Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Campus Party is the biggest technology phenomenon that almost nobody in the United States has ever heard of. It is a huge success in the Spanish-speaking world and plans to debut in the States, in the S.F. Imagine SxSW meets Burning Man meets Makers Faire meets Spring Break meets Bar Camps. billion to date.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

NetSquared has doubled down on our local focus by recruiting Regionals Ambassadors who are offering mentorship and support to new and prospective Net2Local organizers. NetSquared Camps and Travel Bursaries. TechSoup is supporting the NetSquared Camps and the regional gatherings of organizers through small travel bursaries.

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JANUARY 11, 2007

The nonprofit, TransFair USA , is one of twenty members of Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International , the only third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States, and a three-time winner of Fast Company Magazine’s Social Capitalist awards. This post was written for the NetSquared blog.

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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. 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 NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Under her leadership, TechSoup expanded its reach from the United States to more than 200 countries and territories, launched diverse new programs, and grew the budget from less than $6 million to $45 million. She was previously co-CEO with Masisak and TechSoup’s founder, Daniel Ben-Horin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2008

Alex Steed is a self-described millennial activist and he has just announced his Millennials Changing America: The Next Generation of Organizing where he will visit over 30 cities across the United States to meet, interview and report how young people are using the Internet to leverage their social and political power. s Alex Steed.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

Growing from serving just the United States and Canada to now 38 countries (including nine in the Asia/Pacific region) in just under five years offers plenty of opportunity for learning and change. We’ve also launched a NetSquared Local in Singapore, and are working to include the Philippines and Thailand in the near future.

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JULY 16, 2013

This past June, the United States held National Day of Civic Hacking. TechSoup Global and NetSquared attended hackathons across the country—from Hawaii to Vermont—that tackled local, statewide, and national civic issues. The goal of OBJEKTIVno bolje is to stop hateful graffiti in Serbia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2006

Last week I blogged about an Ipod/Toilet paper holder over at Netsquared. 8 Wishes is a personal fundraising campaign launched by Paul Sanchez who is riding his bike around around the entire United States on behalf of kids with dyslexia (learning disabilities). So, somehow I'm stuck on the theme of toilet paper holders as gifts.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared (where Ushahidi won its first challenge!). It is open to both individuals and nonprofits in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Bottom line: Kickstarter might be a bit of a gamble for nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2015

If you are not located in Eastern United States, use this site to convert those times into your own time zone. Sites NetSquared Monitors for Nonprofit/Technology Events. If you are looking for face-to-face meetings in your area, check out the list of 501Tech Clubs on NTEN and on Netsquared Local. Nonprofit Tech For Good.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

A View of the Cloud from the United States Learn how American nonprofits are using the cloud today, and how that will change over the next few years. A View of the Cloud from the NetSquared Community Even among technologically inclined people, there's sometimes a reluctance to move to the cloud. Mark your calendar again!

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MAY 7, 2007

Two of the creators of Not Just a Number will be speaking at NetSquared's Net Tuesday in San Francisco tomorrow, May 8th. Do you think that if the United States Congress had more women in it we would be at war? Last year Oakland's homicide rate reached a five-year high of 148 people. Photo Credit: Peace Log by Alan Levine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

Submitted by Ivan Boothe, publisher of the Rootwork Blog Over at the NetSquared blog, Joe Solomon provided a great roundup of reasons people might be "jaded about social media for change" and ways they overcome it. With that in mind, I think social media and social networking hasn't entirely matured as part of long-term social change.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared. It is open to both individuals and nonprofits in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Nonprofit Success Story: Ushahidi, a nonprofit headquartered in Kenya, used Kickstarter to launch production of BRCK, a Wi-Fi router and mobile modem built to withstand the elements.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

Like TechSoup's other community-driven tech-innovation initiatives — the NetSquared challenges , the ReStart movement , and Apps4Warsaw — Caravan Studios' work is informed first and foremost by the needs of the community itself. That is the mission of Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

Earlier this year, President Obama announced a bold initiative to expand access to technology jobs in the United States. We suggest also finding your nearest NetSquared group , where nonprofits and technologists come together for social impact!

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DECEMBER 3, 2005

One of the reasons I am so excited about the work I am doing with NetSquared is because I think that these new web-based tools, especially podcasts, are an incredible way for nonprofits to get the word out about their causes, especially when they are listened to through headphones. We need to immediately recognize and address this problem.

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APRIL 24, 2007

Paul Rice: TransFair is the only organization here in the United States that certifies Fair Trade products. Most consumers in the United States, most people don't really have the time to think about those problems a lot. You can read a transcript of the podcast below. Climate change is on people's minds.

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MARCH 4, 2007

I write for the NetSquared blog each day (it takes me anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour depending on the topic), but it is also designed to be a community blog, so any registered user can post on it about how nonprofits are using the social web for social change. Depending on your organization's work and audience, you may not have to.

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MARCH 16, 2007

Cross-posted from the NetSquared blog. How many tech tools do you know of that give you hope? Pretty cool. If you are in the Bay Area, you can hear Ben talk more about Change.org at San Francisco's Net Tuesday on April 10th. Screenshot of sample Change.org widget from Change.org site. widget fundraising social network nonprofit

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