Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

More mobile devices are sold worldwide than PCs, and mobile is expected to overtake PCs as the most popular way to access the Internet in the next few years. Laura Quinn shared her ideas at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , in a session called More Than Apps: Affordable Program Delivery Through Mobile Phones.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. From providing accessible content for people with disabilities, to creating fully usable functionality, to support for multiple languages, we wanted to learn about the benefits people are creating using web and mobile technology. Next Steps?

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

No more excuses are allowed about your New Year's resolution to power up your nonprofit tech skills — it's time to join a meetup and find your tribe! Just search at NetSquared.org and start leveraging tech to do more good. NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. *

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

It's not enough to just share stories about your impact — how do you mobilize and engage people who are passionate about issues you're working on? NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question. Definitions.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Here’s some news on a now famous NetSquared alumnus project. It is a nonprofit tech company that develops free and open-source software for information collection, visualization, and crowdsourced interactive mapping to help mitigate disasters. I first heard about this from Marnie Webb, who co-founded NetSquared.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Add : Community management, big data, mobile apps or social media… Mix in : hackathons, social media surgeries, workshops, panel discussions or social minglers… Our amazing volunteers have put together a delicious menu of events for you this month. hosted our first NetSquared Camp in China. Event NetSquared tsevent'

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Mobile has put a whole new spin on fundraising, connecting with donors, and kick-off campaigns. As part of the App It Up 2: Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore some of the latest mobile fundraising apps. Mobile Fundraising Tools. These mobile tools help you fundraise on-the-go.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

One of TechSoup's less-known areas of work has been to support and promote the work of other tech-for-good organizations, like Ushahidi in Kenya. During the early days of our Netsquared project , we held big annual conferences to showcase and fund innovative tech for good. These folks do astonishing work.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. Also, remember to give credit publicly to the hard work of the event team and any others who are supporting the event. Hackathons, coding sprints, app challenges, oh my!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2017

A recent NetSquared London Meetup investigated the IT tools that can be used to get nonprofit operations done cheaply and effectively. It also delved into how nonprofits can tackle the process of finding the tech that helps the most when you don't necessarily have the time to research. Companion mobile app. Cloud-based.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

But more than anything, hackathons are fun events to network and meet allies interested in supporting your cause. Microsoft's International Women's Hackathon challenged female developers to combat issues like human trafficking through new mobile apps and web programs. NetSquared can help! Hackathons for Social Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Check out Greenlight Nigeria and Mobile Monitors. NpTech Community. Freecharity.org.uk

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. EkoVizija is a mobile app that enables users to take pictures and report environmental problems in their community. This online reporting system is both a website and mobile app.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

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. Read a recap and watch a replay of TechSoup for Libraries' Tech on the Spectrum webinar, which focused on Come on In!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In celebration of the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft announced the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest in partnership with NetSquared. Likewise an app designed for use on your audience's computer screens will differ from one for mobile devices. Test and Refine.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

What happens when you combine local government, open data, and creative and tech-savvy citizens? Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. Apps4Warsaw. A Contest Built on City Data.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Mashable recently called 2012 the " year of the mobile election." " Apps and mobile technology are providing new ways to engage, inform, and connect with supporters this election season. your local elections and help support voting rights? accessed via a mobile web browser at voterhub.us.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 5, 2009

years “in business,” this is my personal challenge/resolution for 2009: I want to take the technology we already have and use it to help C3 focus our attention on our constituents and supporters as effectively as we focus on what we do to fight colorectal cancer. Mobile Commons. That’s my resolution. Nope, just coincidence.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

Last week in Berkeley, California the Human Rights Center, with the support of sponsors like the John D. TechSoup's NetSquared Initiative partnered with the HRC in the first conference The Soul of the New Machine in 2009 to help select a winner in their Mobile Challenge. & Catherine T.

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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.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

We use mobile apps to capture memories, keep track of tasks, entertain ourselves, and communicate. It also must have resources — such as an accessible dataset — available in the public domain to support the app. Caravan held a crowdfunding campaign last spring to support these efforts. public libraries to the app.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Many years ago, NetSquared hosted challenges and conferences to highlight and bring together fledging social entrepreneurs. These may include things like mobile phones, cameras, or even drones. netsquared digital divide' " Digital Democracy (Dd) was a prize winner in that challenge. Want to learn more? spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

What We Found in the Numbers We made an effort to include both nonprofits and libraries by promoting the surveys in the TechSoup forums, via NetSquared and TechSoup for Libraries , and through social media. developing mobile-friendly versions of their websites (vs. standalone mobile apps). September, 2011. A majority of.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

I looked at a few popular crowdfunding sites and dissected their cost plans, nonprofit support, and special features. Project creators offer rewards and incentives for donations to thank backers for their support. You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared (where Ushahidi won its first challenge!).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

But first I'm going to show off on behalf of our NetSquared organizers. I have the very best job at TechSoup — I get to support our network of nonprofit technology event organizers. At each event, we're helping to build and sustain a self-supporting community of practice for tech-minded nonprofit staffers.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 5, 2012

This next stage of the project is focused on creating a scalable approach to understanding the needs of nonprofits and libraries and supporting the identification (and development!) Now that we know what apps nonprofits and libraries are using, and the apps they wish they had, we’re working to make that wish list a reality.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

I looked at a few popular crowdfunding sites and dissected their cost plans, nonprofit support, and special features. Project creators offer rewards and incentives for donations to thank backers for their support. You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared. where Ushahidi won its first challenge!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

" (If you're trying to figure out your fall schedule for tech events, try here for ideas. I know there is a similar cooperative in the Bay Area called Tech Underground. Wanna check out more tech tools? News from Nigeria via the Netsquared blog. Good summary of videos and nonprofits found on the mobile voter blog.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Every now and then, we like to predict what's on the tech horizon. We recently polled our TechSoup employees and NetSquared community on what they see as looming large in 2015. The way Thunderclap works is that a user invites followers to support her or his Thunderclap on an important tweet like an end-of-year fundraising pitch.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Let's discuss: join us!

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. They found that the concept has developed and there is a lot more discussion and debate about it and more evidence to support it. Private companies are also testing the concept by actually sharing data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Let's discuss: join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

Here's one from LOLNPTECH.org and Little Dishes 2 from the Non-Profit Tech Blog. Wild Apricot Blog has a post about using Meebo , an instant messaging tool, to engage your supporters. What is mobile content and to create it - found out here. What are your summer vacation plans? Green Technology. here's a fundraising strategy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 20, 2007

"If you just need bodies at a rally, names on a petition or donations in your coffers, mobilizing through traditional means will work great. Alex Bookbinder's Support the Monks Protest in Burma Facebook group (It was started in September and as of this writing has 426,505 members!) Don't be afraid of the tech. Ask for help.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Let's discuss: join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

According to an email from Ben Rattray, Change.Org founder, "This is not at all meant as a replacement for the profiles organizations have on MySpace and Facebook, which I think are great for reaching younger supporters. May be created and consumed using mobile technology and distributed using other social media tools.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Nonprofits have needs that can be addressed using mobile technology, particularly with apps or texting services. Essentially, Ohana is a mobile-friendly platform for finding social services. Supporting Youth. It was an interesting look at the development process of a social services mobile app. Reporting Problems.

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