Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Houston, TX: NetSquared Houston.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Here’s your monthly update from the world of NetSquared Local. What Is NetSquared Local? NetSquared Local is TechSoup's volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. NetSquared Local groups hold monthly in-person events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. This is a communiqué on the current state of cloud adoption in TechSoup's NetSquared international community from Marc Manashil, community evangelist for NetSquared.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Join your local NetSquared group. Join our global tweet chat on September 4 for the best examples of nonprofit storytelling. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs and HandsOn Tech. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Monthly Meetup. September 2.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

On Monday, April 16, TechSoup took its Digital Storytelling global with a full-day tweet chat spanning 10 time zones. A lot of helpful and insightful digital storytelling advice was shared; below are some of the highlights: India: NASSCOM Foundation, TechSoup Global partner, led the way with How to Create High Impact Stories.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

NetSquared’s global network of volunteers will be organizing more than 30 events this April in communities as diverse as Mukono, Uganda; Wellington, New Zealand; and Boston, USA. So join your local NetSquared group and start participating in the fun. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2014

Eli van der Giessen, TechSoup Community Manager and NetSquared Organizer, shares: "Michael was my guide when I first joined the TechSoup Global Media team two years ago. I had the pleasure of seeing Michael very recently – he joined me in Vancouver for a meeting of Pacific Northwest NetSquared organizers on May 9+10.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

That’s why NetSquared Twin Cities is co-hosting a happy hour this week for nonprofits and technology folk in Minneapolis-St. NetSquared Local believes that the best way to build a strong, self sufficient community of #nptech practitioners is for us to go outside and get face-to-face. Check out her thoughts (and photos!)

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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. I got to snap this photo of two women, Marnie Webb and Charlene Li , who have greatly influenced my work over the past 5-10 years. Got to do some networking and catchup.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

in Auckland, New Zealand, TechSoup hosted a #Storymakers2014 global discussion via Twitter. The NetSquared Auckland group launched the event and shared four valuable insights into digital storytelling: Always have a hero. Some photo editing tools discussed were the apps Videocraft and Qwiki.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

Anecdotely, I see a lot of blogs and Flickr photo streams, some YouTube and Vimeo use. 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). " Check it out! Why limit yourself?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Photo by Teddy Llovet. Photo by Dkurpaptwa. Our intent is to provide a space for just-in-time answers and share best practices at no charge. It’s our way of embracing and spreading the abundance that working a networked way offers. There is an added benefit to learning communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

—– Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. Photo Credit: Flickr tableatny ]. We’re all learning as we go!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Whether they are vendors like CauseVox , openly asking for what the community needs in a fundraising tool and building towards the response, or they are individuals that take a photo or shoot a short video that they share with the world changing the conversation about an issue or an event. Global campaigns may be ignited by an individual.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. TweetsGiving is a global celebration of gratitude and giving on November 24-26. 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. What is TweetsGiving?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. TweetsGiving is a global celebration of gratitude and giving on November 24-26. 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. What is TweetsGiving?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Photos by Jamie Stobie and used with permission from the photographer. Note from Beth: My colleague, Daniel Ben-Horin, from TechSoup Global has been in the nonprofit technology for decades. He has seen it all. billion to date.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Net2Local is a project of TechSoup Global that invites activists, techies, nonprofits and the social good community together to meet monthly in 50 cities around the world. We’re a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. NetSquared events tsevents'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

org model enables any individual or organization around the world to create and promote events ("actions") - with a call to action for a fair global climate treaty. Every month, the NetSquared community comes together offline at Net Tuesday events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate. Then check out.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

A few weeks after you donate, you'll get a notification with a photo and report of how your money helped. If you have a great idea for a fundraising 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2008

One problem with the Global Giving interface is that I can't get to a back end to see exactly who has donated to follow up with a personal note or blog post, so please leave me a comment if I haven't personally acknowledged your support. Also on the Google Alert, I discovered that Britt Bravo has posted on the Netsquared Blog too.

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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. Photo: billybicket.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. There's a roundup of coverage on his Netsquared blog , including pointers to live blog posts like this one. Fundraising 2.0 And if you???re

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I hope you'll add to the list: Change/Wire Dining for Women Ella Baker Center Echoing Green Genocide Intervention Network Global Fund for Women Global Voices' Rising Voices Google.org Idealist NetSquared NTEN People's Grocery Save Darfur Social Actions Spot.us Below is a list of blogs that I read written by nonprofits and NGOs.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2012

This post originally appeared on the NetSquared blog, which is an initiative of TechSoup Global's, and was written by Causecast. volunteering efforts, photos must be at the forefront of the initiative. take photos while they volunteer; use pictures in company handbooks to. For instance, seeing Dan next to a photo of.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2006

Take for example, the netsquared conference. For example, during the Global s London Summit, a wiki was used to capture a brainstorming session and then to help bring those ideas foward in the months following the gathering. Take for example these two nonprofit oriented conferences: Games for Change and Nonprofit Technology Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. Maybe next week we'll see photos from BarCampBlock ? Maybe next week we'll see photos from BarCampBlock ?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

This post originally appeared on the Netsquared blog and was authored by Bari Samad, an NGO domain expert for NetSquared. SAP , a TechSoup Global donor partner and a leader in enterprise software applications partnered with the UNFPA to unveil two interactive population dashboards to mark the milestone.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2006

I have a lot of tree-planters to thank for the fruit I have eaten this year: my husband for being the best hubs ever , my parents for a lifetime of love, my friends for inspiring me, BlogHer and NetSquared for helping me make a living doing something I love (blogging!), Photo credit: Eden Hall Tree by Surplusparts. thanksgiving craft

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Several of us from TechSoup Global will be there, and we'd love to see you! Here's a rundown of where to find us in sessions presented with TechSoup Global staff: Tuesday, April 3. Delivering Services Through a Global Network. Come share your challenges, learnings, great tips, and plans for global expansion.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It originally appeared on NetSquared. The tool can embed video, audio, photos and data visualizations easily with text.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2006

We can ignore that connection and think that our individual lives don't affect one another, or we can recognize our part in the global community and make a difference. This post was written for the NetSquared blog. Photo credit: Globe uploaded by Karol M. We need to make sure that the "us" actually includes all of us.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

Please let us know in the comments! Amy DeVita, Third Sector Today “Email’s Not as Awesome as It Used to Be”: Highlights from M+R Benchmark Study , Aine Creeden, Nonprofit Quarterly Social-Media Stars Ascend as Top Partners for Nonprofits , Megan O''Neil, The Chronicle of Philanthropy Storifys #15NTCGreenScreen - We should have one every year!

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

From fixing wrecked park benches to cleaning up litter, the platform enables people to take action by submitting photos or videos of the problem and forwarding it to the correct authorities. " This project encourages citizens to make positive changes in their community. The goal of OBJEKTIVno bolje is to stop hateful graffiti in Serbia.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Elijah van der Giessen, TechSoup's NetSquared community organizer, will be meeting with fellow community organizers to discuss the challenges and rewards of growing both online and offline communities. NetSquared Organizers, Ambassadors, and Birds of a Feather. NetSquared Organizers, Ambassadors, and Birds of a Feather.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

The photo above was taken at last night's TechSoup Mixed Reality Event. The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. In summary, I feel strongly that there is a lot of potential here and worth exploring.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Share who you really are (photos from the staff holiday party excluded). Example: The Extraordinaries' occasionally publishes posts with photos of when their staff are waiting for something (i.e. Example: Anyone can publish a blog post on the NetSquared Community Blog and Social Actions' social network, my.socialactions.com.

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