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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 idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us.

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NetSquared Local Events in the First Half of August

Tech Soup

NetSquared organizers bring together the nonprofit technology community for face-to-face meetings… but we all know that meetings are boring! Find your local #nptech tribe by joining a NetSquared Local group. August’s NetSquared Events. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Tuesday, July 30.

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Online Community Organizing: Start small, think big!

Amy Sample Ward

NetSquared’s February series exploring “Online Community Organizing” includes three different interviews; I’m really excited to participate! I’ve included my interview below, but you can also read it and join the conversation on the NetSquared blog. Photo credit: Flickr jakubsteiner ).

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NpTech Summary: Slow Wifi and Flickr Massage Edition

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm working remotely on an unreliable and slow wifi connection and Flickr has been getting a massage (down for maintenance) for most of the afternoon. As a result, I'm publishing a briefer than usual edition of the NpTech Tag Summary because I can only get to fast loading blogs and web sites. In addition, no visuals either.

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Net2 Think Tank Round-Up: Entry Points for Engagement

Amy Sample Ward

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. It isn’t vital that you post to Twitter AND Pownce AND Jaiku or that you upload photos to Flickr AND Picasa AND Photobucket. You can post YouTube videos to your blog posts and Flickr photos to your Upcoming.org event listings. Visit the Idealist.org Blog here!

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Just Found: International NGO Flickr Group

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

but at Network-Centric Advocacy blog, I found fastr flickr a game that uses flickr images. After that, I discovered an interesting photo set in the Link netsquared tag stream and it was Seth Mazow, so I made him a contact. And the next thing I know he invites me to the International NGO Flickr Group.

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Keeping an Eye on the Nonprofit Sector and other great finds via Netsquared

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I just discovered a new (to me anyway) blog on nonprofits called the Nonprofit Eye via a provocative post on the Netsquared Community Blog. The blog is written by Pamela Ashlund who works for the Los Angeles Conservation Corps , although this is her personal blog. Check out the flickr stream here.).