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NetSquared Volunteers Help Nonprofits Like You Master Technology

Tech Soup

National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. Well, the average NetSquared organizer spends 8.2 Find your closest NetSquared group. Or, apply today to start your own NetSquared group. You like numbers?

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

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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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Real-Time Web Social Action Events: Blurring the Offline/Online Distinction?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Joe Solomon has a post over at Netsquared called " Social Media Powered Hope " and reports: Yesterday, the first ever hashtag made it into the center of the UN climate negotiations , #WeStandwithTuvalu (a Pacific island nation) -- an action that was coordinated by SMS inside the conference in Copenhagen. Tags: maps netaction.

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Great reads from around the web on January 15th

Amy Sample Ward

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. Submissions close January 22, 2010."

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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

Tech Soup

TechSoup, Caravan Studios , and NetSquared were on the scene to observe and participate in hackathon events all over the country. The challenges included connecting African farmers to markets, creating an online networking space for women veterans, mapping Africa’s natural resources, and a few others. freespace], San Francisco.

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Is There a Community of #Tech4Good Activists Waiting for You?

Tech Soup

TechSoup's NetSquared community of Tech4Good meetups is growing! Find your closest NetSquared group. As a NetSquared organizer, you will become known as someone who's a leader in the Tech4Good community. Start a NetSquared group. --> Upcoming Tech4Good Events. and have a reason to hang out with other cool people!

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Cool App Roundup: Election Edition

Tech Soup

Facebook and CNN have partnered to create the I'm Voting Facebook app. Philly Votes is an Ushahidi -powered poll monitoring initiative that gathers and maps voting incident reports, such as voter intimidation and long lines. us about it in the comments. Head on over to NetSquared and share your election app idea.

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