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April NetSquared Events in Your Community

Tech Soup

We organize these free tech-for-good training and networking gatherings because we believe that it’s critical to build strong, self-sufficient communities of nonprofit tech practitioners. Baltimore, MD: April Tech & Social Change Meetup. Washington, DC: Happy Hour: Celebrate Spring & Tech.

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Is Twitter for Old Folks? And other gems from TWTRCON

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The speakers were a stellar list of celebrities in the Twiiterverse. So, if you're going the route of social media celebrities and party - might be hard to raise a large goal if you don't have a before/after online fundraiser. . On Sunday, if you were tuning into Twitter you might have noticed the TWTRCON tag trending.

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NetSquared's April Nonprofit Technology Meetups

Tech Soup

Washington, DC: Happy Hour: Celebrate Spring & Tech. Vancouver, Canada: The Canadian Anti-Spam Act: What you need to know before July 1. Victoria, Canada: Technology Upgrade 101: Integrating New Tech into Existing NonProfits. Tuesday, April 22. Wednesday, April 23. Thursday, April 24. Dijital Hikaye Anlat?c?l???.

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What TechSoupers Are Doing to Ensure Their Online Security: Part 2

Tech Soup

"I tend to receive a lot of phishing spam, especially to some of the generic info@ email aliases that are posted publicly. Yahoo Tech: How and Why to Turn On Two-Step Verification for Your Apple, Google, and Yahoo Accounts by David Pogue. TechSoup: Why Celebrity iCloud Hacking Should Matter to Your Nonprofit.

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What's So Scary about Cloud Security?

Tech Soup

He has been in the high tech field for more than 25 years. "I’m as big an advocate of a good firewall and a reputable anti-virus/spam package on all your systems as the next person. Richard’s case has been making the rounds in the TechSoup Global network, most recently at TechSoup Canada’s blog.

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Why Are We So Scared of Cloud Security?

Tech Soup

I'm as big an advocate of a good firewall and a reputable anti-virus/spam package on all your systems as the next person. When the "celebrity" hacker rings like Anonymous and Luzlsec take on challenges like the CIA (and allegedly succeed), what chance do we really stand?

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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As far as ads and Spam, that just a part of MySpace and the price to pay for having a social networking site with very little rules or censorship. To this day, the celebrity factor on MySpace is untapped by nonprofits. Celebrities and rock stars are a big deal on MySpace. MySpace is primary used to participate in pop culture.

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