Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

And a friendly reminder to recycle your old mobile phone if you happened to pick up a Iphone and think about green web host ! Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Maybe it's the IPhone/SalesForce app that Steve Anderson created? What could that lead to?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

TechSoup's partner in Australia, Connecting Up, spent the month of September educating Australian nonprofits on CRM. NetSquared Local group Tech & Social Change Baltimore hosted a presentation on CRM for nonprofits. Here's a selection of their informative articles and blog posts.

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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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OCTOBER 13, 2014

Security expert and TechSoup forums host Gary Lamontagne will be on hand October 29 to answer all your security questions! Attend a local in-person educational event for nonprofits. Our NetSquared program offers live get-togethers around the world, including several security- and privacy-focused events this month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2010

Today Allison Fine and I celebrated the launch of the Networked Nonprofit at TechSoup Global in the space where Netsquared Meetups take place. Most importantly, the vision that Marnie Webb had over five years ago called Netsquared inspired me to keep blogging and explore social media and nonprofits.

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MARCH 26, 2013

One cool project that came out of a RHoK event is InfoPlace Kenya , an Android application for information and directions of essential places in Kenya like hospitals, tourists attractions, restaurants, educational facilities, and more. The hackathons are themed around a certain issue, such as education or mHealth (mobile health).

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

This morning, NetSquared hosted a special unconference at NTC on open data. One big idea was that funders should be educated about the value of nonprofits adhering to open-data formats and require that projects they fund meet certain criteria for open-data.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 7, 2009

I have also written for The Extraordinaries , NetSquared , the Stanford Social Innovation Review Opinion blog , WorldChanging , and The Huffington Post. I've been a creative career coach for 10+ yrs, and am the host of Echoing Green's Be Bold Podcast: Create a Career with Impact. I'd love to add a third blogging gig to my schedule.

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JULY 16, 2013

Ttaram aims to improve education in Kosovo. TechSoup Global and NetSquared attended hackathons across the country—from Hawaii to Vermont—that tackled local, statewide, and national civic issues. EkoVizija is a mobile app that enables users to take pictures and report environmental problems in their community.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. Examples of open government data reuse in US by private corporations and nonprofits is also highlighted and a webinar to help those that also want to use it is being hosted this month. Floodlight, an interesting data storytelling tool for communities is also featured. Data Won the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2006

I almost spilled my latte all over my keyboard when I read in Britt Bravo's post over at Netsquared that I was nominated for a Vloggie along with Netsquared Vlog and Alive in Baghdad and Sustainable Route. I'm in the instructional/educational category. So, now it is time to vote and suppport the nonprofit presence in this space!

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Hosting included) WordPress.org: [link] (Free software. You have to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting) MovableType.com: [link] (Higher Education & Non-profit license for 5 authors, $195. Need to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting). Update: The presentation slides are available on FivePaths.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There's a roundup of coverage on his Netsquared blog , including pointers to live blog posts like this one. More from Britt Bravo on Netsquared blog. Goldstein's Fundraising Success Podcast Britt Bravo, Have Fun, Do Good Blog, is hosting next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. The topic is how to do have fun and do good!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

s interest to education and engage new audiences. Just last week, Lee Romeo, posted something over a Netsquared about a similar use of flickr - people holding signs. This has also been done by NTEN and Netsquared. it takes advantage of the established Flickr community???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

NpTech Conversations Wild Apricot Blog is hosting next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on the topic "How are non-profits using Web 2.0 " Jeremy Pepper , who spoke at this month's NetSquared Net Tuesday Meetup , is the director of communications. In addition, no visuals either. and social networking tools?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Tactical Philanthropy Blog notes that the next Giving Carnival will focus on Fundraising for Nonprofits and will be hosted by Gayle Roberts. News from Nigeria via the Netsquared blog. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. TechSoup's Virtual Office space was pretty busy last night, hosting an earlier mixed reality event in Cambridge and SL , featuring Pathfinder Linden , head of educational activities for SL.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. What do you think? See below).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

But first I'm going to show off on behalf of our NetSquared organizers. This remarkable cohort of 250 community builders are hosting monthly free workshops and networking events in more than 74 cities, and they're doing it entirely as volunteers. But I'm not the only one singing the praises of the NetSquared organizers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

Britt Bravo at NetSquared summarized a community discussion about the "Best of the Nonprofit Social Web." Nedra Weinreich hosted the " Best of Nonprofit Campaigns " carnival of nonprofit consultants. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2006

As if you don't get enough of my holding forth here, Marshall Kirkpatrick interviewed me the other day for Techsoup's Netsquared project, and posted it here. Beth is a Cambridge, MA blogger and techy who has done a lot of work with arts and educational organizations. It was a really enjoyable, rambling conversation. Well worth a read.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 7, 2007

PeacePlayers International is a nonprofit organization that uses basketball to unite and educate children and their communities in conflict and post-conflict areas. Two of the creators of Not Just a Number will be speaking at NetSquared's Net Tuesday in San Francisco tomorrow, May 8th. Beth Kanter posted about this a couple weeks ago.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. Who : NetSquared and other Community Organizers. When : 9:00 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Social Web and PR/Marketing An excellent post from Chris Andreson on Long Tail PR: How To Do Publicity Without A Press Release (or the Press) Nancy Schwartz of the Getting Attention Blog is hosting next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Cross posted at Netsquared Need a chuckle? See this one-page parody of Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

As FrogLoop blog concludes in its recent analysis of MySpace, "Social networking sites are essentially a microcosm of the internet, and hosting a profile on either is akin to managing a website. More On Social Networking for Social Change OneNorthWest recently hosted a seminar on social networking sites and environmental organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

An excellent first small step is to just identify the blogs that are hosting those conversations on the topics that interest you or inform your work. Or suppose you were leading a program to educate young people about violent behavior in dating relationships. Another free blogging platform is wordpress hosted. Read the license.

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NTEN

MAY 30, 2013

Some Tech Clubs have merged with NetSquared local groups who share similar group objectives. As Vancouver NetSquared/501 Tech Club organizer, Eli van der Giesson puts it, "Vancouver''s Net Squared group is all about connecting nonprofits, activists and technology folk.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2014

Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, libraries, and networks such as the NetSquared Local should be leading this movement as they are already committed to social good. AirBnB will allow hosts to donate to local causes; will add smoke detectors, will work on joint campaigns with the city and improve disaster preparedness.

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