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Yesterday, I had the huge honor and pleasure to present the keynote at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ‘ NPTech Conference, eStrategy in an iWorld. The Evolution of NPTech: Where we came from, and [maybe] where we’re going. The social period saw a more balanced weight across various kinds of media. Social Tools.
The Face (book) of NetSquared Champions. The NetSquared Conference is just days away and the NetSquared blogs are buzzing with activity! Not attending the NetSquared Conference but want to follow the tag stream? The NpTech Summary. Sort of like a Social Media Amish Barn Raising? Find out more here.
That was the conversation in the nonprofit, nonprofit technology, and social change social media space. nonprofit technology thought leader Marnie Webb created the NpTech Tag as a way for nonprofit techies to share bookmarks on del.icio.us. And Jonathon Colman created the NpTech FriendFeed Room. To get a zeitgeist of nptech.
Last month was a monster for NetSquared - we held 48 events during Social Media September , including 14 workshops and nine social media surgeries. But we are prepared for Halloween, since we spent the month in costume dressed as (social media) surgeons! October’s NetSquared Events. Tuesday, October 1.
That’s what NetSquared Local is for! We’ve a global network of 50 #nptech meetups with chapters in 50 countries. This Week’s NetSquared Events. Minneapolis, MN: NPTech Social Club - NetSquared TC July Meetup. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? Tuesday, July 9. Event Reports.
I was also an early member of Netsquared Community , another one of Marnie’s brilliant ideas that rocked the field. Marnie also introduced me to social booking and tagging way back in 2004 as the originator of the NpTech Tag. One of the sub-themes was to point out opportunities to use excel in your social media work flow.
Find your local #nptech tribe by joining a NetSquared Local group. This Week’s NetSquared Events. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Cambridge, UK: Timebanking and the use of social media for volunteering. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup.
Huddle up with your #nptech colleagues at a NetSquared meetup to keep warm and learn about the latest trends in nonprofit technology. October’s NetSquared Events. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Waterbury, VT: Social Media Surgery for Nonprofits in Waterbury, VT. Wednesday, October 23.
Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. We're offering one-on-one social media help at our "surgery" in Naples, Florida. Vancouver, Canada's NetSquared group is also focusing on fundraising this month with "How to Optimize Your Online Donations.
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. NpTech Community. And some background reading.
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.
TechSoup’s NetSquared community organizers connect nonprofits with local technology experts. With just one month left in 2014, now’s a good time to review NetSquared's progress. With just one month left in 2014, now’s a good time to review NetSquared's progress. NPTech Social.
NetSquared organizers bring together the nonprofit technology community for face-to-face meetings… but we all know that meetings are boring! Find your local #nptech tribe by joining a NetSquared Local group. August’s NetSquared Events. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map.
Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. Just A Few Good Resources Plucked from the NpTech Tag Stream and Kikino.
NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. They’re the new Santa Claus, offering #nptech gifts year-round! Check out our newest groups: NetSquared Chepe in San Jose, Costa Rica. NetSquared Manila in the Philippines.
NetSquared is here to help you along the way with everything from slide templates to planning checklists. Not sure if hosting a NetSquared group is for you? There’s probably a NetSquared group by you , but if there isn’t, we’ll help you start your own. Naples, FL: How to Evaluate your Social Media Campaigns.
Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. Submissions close January 22, 2010." Thanks for all that you are doing, ARC!
While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.
What has NetSquared got planned for the next month? Get hands-on help at a social media surgery, or learn about databases at a meetup or discover the top tech trends of 2014 at one of our panel discussions. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Monthly Meeting.
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 ! What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently?
A few days ago, Amy Gahran and I exchanged some musings on social media tradeoffs. His point 5 is something that sounds like a dream come true to me to monitor Twitter for NpTech related items I know I'm not alone in finding it much easier to share information over Twitter than by blogging or tagging in a social bookmarking app.
Every month TechSoup’s NetSquared community organizers volunteer to bring free (or low cost) nonprofit technology events and workshops to over 50 cities. If you want to network with your peers or love to learn at live, in-person events NetSquared is the place for you! Vancouver, Canada: $ocial Media? Storymakers Events.
Join your local NetSquared group. Vancouver, Canada: $ocial Media? Using Small Wins to Grow Social Media Revenue. Denver, CO: Beyond Facebook and Twitter: Storytelling Through Social Media. Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. Baltimore, MD: A Social Media Surgery in Baltimore. netsquared event storymakers'
Marnie has put out a call for call to talk about the NpTech Tag issues we've been blogging about the last two weeks. Proposed agenda is here in a wiki - the password is nptech. She proposed three different times on next wed, thurs, and fri - leave your preference in the comments.
To enter, just submit a short essay (300 words or less) explaining an idea for how your non-profit can (or already does) use media and technology to solve a social problem. The essay should also focus on how the organization should use technology and media to further its goals beyond fundraising. NetSquared with Amy Sample Ward.
Win $10,000 DonateNow Mashup Challenge at NetSquared. Lauren-Glenn Davitian's " Be the Media -- Free Speech Unfurled " guest post on NTEN blog. Check out Joe Solomon's slides about how to use social media to build relationships. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.
NpTech Talk. NpTech Software. An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. Here's two roundups of links about social media and nonprofits. Most of the links identified have flowed through the NpTech Tag stream but nice to revisit them! Ruby Sinreich's Advocacy 2.0
Every month NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to use technology for social good. Net2Local organizers step into the role because they’re full to bustin’ with love for their fellow #nptech-ies. Tripoli, Libya: NetSquared Tripoli Meetup. Upcoming Events.
At Netsquared, Katrin Verclas came up with the idea of women's nptech bar camp which got translated to "bra camp." " So, if you are interested in planning the first-ever bra camp, join the N-TEN Technobabes Community now! I've never been called indomitable before.
NpTech Conversations. Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. Social Media A couple of really useful posts on Facebook and Nonprofits. NpTech Slide Decks SlideShare is like YouTube for powerpoint presentations. So, you want to build a MashUp?
Things are slowing down during the holidays , so here's a short version of the NpTech Tag Summary. The PeaFund Friday Campaign PeaFund Friday is an amazing example of the power of social media for social change. What lessons can nonprofits take from this in using social media campaigns for social good?
He was our social media manager. He taught me how to listen for the pulse and passions of charities and libraries over social media. 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.
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. Now, we’re now ready to launch our biggest event series yet: Social Media September. Want to get one-on-one help with your social media?
NetSquared is taking it easy this summer! We are also taking advantage of the lull to update our Social Media Surgery guide and plot events with the Raspberry Pi team. We gotta keep those NetSquared organizers busy! We sent official “NetSquared , a Project of TechSoup” cards to 22 groups this summer.
Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech.
Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Social Media Session.
Blood and Milk » Blog Archive » Ushahidi, Twitter, and the future of foreign aid – Alanna's post is a great example of the power of networks, social media, and open systems. As she notes, her example has luck but it is an example of a growing model of a changing world. What do you think? Great slides.
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. That’s what happens when you gather the #nptech tribe together! So join your local NetSquared group and start participating in the fun.
Tag your posts and news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help me find your stories online!). Jordan Viator ( Convio ) weighs in: Seth Godin took nonprofits to task on their (as he argued) lack of penetration into the social media sphere. Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NPTech NTEN nten members.
NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. Cross posted at Netsquared Five Hot Conversations.
Social Media: What I Learned This Year | Millennial Marketing – Carol Phillips has a great post recapping what she learned about social media in 2009, including: "Effective use of Social Media requires enthusiasm and diligence." NonProfit 2.0 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C.,
NpTech Themes Nptech Tag News: The NpTech Community site can be found at: [link]. Unthinkingly experiments with visualizing NpTech Tag data with Many Eyes. DEMO 07 NpTech Bytes: DEMO 07 is a conference focused on cutting edge and emerging technology, mostly for the business sector. Cross-posted at Netsquared
NetSquared events come in all shapes and sizes, and we love them all! However, our organizers are currently very keen on social media surgeries. A social media surgery is an informal gathering of people who want to learn how to use the web to communicate, campaign, or collaborate. Check out our newest groups: NetSquared St.
NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, is awarding a share of $100,000 in prize money, and a trip to the NetSquared Conference, to the top 20 winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge. Via Britt Bravo Do you have an idea for how a mashup could be a tool for social change?
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