Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

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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JULY 31, 2015

TechSoup's NetSquared is the world's largest volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events. Check out NetSquared's year-in-review report and discover what topics are most popular with our attendees and how NetSquared organizers creating communities of practice for TechSoup members.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

Capturing this information from hundreds of ‘viral’ users without human intervention or administration (the function of a good content management system), creates an enormous added capacity in the organization. Tag your post with “net2thinktank&# and email a link to us to be included.

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MAY 10, 2009

No worries, share your expertise, or get involved in a hands-on session happening in the NetSquared Garage. Location: Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA. Here’s 3 ways participants dive into the mix with the N2Y4 Conference structure: 1. Are you challenged by lecture-formats? Kick the tires. Hotel: Visit N2Y4 for more info.

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MAY 1, 2017

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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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

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?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The second network, Netsquared , in contrast was more loosely controlled with a lower risk in failure. The Netsquared Network which has grown to over 27,000 people world wide through its self-replicated face-to-face events has grown quite differently. Here’s some points that Marnie mentioned: -Allowed the people to be the starts.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2012

The projects ranged from as simple as troubleshooting a website to as complex as creating a management system for an organization with multiple locations in India. NetSquared , an initiative from TechSoup Global, holds similar events all around the world to connect NGOs with the resources they need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2014

Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, libraries, and networks such as the NetSquared Local should be leading this movement as they are already committed to social good. Trust systems and platforms are becoming critical.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I spoken with various libraries who, when they learned about the NetSquared Local program asked why they couldn’t participate – and I told them that of course they could! Users can search, browse and otherwise navigate the library with this interactive system. Innovation Today.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

This post is cross-posted on my personal blog and on the NetSquared Blog. Greg Berry , Systems Designer of Nuance Intelligence. On Thursday, I attended the unconference/open space portion of SOCAP09 (Social Capital Markets 2009). Here is what you missed, so you don't have to regret not having gone. Boyd Cohen , of 3rd Whale.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

It also uses the iPhone's notification system to alert you when you have a new donation. If you have a great idea for a fundraising app, but don't know where to start, you might be able to find help from NetSquared , an initiative from TechSoup Global. These mobile tools help you fundraise on-the-go. to your phone or tablet.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 21, 2014

How do you listen to your community and generate content from it? We''d love to hear from you - please share articles about your ideas, tools, best practices, case examples, and more.'

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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

MARCH 25, 2011

TechSoup's Elliot Harmon hosted a great workshop titled The Future of the Map , which discussed the use of geographic information systems (GIS) by the sector with demonstrations by representatives of Ushahadi and Geocommons. read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Marshall Kirkpatrick , who was working with Netsquared , whipped up the NpTech Metafeed which allowed folks to aggregate items tagged by nonprofit techies from many distributed sources. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Back in the early days of Web 2.0,

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

SMC Connect is currently linked on the San Mateo County Library system's website and bookmarked on branch library public access computers. He's currently working on an event planner module, which I can see being a huge asset for nonprofits or community organizers, such as organizers of our NetSquared groups. Bond & Me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

I've been reading Dave Cohn's blogs or " DigiDave " for sometime now and even got a chance to meet him last June at Netsquared where we interviewed each other. I just pledged a small amount to fund a story on California's educational system, something I'm very interested in. Dave interviews Beth - Beth interviews Dave ).

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. How can we do that? What's Changing?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

Here's peek into what we've been up to: TechSoup Global has two new posts on the Markets for Good blog, an effort by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Liquidnet to improve the system for generating, sharing, and acting upon data and information in the social sector.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

For a taste of nptech goings-on all around the world, NetSquared Local shares community highlights from the month of May and gets its fans excited about future projects in their recent monthly roundup. We will also discuss best practices for building a thriving healthy community. gotomeeting.com/register/352609216 Kovida.IS

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

How do you know if you should switch to a new donor management system or keep what you already have? NetSquared Local group Tech & Social Change Baltimore hosted a presentation on CRM for nonprofits. TechSoup Canada and NetSquared Toronto organized a Net Tuesday event on the good, bad, and ugly of choosing the right CRM.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Recently, over 300 innovators and changemakers interested in the intersection of technology and social benefit work converged for a few days of idea-sharing, learning, and collaboration at NetSquared's annual conference. About NetSquared. To learn more about NetSquared or get involved, visit [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2005

I missed the post about flickr use by MoveOn on netsquared when I was in London earlier this month. They turned to flickr because their own internal system for sharing photos was not as robust or flexible. In March or April, they worked with Flickr to build their own system using Flickr's API.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2008

Two years ago, with funds from the Long Island chapter of the American Association of University Women, we were able to replace their highly arsenic contaminated well with a huge rainwater collection tank and delivery system to supply safe drinking water. Now Beng Krom???s I was relieved that she didn't use the naked photo of me.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

But first I'm going to show off on behalf of our NetSquared organizers. The NetSquared organizers' events help TechSoup deliver on our shared mission of ensuring that civil society has the tools and skills necessary to use technology effectively. But I'm not the only one singing the praises of the NetSquared organizers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 26, 2007

Hey Have Fun * Do Gooders, Many of you know that I work as the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of TechSoup. It doesn't run on all computers so check the system requirements. If you want to come to the real life event in San Francisco, RSVP on the San Francisco NetSquared Meetup page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2009

Content management systems are lego like systems for nonprofits to publish web content - lots a software in this area for nonprofits. He shared some recent examples, including those from Netsquared. How do we set the backends of our systems take advantage? Make updating easy and keep it interactive. Described civicrm.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2014

Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, libraries, and networks such as the NetSquared Local should be leading this movement as they are already committed to social good. This is part of the Sharing Economy with the most transformative potential: the ability to address societal inequities and envision new ecological solutions.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

on NetSquared. She describes the CrisisCommons network of individuals and system for sharing open data to respond in times of crisis. Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related. projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor. of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 11, 2007

This post was written for the NetSquared blog. So why start blogging? We decided that since we're more than just a label, it would make sense to let you see what's behind it [emphasis mine]. We decided that since we're more than just a label, it would make sense to let you see what's behind it [emphasis mine]. Image via TransFair USA.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. Some of the apps created by youth who have completed the program include: Buzzer Buddiez is a unique alarm app that uses voice-recording and a buddy system to help you get up in the morning. technological solution. Youth-Created Apps.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

I've kind of become an open-data geek in the past few months, largely thanks to NetSquared's unconference at NTC. What if instead, the government made certain data and systems available to citizens, so that we could design and build our own vending machines? You don't get what you wanted out of the machine, so you shake it."

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Previous winners have developed open-source applications and systems that are free, shareable, and benefit organizations that work to benefit others. Darius Jazayeri (2009), who created OpenMRS, an open source, free, and flexible medical records system that is easily customizable by health providers without the need for programmers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. I so need a better system. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Need some comic relief? Maybe just some prayers? Welcome to the Church of Plone from LOLNPTECH. Social Web.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

For more innovative and engaging ways to use technology for disaster relief, check out NetSquared's tips on Mobilizing Online Communities in the Face of Disaster and the value of crowdsourcing for nonprofits. The San Ramon Valley Fire Department has recently launched an initative to extend the reach of the app beyond San Ramon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. Via Laura Quinn at Idealware comes a pointer to a research paper titled " Technology Motivators and Usage in Not-for-Profit Arts Organizations " that comes from the Systems Synthesis Project course at the H.

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