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TechSoup's NetSquared initiative hosts meetups every month around the world for people who care about technology and social change. After years of hosting local events, NetSquared has amassed a considerable amount of experience planning, marketing, and hosting local events. Discussion: Event-Registration Services.
NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. Who : NetSquared and other Community Organizers. When : 9:00 a.m.
Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Creating Awesome Video | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "For this month's Net2 Think Tank we asked you to share your tools and tactics for creating effective video messages – regardless of budget and organization size. " The Web Is Dead.
Each month, the NetSquared community (a project of TechSoup Global) meets up offline at NetSquared Local events around the world to discuss ideas, meet new people, and work together to make social change. Recently, many of these NetSquared Local meetings are being streamed live on the Internet via livestream or online recording.
Here’s a listing of sessions and spaces hosted by NetSquared and TechSoup: Community-Driven Social Impact Session. Amy Sample Ward from NetSquared. Also, engage in a mixed reality event as avatars and representatives from nonprofits around the world discuss their work both virtually and in their communities. Room: 1471.
NetSquared’s Global Community Builder , Amy Sample Ward, will be at the NTC this year to connect and collaborate with friends, colleagues and new faces in the sector. Here’s how to find Amy and connect with NetSquared. Lunch Time Table Discussion. NetSquared Office Hours. Clarity on the two monthly events.
Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. 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. Feeling overwhelmed? and the globe. spanhidden.
But there’s a special magic that happens when we get face-to-face, which is why each month NetSquared organizers in 50 cities across the globe host workshops and socials for the nonprofit tech community. Traverse City, MI: Discussion Panel - FCC’s Regulatory Proposals - Net Neutrality. netsquared tsevent event'
Now in its fourth year, NetSquared continues to encourage dialogue among people working at the intersection of technology and progressive change initiatives. Challenges are an excellent way of spurring discussion, highlighting innovative ideas, and catalysing collaboration around new tools. How to participate: Submit an idea!
You’re invited to join in a live and open text chat to discuss how the iPhone can be used for social change. Moderator : Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. The community will be invited to ask questions, share examples & ideas, and in general rock the discussion. Rich Grote & Dave Angulo, iVolunteer.
For example, simply review the hundreds of ideas listed in NetSquared ’s Project Gallery and you’ll quickly see that people from around the world are hard at work leveraging all kinds of technologies to create positive change for communities tackling many different issues. I think there are too many to count, really.
Sometimes it’s easier to solve a problem by discussing it with a friend over beer. That’s why NetSquared Twin Cities is co-hosting a happy hour this week for nonprofits and technology folk in Minneapolis-St. We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! This Week’s NetSquared Events.
There is a panel on nonprofit and tagging taking place netsquared. 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. Some of the questions: Why some people love discovery aspect of tagging and others don't?
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. Join in, viva la revolution!
I’ve been involved with TechSoup/Netsquared Network since its inception back six years ago and so it is nice to be part of the narrative arc. This participatory event is offering two days of focused discussion about—how these networks, and the capabilities that power them, can be effectively leveraged to create greater impact.
Ana at JelloBrain has a terrific post discussing the relationship between user generated content and the organizations and infastructure on which that content is posted. You can read the full post and connect with Ana to keep the discussion going on JelloBrain here. You can check it out for yourself at www.socialchangenews.com.
I first “met&# Enoch online through Netsquared in 2006 when I was putting together a presentation on nonprofits and the use of tagging. The winners included Elliot Margolies (who I also first met at Netsquared event), Mary J. Book Winners Elliot Margolies, Liz Schoeben, and Mary Colvig.
Today Allison Fine and I celebrated the launch of the Networked Nonprofit at TechSoup Global in the space where Netsquared Meetups take place. Finally, people really wanted to dig in and discuss the big ideas in the book! The discussion about Networked Nonprofits was rich. Amy Jussel asked this great question.
Tuesday, September 4th former President Bill Clinton will be on Oprah to discuss his new book, Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World (which I can't wait to read), and he will be joined by Matt and Jessica Jackley Flannery, the husband and wife co-founders of Kiva.org. Set your TiVos! Yay, Matt and Jessica!
We will have a monthly theme, which will include resources, discussion questions, and more. In those days, we used listservs and online discussion software, but platform matter. Pull up chair, fill up that coffee cup, and join the discussion. It was the free and open sharing of knowledge, insights, quick tips, and how-tos.
Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.
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. At the Conference, project teams will have an opportunity to display and discuss their mashups, and attendees will vote to select the top three.
My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog is up – you can read the post and join the discussion on SSIR , or read the full post below. Much like the NetSquared Challenges platform , it offers users the option of entering contests and searching through submissions across contests to find ideas.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, April 5th, here’s a few of the topics we’ll be discussing: Taking Risks with Networks. If you want to learn more about the networks, here’s a few blog posts: TechSoup/Netsquared. A Tale of Different Networks: Netsquared and TSG (Video interview with Marnie). Story of Stuff.
No worries, share your expertise, or get involved in a hands-on session happening in the NetSquared Garage. Here’s 3 ways participants dive into the mix with the N2Y4 Conference structure: 1. Are you challenged by lecture-formats? Kick the tires. Sessions promise to cover leading theories and practices.
This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. Johnson of the Advertising Research Foundation and Tara Hunt, author of the Whuffie Factor. Social Media ROI.
" Net2 Think Tank Round-Up: Finding Volunteers Online | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – Looking for ways to recruit volunteers online? Check out the Net2 Think Tank for ideas! "For When we launched MIYO, our aim was to introduce the concept of citizen-centered philanthropy.
" I strongly agree with Hildy Gottleib's comment at the end of the post and urge you to read both the post and the discussion in the comments. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).
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. Michelle Murrain summarizes the discussion and adds some food for thought. Photo from Cambodia4kids.
Some of the most interesting conversations I’ve had about the future of libraries doesn’t start with a discussion of how we use the library now, or what the library means to us today. Libraries that survive and thrive are ones who let go of the mindset that our members all have library cards. Comunity-Driven Libraries.
National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. Well, the average NetSquared organizer spends 8.2 Find your closest NetSquared group. Or, apply today to start your own NetSquared group. You like numbers?
The process around policy - that is the discussion, buy-in, and education - is so critical for effective use of social media. Netsquared is running a thinktank on this topic and you contribute your ideas here. MindMap of Social Networking Policy Discussion. Obviously, this is a just a beginning, not an end. Have some thoughts?
Net2 Think Tank: Online Fundraising Lessons Learned | NetSquared – "The Facebook application Causes recently announced it hit the $20 Million mark in donations. The America's Giving Challenge from Case Foundation spurred $2.1 Million in donations for charities this past winter.
If you have thoughts, comments, or questions, let's discuss this over in the comments at the original post. In response to this post by Seth Godin on nonprofits and social media, I repeat what I said three years ago over at the Netsquared Community.
Events: NetSquared Camps. Community Driven Social Impact strategies for events – let’s look at the NetSquared Camps pilot. NetSquared had for a few years held a global conference in donated space in Silicon Valley and invited members of the community from around the world to come together offline to learn and share and build.
Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. I recently had the opportunity to connect with Avi Kaplan, the Community and Events Director at Epic Change , to discuss the upcoming TweetsGiving campaign and events.
Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. I recently had the opportunity to connect with Avi Kaplan, the Community and Events Director at Epic Change , to discuss the upcoming TweetsGiving campaign and events.
That's why TechSoup supports a global network of tech trainers called NetSquared. NetSquared groups focus on topics that address their unique local tech challenges, but once a quarter, we select a common theme. Find your closest NetSquared group. Or, apply today to start your own NetSquared group.
Last month, my blog here on SSIR discussed the idea that nonprofit organizations, with the use of social media, can now create shared spaces online for their communities—truly convene groups online. How to contribute: Blog your answer to the question either on your blog or the NetSquared blog. I asked Prof.
This post was authored by Trenton DuVal, a contributing editor at NetSquared, and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. That article includes links to various resources about using this network for nonprofits, including NetSquared's Think Tank on using LinkedIn for Change. NetSquared's own LinkedIn group.
Marshall Kirkpatrick , who was working with Netsquared , whipped up the NpTech Metafeed which allowed folks to aggregate items tagged by nonprofit techies from many distributed sources. That discussion generated some good tips for using Digg (as well as other tools). The question was also discussed over at Social Actions.
Meetings range from happy hours, to speaker presentations, to open discussions, and other formats and covering a range of relevant subjects. Some Tech Clubs have merged with NetSquared local groups who share similar group objectives. As she puts it, "In the end, it''s about the people anyway besides the exchange of tech information".
This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs and HandsOn Tech. Chicago, IL: The Current State of Social Media for Nonprofits: A Panel Discussion. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Upcoming Events. Monday, August 11, 2014.
For a taste of nptech goings-on all around the world, NetSquared Local shares community highlights from the month of May and gets its fans excited about future projects in their recent monthly roundup. We will also discuss best practices for building a thriving healthy community. gotomeeting.com/register/352609216 Kovida.IS
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