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What Does a NetSquared Event Look Like?

Tech Soup

Describing NetSquared events is difficult, because each one focuses on a different topic and has a unique flavor set by the organizing team. There are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Monthly Meetup.

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

Teen Book Finder (iOS), developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), helps teens, parents, teachers, and librarians find the best books and media for teens. NetSquared brings nonprofits together with programmers, designers and other business professionals.

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Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Youth Through App Development

Tech Soup

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. awareness and skills development in children, teens, and young adults. The Future of Apps in the Hands of Today's Teens. story chronicled a middle school student who built an app to help him. Follow Mobile Action Lab on Twitter.

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TechSoup Global: Springing into Action

Tech Soup

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. Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. Read about the winners and how they plan to change the world through apps.

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The Deep Learning When Nonprofit Techies Get Together

Tech Soup

NetSquared DC's Roshani Kothari on why she loves NetSquared. I had the chance to connect with more than 25 NetSquared organizers during the week, and that face-to-face time was a powerful reminder of the deep learning that happens when nonprofit techies get together in a room. netsquared event' HTML EXAMPLE.

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How Will Your Nonprofit Raise Money in 2012?

NTEN

Simplistic appeals targeted at teens and college students don't. Platforms like Genius Rocket and NetSquared provide nonprofits an opportunity to crowd-source a communications or technological need. In this medium, openness, responsiveness, and inquisitiveness serve your cause well.

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Mobile websites vs. apps - what's right for you?

Connection Cafe

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy's Bedsider Project. NetSquared has a useful presentation available that speaks more about the mobile landscape and what it means for nonprofits. American Humane Association. Komen for the Cure. World Wildlife Fund. The Nature Conservancy.

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