Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

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. NetSquared Office Hours. I’ll be presenting the slides below: Local is the new Global.

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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

JULY 1, 2013

NetSquared Local is growing! NetSquared 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. We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own !

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Submit your digital video, five photographs, or a super-short story. Looking for inspiration for your digital story? Join your local NetSquared group. Join our global tweet chat on September 4 for the best examples of nonprofit storytelling. Melbourne, Australia: The Art of Storytelling: How to Get Your Story Straight.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

The Featured Projects will be going on to the NetSquared Conference and have an opportunity to receive cash, tech and consulting resources. 100 Innovators - the world's most important story has started to unfold [link]. A Global Neighbour Network: NABUUR.com [link]. Global Women's Leadership Network [link].

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

That means it’s time for our monthly roundup of all the crazy goodness created by NetSquared Local in May. What is NetSquared Local? NetSquared Local is TechSoup’s volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. NetSquared’s Organizers are movers and shakers. Why was NetSquared created?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

In the evening on April 5th from 6-7 PM PST, I’ll facilitate an evening conversation about inspirational stories of the power of 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).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Every month NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to use 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. What’s NetSquared Doing?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

NetSquared :: netsquared.org. NetSquared in a group of volunteer leaders who host free #TechforGood in-person events every month in 120 cities worldwide. A Facebook Group for for nonprofit professionals to share ideas and advice about the best ways to use social media to share their stories. News & Stories.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story. TechSoup and the NetSquared meetups are here to help.

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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. 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.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

" Try These Dynamic Digital Storytelling Platforms | Community Organizer 2.0 – "Nonprofit organizations can tell the best stories. ." " Try These Dynamic Digital Storytelling Platforms | Community Organizer 2.0 – "Nonprofit organizations can tell the best stories. " Check it out!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

As part of Social Media September (#SocMedSep), we've been tapping into the wisdom of our global TechSoup and NetSquared communities as well as experts in nonprofit technology. AP: One of our most successful campaigns is attached to an annual documentary photography exhibition, Global Visions.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2014

Humans have been gathering to swap stories since our ancestors first gathered together around a fire. We want to help you create stories that get noticed. Global Tweet-Chat. Join our global-tweet chat on September 4, 2014 at # Storymakers2014. NetSquared Events. We ARE storymakers. Image 2: TweetChat by FundChat.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

We've compiled a list of resources including articles, blog posts, webinars, and case studies on best social media practices from our global network. Learn how to use LinkedIn's new features to tell your organization's story. NetSquared. TechSoup.org. TechSoup's Social Media Resources.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

TechSoup Global, the leading technology place for nonprofits, just announced it will kick off their annual Online Digital Storytelling Challenge January 13, 2011. Every organization has a story to tell. said Amy Sample Ward of NetSquared, a program of TechSoup.

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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. Small world.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We will have maps telling the stories of our impact for us (for examples of this already in use, check out google earth’s nonprofit stories). Global campaigns may be ignited by an individual. The community still led the way, though, from the local to the global level. Holistic Tools.

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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. Simple: Digital Storytellers revealed their storytelling guide as well: Winning the Story Wars by Jonah Sachs.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

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. Newest NetSquared Groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Netsquared featured project WiserEarth In Ode Magazine Social Media Resources. " Tell stories, stop sending crappy press releases. Finding Inspiration in Their Work and Stories. DIA blogs about an amazing organizing victory story! Global Action Network blog. What's next? Mashing and burning feeds ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Earlier this week the Storytelling & Social Media series from NTEN and TechSoup Global launched with Amy Sample Ward , who is the community builder at Netsquared , as the first speaker. Social Media Building Blocks View more presentations or upload your own. tags: nonprofit nptech ).

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Care2

JANUARY 25, 2011

Twenty-four years of helping nonprofit organizations with their technology challenges and here, at TechSoup Global , we see the creativity that happens on the ground. We see it in the broad range of projects that responded to our NetSquared Challenges. We see it in the stories that people have shared in our S how Your Impact contests.

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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. Storymakers Round-Table: Creating a Break-Out Story. Pacific time (2 p.m.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#. I can’t speak for others working in the “innovation sector,&# but at NetSquared we can’t emphasize enough that our Community is what drives us – whether’s it’s online or offline.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I want to start, first, with a story…. What are they like: what are the demographics, the data, the stories? We are at a very interesting time – with shifts happening locally and globally, governments changing, and new paradigms emerging. The first step: Identifying your community. But think about it in more detail.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. Epic Change is a US nonprofit dedicated to helping social entrepreneurs harness the power of their stories to create change in their communities. TweetsGiving is a global celebration of gratitude and giving on November 24-26. What is TweetsGiving?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. Epic Change is a US nonprofit dedicated to helping social entrepreneurs harness the power of their stories to create change in their communities. TweetsGiving is a global celebration of gratitude and giving on November 24-26. What is TweetsGiving?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2013

Your NetSquared organizers are gearing up for Social Media September , a month of social media for social good -themed events. Find your local #nptech tribe and consider sharing your skills as a volunteer surgeon by joining a NetSquared Local group. August’s NetSquared Events. Washington, DC: NetSquared Meetup.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

NetSquared believes in the power of meeting face to face in physical space. That's why we're thrilled that NetSquared is joining TechSoup in having a strong presence at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, DC. These global leaders are coming from the United Kingdom, Uganda, Florida, and DC.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But did you know that our work is global? That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. Our NetSquared leaders are currently holding free events in 24 countries and meet with their local TechSoup partners to collaborate on how to best support nonprofits in their country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

I was honored to be the keynote speaker for the Bay Area Microsoft/TechSoup Global Connection Day on Monday. I was also an early member of Netsquared Community , another one of Marnie’s brilliant ideas that rocked the field. Connecting With Colleagues TechSoup Global was the co-sponsor and it was [.].

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

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.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

If there isn't a group nearby, we'll help you start your own NetSquared group. We're a global movement with chapters in 24 countries. Check out our newest groups: * [NetSquared Abuja]([link] in Abuja, Nigeria --> --> What have NetSquared groups been up to recently? Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

You can read through stories from various charities and nonprofits to learn where your donation will go. Windows Phone) displays the latest news, stories, and opinions from the Oxfam staff and its partners around the world. NetSquared brings nonprofits together with programmers, designers and other business professionals.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

What are they like: what are the demographics, the data, the stories? Events: NetSquared Camps. Community Driven Social Impact strategies for events – let’s look at the NetSquared Camps pilot. From listening, to creating to evaluating and then back to the listening again so that you can modify and then evaluate, and so on.

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