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Why Eli van der Giessen Became a NetSquared Organizer

Tech Soup

But did you know about NetSquared , our volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events? NetSquared has groups in 20 countries, and it held over 600 events last year, helping more than 17,000 nonprofit employees, board members, volunteers, and community leaders with technology.

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Nominate a Project for a NetSquared Innovation Fund Award

Have Fun - Do Good

One of my jobs is as the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that works to help nonprofits and NGOs use the social web for social change. If you, or someone you know, is working on a tech for social impact project, please encourage them to nominate their project for a NetSquared Innovation Fund Award.

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BiGTech India Connects Nonprofits with IT Students

Tech Soup

The event was hosted by the Don Bosco Institute of Technology (DBIT), giving the IT students at the school a chance to hone their professional skills in a real work environment. The organization will be holding future Find an IT Partner events and will be working to recruit corporate IT volunteers in addition to students.

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Lessons From Haiti: Uses of New Media in Disaster Recovery Efforts

Tech Soup

When wildfires devastated the area around San Diego in October, 2007, citizen journalists used e-mail, text messages, and social media sites to collect and disseminate real-time information about the location of the fires, evacuation efforts, meeting places and emergency supplies. magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti in January 2010.

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Nonprofits Celebrate New Home in Second Life: Nonprofit Commons Grand Opening Gala Event on August 14th, 2007

Have Fun - Do Good

Hey Have Fun * Do Gooders, Many of you know that I work as the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of TechSoup. Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. If you want to come to the real life event in San Francisco, RSVP on the San Francisco NetSquared Meetup page. I thought some of you might want to check it out.

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Great reads from around the web on September 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

The Make It Your Own program was a grant program in 2007 created by the Case Foundation to promote “citizen centered&# approaches to local community building. " Net2 Think Tank Round-Up: Finding Volunteers Online | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – Looking for ways to recruit volunteers online?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. NTC 2007 Pipe. Water Words That Work - an excellent nonprofit video blogger. Google Blog Search.

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