Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. Build accessibility into your existing Drupal workflow - This is different than just seeking to be 508-compliant. It's a lot of work and there is a lot to be learned about how different people interact with the web. Here's how.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. This will help everyone to work efficiently up to and through the execution of the event. Also, remember to give credit publicly to the hard work of the event team and any others who are supporting the event. Sharing is caring.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

NetSquared is TechSoup's answer to providing local tech support and learning opportunities. Uganda is no different except for one thing: its amazing NetSquared Regional Ambassador for East Africa, Robert Kibaya. What Is NetSquared? Most of our NetSquared members need IT equipment like computers, digital cameras, etc.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. If we are working towards ultimate. opportunity to start prioritizing your work flow. self-proclaimed social media expert; let me change this to a different type of person. communication function for many socially-focused organizations.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

NetSquared’s Global Community Builder , Amy Sample Ward, will be at the NTC this year to connect and collaborate with friends, colleagues and new faces in the sector. Here’s how to find Amy and connect with NetSquared. How many staff use your online community space in their work? NetSquared Office Hours.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

A mulligan fund for projects that completely fail, but pay attention to what went wrong and how to do it right this time around could be the difference between many more failed attempts over years and jumping to a solution today. Maybe it’s an introduction or a recommendation, or just a place to sit and work and have meetings.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

We’ve been working on meeting Net2Local organizer requests for more event support by holding theme months. The surgeries are ridiculous fun for the organizers, and offer real tangible support to organizations still struggling with integrating the social web into their work. NetSquared Camps and Travel Bursaries.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

She's our volunteer Netsquared organizer there. NetSquared is TechSoup's volunteer-driven, global network of nonprofit technology workshops and networking events. I am one of the crazies of my era who, while in college, chose to work in the nonprofit sector. Getting Started with NetSquared.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. How Change the Web Challenge Works. Social Actions is facilitating this challenge to encourage innovations for distributing opportunities to make a difference across the Internet and mobile devices. Through a NetSquared Community vote, 20 finalists will be chosen.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. government is working on a new warning system to replace their oft criticized five-color coded terror index, and according to a new document obtained by The Associated Press, they're turning to Facebook and Twitter." What is this new network-centric world?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. With so many tools out there, and different options for individuals and other organizations to engage with you, how do you manage it all? Do you provide different content or appeals to your Twitter followers than to your Facebook group? Do you track how people find your organization?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

I spent today at day 1 of the TechSoup Global Summit in Mountain View with two hundred and forty people who work in the TechSoup Global Network around the world, plus other stakeholders. I’ve been involved with TechSoup/Netsquared Network since its inception back six years ago and so it is nice to be part of the narrative arc.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

Each tweet chat covered a different facet of digital storytelling and featured storytelling experts and nonprofit and library participants. As a nonprofit example, Ilie offered the 6-word story of an organization that helps the visually impaired: "Blind graduate works for National Bank." Beirut, Lebanon: NetSquared Beirut.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

TechSoup, Caravan Studios , and NetSquared were on the scene to observe and participate in hackathon events all over the country. The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. This hackathon took place at San Francisco State University's Paul J.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

We do not work together. Last month, Joe Solomon shared on the NetSquared Blog what he hopes is our reflection on 2011 a year from now, focused on a year full of empowering and harnessing organizers. At the end of 2010, I started having a weekly, 30-minute skype call with my friend Vanessa Rhinesmith. There is no agenda.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2005

Today, Mark is the manager of TechSoup's NetSquared initiative, a project designed to make sure the non-for-profit sector gets involved early and actively with the newest tools and trends in internet technology. And once we got through catching up, I admitted to him that I was just a bit perplexed about the NetSquared project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The participants represented a wide range of nonprofits from all-volunteer groups to larger institutions. The individuals included both staff and volunteers as well as different generations. I first “met&# Enoch online through Netsquared in 2006 when I was putting together a presentation on nonprofits and the use of tagging.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

We can see (and learn a valuable lesson about) the way current ecosystem of social media works in regards to transparency, data, and community. There are many who approach the online landscape with very different views than their offline business decisions. How can this work? Well, it means a lot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

I’ve been following the work of Rob and his team closely as they have shown not just interest, but passion and intent for engaging with the community at large to create a tool that meets the needs of nonprofit organizations and keeps us involved in making the tool better and better. . What excites you about this work?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

Our staff would love to meet you and hear about the great work you're doing. TechSoup's NetSquared ( @netsquared ) community manager, Eli van der Giessen ( @elijah ), and Tech4Good SWFL organizer Birgit Pauli-Hack ( @bph ) are thrilled to offer this opportunity for online and offline community organizers to learn from each other!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

For example, simply review the hundreds of ideas listed in NetSquared ’s Project Gallery and you’ll quickly see that people from around the world are hard at work leveraging all kinds of technologies to create positive change for communities tackling many different issues. I think there are too many to count, really.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Participants brought with them varying levels and areas of expertise and an interest in working together to develop innovative technology solutions. The second project, Qeyno , exposes kids to different careers paths by connecting them with professionals in a variety of fields. Do you have an idea you need help launching?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

A process like this can ensure that lots of different ideas are included but that the competition can stay true to it’s purpose or the goals of the sponsoring organization. There are many ways to include social media in your work. Public voting process. Public’s favorites put to expert judges for final selection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. Some beta work is happening on this with TechSmith's " Jing Project ," an application that allows you easily embed screencasts into conversations on both PC and MAC platform. Welcome to the Church of Plone from LOLNPTECH.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

TechSoup’s Digital Storytelling Challenge tweet chat gathered nonprofit video experts and other experienced storytellers to share what works, what channels are best and more when it comes to sharing videos over social media. What's the difference between an organization that uses social media and a social organization ?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

New forms of participation such as micro-volunteering, and web-generated events such as Twestival, are changing the way people are coming together to raise funds, donate their time and make a difference in their local and global community. Blog: The Extraordinaries: Will micro-volunteering work? Blog: Brave New World for Volunteering.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

New forms of participation such as micro-volunteering, and web-generated events such as Twestival, are changing the way people are coming together to raise funds, donate their time and make a difference in their local and global community. Blog: The Extraordinaries: Will micro-volunteering work? Blog: Brave New World for Volunteering.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2012

Have you ever thought about building an online space where different people can easily share their expertise on a subject or project? If desired, different users can have different levels of control over sharing, editing, and removing information. Organizing a wiki team is much like organizing a volunteer or work team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2014

In an earlier blog post , I shared a framework from Jeremiah Owyang that describes the different sub-sectors of this economy – from sharing homes to sharing food to crowdfunding. There’s no YCombinator for labor innovation, says union leader @DavidRolf_SEIU at Future of Work session #2014SHARE pic.twitter.com/IqXCXJTYr7.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Net2 Think Tank: Online Fundraising Lessons Learned | NetSquared – "The Facebook application Causes recently announced it hit the $20 Million mark in donations. There are different rules and new opportunities with online fundraising and every platform or application comes with a different community and varying functionality.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

Semphonic President and Conference Founder Gary Angel says " What a gift to have the best minds in the industry to work together and the big bonus is helping 2 chosen non-profit organizations."" " Now that's a different question, one that's not as simple to answer for most of us. "" Apply today!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Claire Sale, NetSquared. Over the years my family and I have worked together to help my Grandmother get wired. So, I turned that question to my friends and the NetSquared community, and got some really great responses that I'd like to share with you. Just make sure you explain the difference between a URL and a search term.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. What was last year’s celebration like and how do you think it’ll be different this year?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. What was last year’s celebration like and how do you think it’ll be different this year?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

We’ll also be referring folks to resources for more formal learning and peer connections, like NTEN , the Nonprofit Technology Network and host of the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference and Netsquared and TechSoup Global – and of course sharing resources from our colleagues in the nonprofit/social media field.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Age Segmentation in Social Networking | NetSquared – "For this month's Net2 Think Tank, we asked you to share your thoughts and best practices for using social media with or for a particular age group. OK, you've heard this before.

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