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NetSquared: In the Beginning

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In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 Text messaging.

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Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects! Congrats!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Featured Projects will be going on to the NetSquared Conference and have an opportunity to receive cash, tech and consulting resources. HELP International Telemedicine Humanitarian Emergency Mobile Medical Clinic Network [link]. Open Source, Open Standards Video [link]. Congrats to the list of 21! Maps 2.0 ???

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Open Data and Civic Hacking

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Here on the TechSoup blog you have heard from an accidental hacker at a hackathon , our Senior Director of Global Data Services formerly from the Ford Foundation , and also our data digests from our colleague at GuideStar International on the power of data. Check out the Netsquared blog for a detailed write-up.

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Growing the NetSquared Community

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The Ambassadors are senior NetSquared leaders who offer their support to other organizers in their country or region, allowing us to serve members in different time zones and in languages other than English. We've been testing the Ambassador model for the last two years, and it has been been instrumental in the growth of NetSquared.

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Data Digest — Maps, Trends, and a Social Progress Index

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of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. on NetSquared. He says that NGOs' international reach and abundance of data makes using data analysis and mapping technologies crucial. Big Data Right Now: 5 Trendy Open Source Technologies. Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related.

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NetSquared Volunteers Help Nonprofits Like You Master Technology

Tech Soup

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?

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Find an Awesome Nonprofit Tech Training Near You

Tech Soup

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? The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in.