article thumbnail

DIY Online Collaboration: Wikis

Tech Soup

If creating such a resource seems out of your league, you might want to consider building a wiki. What Is a Wiki? A wiki is a website maintained collaboratively by a community of contributors focusing on a particular subject or project. By far the most recognized wiki is Wikipedia. Building a Wiki.

Wiki 65
article thumbnail

NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 " The year was 2005.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Great reads from around the web on December 25th

Amy Sample Ward

UnConference and holiday discount | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – NonProfit 2.0 " Wikispaces Blog " Blog Archive " How Non-Profits Are Using Wikis – The Wikispaces Blog has some great examples of organizations using wikis in their work. "This NonProfit 2.0

article thumbnail

Alexandra Samuels is live blogging from Netsquared North

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Alexandra Samuels is live blogging from NetSquared North, a gathering of folks interested in non-profit technology issues who are in town for the Northern blogging conference. There is also a wiki.

article thumbnail

Social Media September Tweet Chatting Around the World September 18

Tech Soup

TechSoup and NetSquared have joined forces to bring you a September full of social media learning! Check out this how-to in TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki and watch the video below. All month long, we're putting on events and publishing content to sharpen your social media skills. social media tweet chat tsevent'

article thumbnail

National Day of Civic Hacking: How to Get Involved

Tech Soup

This wiki can be a first step in providing those developers with information about the problems that can benefit from their support. NetSquared can help! TechSoup's Hacker Helper can get you started. This article from Edelman's Good Purpose blog provides more guidance on throwing your own nonprofit hackathon.

article thumbnail

Mark Liu from NetSquared: Part 2

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

(. in which I continue to interview my former dorm-mate, Mark Liu, now the project manager for TechSoup's NetSquared initiative) [Me] What can you tell us about the April NetSquared conference? First, we hope to build a community of active participants in the NetSquared website over the coming months.