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NetSquared's Tips for Creating a Successful App-for-Good Event

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This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. We are looking for hackers to put together projects that can improve any aspect of a veteran's life. Hackathons, coding sprints, app challenges, oh my! They are also noting the time with a stop clock on their website.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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.

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Level Up and Change the World: Gamification Apps

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Created by local NYC students, this game is designed to be played in and around city libraries and teaches players how to use library resources. You might be able to find help from NetSquared , an initiative from TechSoup Global. NetSquared brings nonprofits together with programmers, designers and other business professionals.

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Reflections on Mixed Reality Events in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. Both events had their share of clunkiness.

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Interview: Kedar Iyer, PickyPolly

Amy Sample Ward

His learnings come from experiences that span an education in electronics and telecommunications, multi-cultural professional engagements in software development and communications, a business administration student life in pretty Paris and experiments in implementing technological solutions for social challenges.

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Campus Party H4SB — Hacking for Something Better Coming to US in 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It’s a student crowd, including grad students, and it’s a first job — of the “Is this all there is?&# They know they’re smart, they know their skills are in demand and they don’t want to settle for less than a life in which skills and values are aligned. They haven’t arrived yet.

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Nonprofits, Companies, and White House Unite on Tech Gap

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" Year Up therefore takes a holistic approach to preparing its students for the workforce. Artis told me that Year Up works with the students to help them learn professional skills, from something as simple as shaking hands to more complex issues such as workplace dress. Building a New Source of Talent.