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New on SSIR: Tap the crowd with iStart

Amy Sample Ward

. —– Have you thought about running a contest or crowdsourcing ideas for your organization or community group? In a previous job, I had the opportunity to help run crowdsourcing contests for new and innovative technologies that help nonprofits and the world. If you have, you certainly aren’t alone. The ins and outs.

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Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Amy Sample Ward

If not, you can follow the conversation in real time on Twitter with the hashtag #crowdx. (We’ll For the most part, I agree with the way the crowds voted – but, given that people were able to submit and vote at the same time, it means some groups only submitted on the very last day, not leaving much time for votes.

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NetSquared's Tips for Creating a Successful App-for-Good Event

Tech Soup

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. Give Your Participants Ample Time to Construct an App. Be sure to provide your participants with a well defined time period for creation and clear expectations about the submission time frame. Make It Tight.

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Crowdsourcing vs Community-sourcing: What’s the difference and the opportunity?

Amy Sample Ward

Last week I presented for my second time with Nonprofit Webinars. The first time I focused on DIY Community Engagement Metrics and shared lots of templates and examples. Sometimes what you want to do and the tools at your disposal just don’t match, though. Is it a one-time or sustained engagement?

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Great reads from around the web on January 15th

Amy Sample Ward

NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. It's really interesting as far as mobile fundraising, but also just that the ARC are able to gather, analyze and share data like this in close to real time.

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Spring Is Here! Get Outside and Meet Your NPTech Community

Tech Soup

No more excuses are allowed about your New Year's resolution to power up your nonprofit tech skills — it's time to join a meetup and find your tribe! We also have a contest in which we're giving away $7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera. Tips and Tools for Powerful Storytelling. Tuesday, May 10, 2016.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools!