Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In this edition of nonprofit tech news, TechSoup shows new ways your nonprofit could harness mobile and killer apps in 2016! According to research by Adobe, only 3 percent of people find charities by following social media links. Amy Sample Ward, NTEN's fearless leader, has a different view. Au Contraire, Mon Frere.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian Institution I've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. It's nice to see NTEN members playing well together! You can read more from Green America here.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Effective storytelling means nonprofits can reach more people, touch more hearts, and create bigger impact. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Central and South America. Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Cambridge, United Kingdom: Story Time: Empowering People with Technology. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs and HandsOn Tech. Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Central and South America.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Cambridge, United Kingdom: Story Time: Creating Technologies with Visually Impaired People. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Central and South America. North America. September 30. Upcoming Events.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

More than 20 NetSquared-affiliated organizers will be at the conference — look for the people wearing NetSquared pins. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Central and South America. Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

That's why TechSoup supports a global network of tech trainers called NetSquared. NetSquared groups focus on topics that address their unique local tech challenges, but once a quarter, we select a common theme. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2016

NetSquared holds free or low-cost educational events for people who want to use technology for good. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Central and South America. Colorado Springs, Colorado: Tech Trends for 2016.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

You can help your tech-shy NGO friends cross the digital divide by bringing them to a nonprofit tech meetup. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Central and South America. What Makes People Give?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

More than 20 NetSquared-affiliated organizers will be at the conference (look for the people wearing NetSquared pins.) 501 Tech Club Austin in Austin, Texas. Nonprofit Neighbors Tech Club in Kansas City, Missouri. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2015

The exact format isn't important, as long as we are consistently gathering the nonprofit and tech communities together so that they can learn from each other. A social media surgery is an informal gathering of people who want to learn how to use the web to communicate, campaign, or collaborate. Central and South America.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2013

Tech Symposium logo. We’re excited to be co-sponsoring the upcoming Engaging Customers and Community through Social Technology Symposium with NeighborWorks America. Mark Horvath, Invisible People and We Are Visible. Learn more and register today - be sure to include "NTEN" in the registration form!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

NetSquared holds free or low-cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Katharine Bierce recorded her recent tech and philanthropy panel. Our San Francisco group curates a list of tech for good experiences each month. Central and South America.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

As of January 25, there are 40,000 nonprofit members attending free tech networking events and workshops in 75 cities. As an event host, you build your reputation, develop new tech skills, and give back to your community. and have a reason to hang out with other cool people! Central and South America. Europe and the UK.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

NetSquared gathers together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who's interested in using technology for social change. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , HandsOn Tech , DataKind , and more. Upcoming Events.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

The earliest Women's Day observance was held in 1909 in New York, when the Socialist Party of America commemorated a strike of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. It is one of the very few tech conferences where that is the case. Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross from NTEN. Religion Tech. TechSoup Leadership.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2015

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. We start off Things We Like by suggesting what you’ll be doing on April 29th: attending the 5th Women Who Tech TeleSummit program. Watch out for the T-Rex, lego people! How about this graphic novel version on big data by Al Jazeera America?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2010

Enjoying a great view of Manhattan's skyline on the roof of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. (L Last night I had the pleasure of moderating a discussion between Naveen Selvadurai, co-founder of Foursquare and Shelley Bernstein, chief of technology at Brooklyn Museum at the monthly meeting of 501 Tech NYC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

My favorite is the annual NTEN Day of Service for the NTC which I've been doing for the past ten years! Mozilla Service Week starts on Monday, September 14! Here's an update from Mike Everett-Lane on the Social Actions blog about how the nonprofit tech community is supporting the event. Here's some ways to participate: 1.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 12, 2014

Great news from a new study by M+R and the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN): Online giving is bigger than ever. The comprehensive study tracked 53 nonprofits, including UNICEF, Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, AARP, Feeding America and the Human Rights Campaign. Simply put, people hate filling out long forms. More than 5.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

We worked with a network of women’s rights NGOs located throughout Latin America and Guatemala who traveled to Antigua for the multi-day training. Even if your group consists of a team of people who work together regularly, it is still a good idea to ease them into the training with a good opener. (2)

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

With more than 35,000 attendees at this year’s SXSW in Austin, Texas from March 7-11, attendees from the nonprofit sector are just one segment of the highly diverse SXSW attendees, which ranges from technologists, web developers, tech startup founders, and more. asked Reich.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

It can be found at [link] They’re an online video telecom service that’s can have up to six people talking at once. Linux people can actually join any Yugma session (including those hosted by a Skype user/skype version) by “joining&# from the yugma website (just click join on home page). 2 admin 01.31.08

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

We Millennials believe there''s not just a job crisis in America, there''s a calling crisis. From nonprofit founder to startup co-founder Started meeting young people who were also trying to figure out what they were doing. Transitioned Sparkseed over to Mobilize.org and moved into the tech space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Or the Web site Microsoft Hohm that lets people calculate their energy footprint and get tips on conservation. Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change. This enables us to have impact, scale and sustainability. “ Unleashing Technology.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

"Understand that a movement means that people gotta do something. Moderated by NTEN membership director, former NetSquared organizer, and friend of TechSoup Amy Sample Ward , "Rethinking Movement Buildling" brought together three luminaries from organizations whose stock-in-trade are movements to promote social change.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

That means Net2Local organizers are reaching as many people as NTEN’s NTC conference every quarter ! Our current crop of Ambassadors are based in Douala (Africa and French-speaking countries), Cambridge (UK and Europe), Wellington (Australia and New Zealand) and Guatemala City (Latin America and Spanish-speaking countries).

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

Here are some key highlights from The Changing Demographics of America by Smithsonian. Most of America's net population growth will be among its minorities, as well as in a growing mixed-race population. Specifically, while people of color comprise 49% of the population in the region, they make up only 22% of nonprofit leaders.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

According to Heeks, the field of ICT4D emerged really as an artifact of the telecenter model which was used successfully to extend basic ICT services at the periphery in North America and Europe. . We also need to remember we are only creating tools for people to use to help create solutions to their problems. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

There are different flavors of Creative Commons licensing, some encourage remixing more than others as the Learn Online blog points out in the " The Illogical rhetoric of Share Alike " Ruby Sinreich points us to Liza Sabater's manifesto on People Powered Politics based on the seminar Cluetrain Mainfesto.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

It notes, "Maybe the answer is an intermediary b/w tech and design volunteers and the non-profits they???re For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. If you're coming to NTEN's NTC Conference next month, you can experience this technology first-hand. re working with???something

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

At each event, we're helping to build and sustain a self-supporting community of practice for tech-minded nonprofit staffers. Please join NTEN (and me!) This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Africa and Middle East.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Inspired by the NTEN blog post about whether online engagement leads to more money, Gavin's Digital Dinner gives a brilliant counter point essay on the topic filled with facts and nice pie charts. " I'm sure we could find a few examples in America and elsewhere. Check out NTEN's upcoming Webinar. What's your guess?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2015

Each year, NTEN recognizes some of its brightest members who have offered their time, talents, and wisdom to generally "amp up the awesome" of the nonprofit technology sector. Just before NTC each year, NTEN staff and board members make a final decision on the award winners. What Are the NTENny Awards Again? I'm no maker.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Imagine a Jewish girl, selling Challah bread on a college campus in America to help support black Muslims in Darfur. There are 500 volunteers working for PresenTense each year, mainly from North America and Israel, but also from other places around the globe. Tags: Community CRM International Newsletter NPTech NTEN.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

I seem to spend inordinate amounts of time responding to people (proprietary software vendors, to be specific) harping on the idea that “open source software is free&# is a myth , and blathering on about how it’s not really free, because you have to hire a geek to install it, and maintain it, and blah blah blah. 3 AJ 07.16.08

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2012

A new report, "Digital Citizenship: Exploring the Field of Tech for Engagement", released by the Knight Foundation, explores the potential for technology to improve democracy -- specifically at how it can help people engage with their communities, leaders, and governments. Let the tree hunt begin!

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