Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be co-hosting The Zoetica Salon on my Facebook Page with my Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston , Kami Huyse , and Julie Pippert (the newest Zoetican ) where almost 7,000 nonprofit leaders have been engaging in informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media. Photo by Teddy Llovet.

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JULY 31, 2014

As part of Storymakers 2014, we offer a slate of interactive events including our global tweet-chat on September 4, 2014 and NetSquared meet-ups this August and September with storytelling workshops and presentations in your local community. " We are hosting true chats, which means we need your participation! NetSquared Events.

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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. 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. Can cell phones ensure a free vote?

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

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. Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2010

Today Allison Fine and I celebrated the launch of the Networked Nonprofit at TechSoup Global in the space where Netsquared Meetups take place. Most importantly, the vision that Marnie Webb had over five years ago called Netsquared inspired me to keep blogging and explore social media and nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

TechSoup is hosting a free, interactive webinar on how to harness the power of social media to drive fundraising results on September 19. Get answers to your tech challenges at a NetSquared meetup (see list below). Check out this video from NetSquared Northern Michigan’s recent meeting. Tuesday, September 17.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Speaking of personal fundraising campaign, check out the " luck of seven " - an open source journey around the world documenting free culture, social innovators, and global change from noel hildalgo, a new york city-based activist, organizer, blogger, and barcamper. to track personal fundraising campaigns. What could that lead to?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Someone has to host, someone has to clean up. With platforms like School of Everything and the Free School, I’m willing to sign up and put on small classes or provide training for free. You need to have someone making food, someone pouring drinks and someone else pointing out the bathroom. But it happens in a vacuum.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

While the rest of you have been enjoying the summer partying on the beach, TechSoup’s NetSquared organizers have been plotting and scheming in front of their computers. During our month of social media for social good -themed events being held in cities across the globe NetSquared organizers are offering free workshops and events.

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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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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

In keeping with our goal to help nonprofits, libraries, and social benefit organizations learn how to tell better, more compelling, and more meaningful stories to bring about change, we are planning a whole host of exciting FREE events. on Wednesday, August 27 at 11 a.m. Pacific time (2 p.m.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Our live events for the nonprofit tech community are free or low-cost and are held monthly in cities around the world. We profiled Adelaide’s Net2Local organizer Ben Teoh to learn why Connecting Up hosts a Net2Local group. hosted our first NetSquared Camp in China. Event NetSquared tsevent'

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2011

With over 2,000 attendees NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) was buzzing with lots of exhibitions displaying technology on offer as well as workshops and side events (which even included free massages provided by PICnet ). read more.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

NetSquared gathers together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who's interested in using technology for social change. Every month, our meetup leaders host free in-person events in 60 cities. Baltimore, Maryland: Salesforce CRM Tutorial and Free Tech Help Session! Europe and Middle East.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Tactical Philanthropy Blog notes that the next Giving Carnival will focus on Fundraising for Nonprofits and will be hosted by Gayle Roberts. is a free web application that lets you brainstorm online. News from Nigeria via the Netsquared blog.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Our volunteer community leaders are holding free events across the US (and the globe). If there isn't a group nearby, we'll help you start your own NetSquared group. Check out our newest groups: * [NetSquared Abuja]([link] in Abuja, Nigeria --> --> What have NetSquared groups been up to recently?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Someone has to host, someone has to clean up. Events: NetSquared Camps. Community Driven Social Impact strategies for events – let’s look at the NetSquared Camps pilot. Again, feel free to discuss at the table both if you have questions about the tools and which ones you’re choosing. Case Studies. CDSI Game – Tools.

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NTEN

MAY 30, 2013

Some Tech Clubs have merged with NetSquared local groups who share similar group objectives. As Vancouver NetSquared/501 Tech Club organizer, Eli van der Giesson puts it, "Vancouver''s Net Squared group is all about connecting nonprofits, activists and technology folk. But organizing is not without its challenges.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This post was written by Trenton DuVal, contributing editor at NetSquared, and originally appeared on their blog. Let’s look at some of the free and low-cost. Cohuman is one of several project management platforms that offer free accounts to nonprofits. They offer a free plan that includes three projects.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

The iPad app provides free videos to K-12 students on various topics, including math, science, finance, and history. And if you have a great idea for an app, but don't know where to start, you might be able to find help from NetSquared , an initiative from TechSoup Global.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

To get diverse perspectives from TechSoup Global staff about user-generated content, we asked Marc Manashil, Community Evangelist for NetSquared, to share how challenges like Restart Romania enable users to get engaged at all levels. Web-based challenges are not a new phenomenon at TechSoup Global.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Attend our free one-hour webinar on October 16: Paranoid or Are They Really Out to Get You? Security expert and TechSoup forums host Gary Lamontagne will be on hand October 29 to answer all your security questions! Download the guide and share it with your staff and volunteers. Ask questions during TechSoup's office hours.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2016

TechSoup will host a live event featuring three training experts on Thursday, September 15 at 11 a.m. Since 2013, she has also been a Techsoup NetSquared organizer for Tech4Good SWFL. Danielle Jackson is a communications specialist from GCFLearnFree.org, an online provider of free technology tutorials. Pacific time (2 p.m.

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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. Goldstein's Fundraising Success Podcast Britt Bravo, Have Fun, Do Good Blog, is hosting next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. The topic is how to do have fun and do good!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Last week, Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup, and Twilio co-hosted a breakfast for nonprofits and app developers. LocalFreeWeb is an SMS service that helps people find free Internet access in San Francisco. The user will receive a text with the three closest locations that have free Internet access. Eight apps.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2017

Last week, we reported on a recent NetSquared London Meetup that investigated the IT tools that can be used to operate nonprofits inexpensively and effectively. The 50-plus people who attended the recent NetSquared London Meetup all had a chance to nominate and vote for their favorite productivity tools. Open-Source Tools.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Our free Office 365 workshops are designed to help nonprofits that want to use their domain name for their email service. During this two-hour workshop, your organization will learn how to integrate your hosted email service and work with the Office 365 suite of services. Are you still using a Gmail, Yahoo!, November 2015.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 26, 2007

Hey Have Fun * Do Gooders, Many of you know that I work as the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of TechSoup. PT/SLT (Second Life time), 32 Nonprofits and their supporters will host a grand opening celebration in their new offices in the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. Download and install Second Life , it's free.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Hosting included) WordPress.org: [link] (Free software. You have to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting) MovableType.com: [link] (Higher Education & Non-profit license for 5 authors, $195. Need to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting). Odeo: Free [link] Copyright Free Music Podsafe Music Network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

You may be familiar with the NTC ( Nonprofit Technology Conference ) hosted by NTEN. 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. Day Of Service View more presentations from Peter Campbell. tags: nten 09ntc ).

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

This morning, NetSquared hosted a special unconference at NTC on open data. It was a fascinating discussion that touched both on many of the reasons why nonprofits are taking a look at data sharing and on why consequential data sharing can sometimes be challenging or unfeasible for nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2017

Find out about our trove of how-to articles, weekly webinars, discussion forums, Netsquared in-person training events, and new step-by-step online courses. TechSoup now has a surprising array of mostly free, self-paced online courses. TechSoup hosts free hour-long webinars each week for nonprofits and libraries.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Here's your monthly roundup of free in-person #Tech4Good events. But first I'm going to show off on behalf of our NetSquared organizers. This remarkable cohort of 250 community builders are hosting monthly free workshops and networking events in more than 74 cities, and they're doing it entirely as volunteers.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

TechSoup's Jim Lynch presented on a panel discussion hosted by the U.S. That's why TechSoup Global, NetSquared and Microsoft teamed up to launch the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest last November. Find out what else NetSquared was up to this spring in this roundup. Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers a free emergency preparedness app. The app was developed on the Windows Azure platform, a cloud-based platform for building and hosting web applications. Preparing for Disaster. The notification app J-ResQ was developed in response to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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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. * Every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 60 cities.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

TechSoup will be hosting a pre-conference workshop on Office 365; exhibiting at the NTC Science Fair; speaking at plenary events, breakout sessions, and a "Birds of a Feather" lunch; and facilitating networking opportunities. Share the gift of TechSoup by telling your favorite organization about our free membership.

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