen your social media skills. East Africa time / midnight Coordinated Universal time Topic: technology for social good. Eastern time / 1:00 p.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

Contest details are here: [link] Via Britt Bravo's blog at netsquared [link] [link] The JumpStart Ford ([link] is a campaign to convince the auto industry to improve fuel efficiency and eliminate greenhouse gasses by 2020. Part of the campaign includes a photo context in Flickr using the tag freedomfromoil.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

As some of you know, part of my work is being the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that facilitates the adoption of social web tools by nonprofits and NGOs. You may know the winner of the Challenge, but without your help they'll never know to enter the contest! A YouTube video about the Challenge. •

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

I just discovered a new (to me anyway) blog on nonprofits called the Nonprofit Eye via a provocative post on the Netsquared Community Blog. She recently introduced her blog on the Netsquared site: Don't know where I fit in the scheme of things here, but I have to start somewhere. Hurry the contest deadline is August 17th!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The goal of the project is to not simply host a contest, but "to help nonprofits think creatively about using technology to fulfill their missions, without having a fear of technology and by learning a new skill with an element of fun," says Susan Tenby, Director, Online Community and Social Media Team, TechSoup Global.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! which focused on eight social media experts. Anything we missed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. NpTech Community. And here's a Web2.0

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

There are only a few short days left to enter the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. Contest entries need to be in by February 28. Get your app into the Windows Marketplace BEFORE the deadline to ensure it’s approved in the Windows Marketplace in order to be eligible for the contest. Stay tuned and take part!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Congrats to Avaaz.org for the winning video in the NTC Video Contest. Photo from Cambodia4kids.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

As my colleague Ale noted in her post a few days ago, the 2014 digital storytelling contest and event series (now called Storymakers ) has arrived! In that free webinar, we'll hear from: Aaron Bramley, nonprofit filmmaker and head of Lights.Camera.Help ; and. We'll post more details as they become available.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Social Media and Communication. Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. How about one for social good? To celebrate the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft announced a new contest to encourage developers to create apps that positively impact the world around them.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2013

needs of the social sector and how technology can chance the world for. If you don't already have a NetSquared account (you should! Be sure to share the contest with your community - we need your expertise to make sure the right application wins. We're turning to you because you best understand the. the better.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. There is no question that such events with an app focus can offer a great deal of collective momentum to address social issues. Hackathons, coding sprints, app challenges, oh my! Give Your Participants Ample Time to Construct an App.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout? Will this lead to niche social networks that are more relevant to people's interests? over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Clean1982 The NpTech Tag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. The summaries are more focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Which one worked best? possibly related classroom projects???

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

TechSoup Global has had a busy year so far with new ventures, exciting contests, and global recognition. Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. Apps are a powerful way for everyday people to act for social good, making their lives, and the lives of their communities, stronger. TechSoup Digital Storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

I was up too late editing a screencast to do a content analysis yesterday, instead I found a great thread on Nonprofits and Vlogging over at Social Edge facilitated by Patrick O'Heffernan. It's called Web Video for the Social Benefit Sector. I might also add an understanding of " Social Media Optimization."

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 21, 2009

This month's Net2ThinkTank question on NetSquared is, “What do you think will be the big changes, new technologies, hot applications, or successful campaigns of 2009?” They have a CRM (customer relationship management) software donation program for nonprofits. MJRovner recommended the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Guide I mentioned above.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

One of the biggest trends in mobile giving right now is gamification: the integration of game dynamics, like points, badges, or levels, into a fundraising or social good campaign. Facebook games are notorious time wasters (and great for bugging your friends on social media).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

advocacy and leveraging the social community there: Starbucks Campaign. Just last week, Lee Romeo, posted something over a Netsquared about a similar use of flickr - people holding signs. This has also been done by NTEN and Netsquared. She posted a pointer on the NTEN Nonprofit Flickr Affinity Group list today.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. TechSoup and the NetSquared meetups are here to help. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

on your calendar and get cracking on the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest. The contest's stellar panel of judges will dish out awards in the following categories: Best Overall Windows 8 App: $15,000. This post was authored by Elijah van der Giessen , a community curator for NetSquared, a project of TechSoup.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Peter Deitz, Social Actions. Micro-philanthropy -- that ambiguous term that refers to all things socially networked, small-scale, and charitable -- will have matured. Get accustomed to using social media to communicate with all of your potential donors. Another approach to the online contest phenomenon is to run your own.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many social networking tools. Katya Andresen has written a fantastic five minute guide to social networking tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Should A Foundation's Financial Transactions Fully Support its Social Purposes? Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. Film Contest - " Film Your Issue " from Yahoo and other sponsors. Danah Boyd analyzes the recent Pew data on Social Network Site use. Change the World!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. young people???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! Social Media A couple of really useful posts on Facebook and Nonprofits. There's also a profile of the Humane Society's recent $50,000 contest win from Microsoft. Net2 ThinkTank gives up a round up of how Nonprofits and NGOs are Using Mobile Phones and SMS for Social Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2007

The PeaFund Friday Campaign PeaFund Friday is an amazing example of the power of social media for social change. It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer. Go vote here.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in prizes. They become the means for nonprofits, NGOs, religious centers, and social enterprise organizations to reach out to customers and enhance their brand. March 22, 2016 — First NetSquared Storymakers 2016 meetup in DC.

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