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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 NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 " The year was 2005.

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A NetSquared Happy Holidays

Tech Soup

NetSquared holds free or low-cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. NetSquared organizers plan events because they have skills to share, want to give back, and want to make the world a better place. Newest NetSquared Groups. Event Reports.

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NetSquared's April Nonprofit Technology Meetups

Tech Soup

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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Need Hands-on Help? NetSquared's Free Workshops Are in Your Community

Tech Soup

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. Webinars are awesome, and so are blog posts — but there's a special magic that happens when we get face to face.

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Guest Post on Tactical Philanthropy: Causes, MySpace and ideablob

Amy Sample Ward

Sean Stannard-Stockton has just posted my guest post on the Tactical Philanthropy blog. You can read it and the comments on the blog here , it’s copied below. That doesn’t mean NetSquared’s perfect, by any measure, but it does mean that a quick abandonment isn’t in store. How can this work?

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Great reads from around the web on October 25th

Amy Sample Ward

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). This blog seeks to capture the information gathered at the workshop, keep the discussion alive and build momentum." " The Web Is Dead.

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

It originally appeared on NetSquared. This week the revolutionary data driven philanthropy of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation is featured and a call for beneficiary inclusion in Markets for Good goes out. Data philanthropy efforts are reviewed and advice for writing about data is offered. Data and Philanthropy.

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