Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2015

If you're a regular reader of this blog, you've probably encountered one of my twice-monthly roundups of nonprofit tech meetups. Describing NetSquared events is difficult, because each one focuses on a different topic and has a unique flavor set by the organizing team. Join us every month for a dose of community inspiration.

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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. Find your closest NetSquared group. Or, apply today to start your own NetSquared group.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. We believe that NGOs learn best from each other, so NetSquared provides a platform where we can come together face to face to share technology tips and create a community of practice around tech for good. Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Houston, TX: NetSquared Houston.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2014

Webinars are awesome, and so are blog posts. But there’s a special magic that happens when we get face-to-face, which is why each month NetSquared organizers in 50 cities across the globe host workshops and socials for the nonprofit tech community. And if you don’t have a local group, we’ll help you start your own.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. Vancouver, Canada's NetSquared group is also focusing on fundraising this month with "How to Optimize Your Online Donations. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Group Monthly Meetup. Feeling overwhelmed?

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

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.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

But don't be afraid — huddle up for warmth and knowledge with your nonprofit tech friends at a local Tech4Good meetup. Find your local #Tech4Good group. If there isn't a group nearby, we'll help you start your own NetSquared group. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

If you want to learn how nonprofits can use technology to advance their mission and generally be more effective and efficient TechSoup has got you covered with their blog and webinars. That’s why TechSoup Global also offers NetSquared, community of nonprofit technology meetups with groups in twenty countries. Upcoming Events.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Every month NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to use technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. What’s NetSquared Doing?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Get answers to your tech challenges at a NetSquared meetup (see list below). Check out this video from NetSquared Northern Michigan’s recent meeting. ” September’s NetSquared Events. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Every month NetSquared volunteers hold free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to use technology for social good. This is just a taste of the events being held this month by NetSquared chapters. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. What’s NetSquared Doing?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs. Why Are You a NetSquared Member? We asked NetSquared members why they attend our meetup events. Find your closest NetSquared group.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts? TechSoup's NetSquared is the world's largest volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events. Most NetSquared organizers now have a peer mentor. Well, there are!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The story in the San Francisco Chronicle says the new gift cards are available in Safeway and Vons supermarkets in California in denominations of $25 and $30."

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

Toronto, Canada: Professional Blogging: Finding Your Niche in a Digital World. Check out the [blog]([link] to get a taste of our grassroots community. * **Katharine Bierce** recorded her recent [tech and philanthropy panel]([link]. NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. *

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2013

Your NetSquared organizers are gearing up for Social Media September , a month of social media for social good -themed events. We’ll be hosting social media surgeries for local nonprofits and community activists. August’s NetSquared Events. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Event Reports.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2015

TechSoup's NetSquared is a global volunteer-run network of nonprofit technology meetups. Every month, our chapter leaders bring together the local nonprofit community for live events that share best practices and case studies of how technology can be used for social good. There are already 20 NetSquared groups across the U.S.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

rewards users for volunteering at local food banks, animal shelters and other organizations. Volunteering earns you points, which can be redeemed for discounts at local businesses. SF Heroes is a disaster preparedness iPhone app for the San Francisco area created for the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Net2Local has adopted the core strategies of theme months to increase network cohesion and regional hubs to scale our ability to support local organizers. Fourteen Net2Local groups descended on their communities in full costume and delivered one-on-one training to local social benefit organizers. NetSquared Camps and Travel Bursaries.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

NetSquared groups are holding free events all month. San Francisco, California: Nonprofits and Storytelling: How to Create Social Impact, First-Person Stories. Kenya: NetSquared Camp — Storytelling 2016. San Francisco, California. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

You're reading the TechSoup blog, so you're probably already comfortable with using technology in your work. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

I’m looking forward to spending some face-to-face time with the group when we meet on April 5th and 6th in San Francisco. If you want to learn more about the networks, here’s a few blog posts: TechSoup/Netsquared. A Tale of Different Networks: Netsquared and TSG (Video interview with Marnie).

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JUNE 16, 2010

The lucky winner was Lorraine from the local chapter of the Red Cross. San Francisco Book Party. Hosted by NetSquared. I also want to thank everyone who has written about the ideas in the book: Social Action Learning: Touching the Hand of Those in Need Coolcat Teacher Blog, Vicky Davis. Details here. 1-2 PM/PST.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Find your local #Tech4Good group. If there isn't a group nearby, we'll help you start your own NetSquared group. What have NetSquared groups been up to recently? Check out the [blog]([link] to get a taste of our grassroots community. * **Katharine Bierce** recorded her recent [tech and philanthropy panel]([link].

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

We've compiled a list of resources including articles, blog posts, webinars, and case studies on best social media practices from our global network. Here are even more blog posts, articles, and event recaps to get you started: Facebook uses an algorithm called EdgeRank to determine the makeup of each user's news feed.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

If you weren't able to join us in San Francisco last week for the Nonprofit Technology Conference , we've got a recap of some of the happenings here on our blog. Local Community Organizers Affinity Group. Recaps of Some of Our Favorite Sessions. Virtual Teams and Online Collaboration. from Ariel Gilbert-Knight.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Seth's Blog: Random rules for ideas worth spreading – Seth Godin shares a list of rules for those times you develop an idea worth spreading.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

It's taking place this year in San Francisco from April 26-28th. The Day of Service is an opportunity for nonprofit techies to give back to the local community - in form of sharing knowledge one-on-one with a local organization or participate in a group project like installing a wireless network in a homeless shelter!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

We've compiled a list of resources including articles, blog posts, webinars, and case studies on best social media practices from our global network. Here are even more blog posts, articles, and event recaps to get you started: Facebook uses an algorithm called EdgeRank to determine the makeup of each user's news feed.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Are you headed to San Francisco this week for the Nonprofit Technology Conference ? to networking opportunities galore, join us in San Francisco for the multi-day event. Bonus: See an overview of our Local Impact Map and see how you can get it for your nonprofit. " Local Community Organizers Affinity Group.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Next week I'll be teaching a session about blogging during a nonprofit social media webinar, We Are Media, presented by NTEN. As part of my preparation, it seems like a good time to update my 2006 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Us Blogs , and my 2007 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause.

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JUNE 29, 2007

NetSquared. Net Tuesday Seattle has been in the local press too! Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards ! AFP Blog points the Mindblizzard Blog story about how the Dutch Red Cross will begin fundraising in Second Life using Yike Strum , a top model, as their Red Cross ambassador. NpTech Talk.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 7, 2007

Campaign supporters are asked to bring pies to their local Congressional offices and let their Congresspeople know that "Peace wants a Piece of the Pie" (the federal budget). A volunteer from their Middle East Program, David Lasday, emailed me about their program and pointed me towards the Middle East Program's blog.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The Hacker Helper project is closely aligned with our NetSquared vision of bringing communities together to solve social problems – including nonprofits, beneficiaries, activists, technologists, concerned citizens. We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2015

This year Netsquared's own Eli van der Giessen, Birgit Pauli-Haack, and Regina Walton won NTENny awards, as well as Lauren Girardin and our beloved colleague, Michael DeLong, who passed away this past year. " Eli van der Giessen, NetSquared Global Community Manager. Regina manages the largest NetSquared group in the network.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

What I do is, I write for several blogs, as she mentioned. For folks who are interested in how you can use blogs and podcasts and other social media things for social change, basically the way I started was, I have always worked for nonprofits and socially responsible businesses, and was not technical at all. Whoa, you must be freaky!"

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