Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

TechSoup's NetSquared is the world's largest volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events. Check out NetSquared's year in review , and discover what topics are most popular with our attendees and how NetSquared organizers are creating communities of practice for TechSoup members.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 13, 2013

We've compiled some of the best articles, blogs, and webinars from our partners in Canada, Australia, and the global NetSquared Local groups. From planning a fundraising event to crowdfunding via social media, the network has the information your organization needs. NetSquared. TechSoup Canada. "Charity is boring.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

CoP organizers Praan Misir ( CommBuild ) and Brett Ashley Crawford ( Arts Nonprofits ) and Tech Club organizers Regina Walton ( SFTech4Good ), Paula Jones ( NCTech4Good ), and Chad Leaman and Elijah van der Giessen (both from NetSquared Vancouver ) took time out to deliver the presentation. Leave a comment below!

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. [Ed. Here are some of the best ways to start listening online: Google Alerts. This free service from Google let’s you identify key words, phrases, or URLs that you want to track. Here are some example searches using NetSquared as the organization. You can read all the details here. ].

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OCTOBER 16, 2007

Last week, at NetSquared's San Francisco Net Tuesday Meetup, Steve Miller, Product Manager, Google Earth Outreach spoke to a room of 50+ social changemakers and web innovators about how nonprofits can use Google Earth Outreach for their work. The flyover electrified the room. Videos in the balloons will only work on Windows.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

Check out our newest groups: * [NetSquared Abuja]([link] in Abuja, Nigeria. * [GroundWork group]([link] in Columbus, Ohio. * [NetSquared Daytona Beach ]([link] in Daytona Beach, Florida. * [Tech4good Las Vegas]([link] in Las Vegas, Nevada. --> --> What have NetSquared groups been up to recently? Friday, May 13, 2016.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 16, 2015

Eli van der Giessen — Netsquared Community Manager. Remote employees have always held the NetSquared community manager role. No matter where I'm based, I'd still be spending most of my day on email, Skype, Google+ Hangouts, and the phone. Don't miss part one ! I'm the lone Canadian staffer at TechSoup.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

First, we created an open Google Doc where we put in the introduction language, so anyone that clicked through from someone’s blog or Twitter post would have context about what was happening (and included a numbered list up to 53, so people could easily see where to add their name and blog address). See the Google Doc for links.).

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JUNE 21, 2007

When collecting information, separate users home phone numbers and cell phone numbers. Use the "Google Universe "to your advantage. Google Analytics shows you where your sites visitors are entering your site from. Google Calendars is an easy way to get your nonprofits events directly to the people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Google Blog Search. Photo from Cambodia4kids. More pointers to NTC posts here. NTC 2007 Pipe.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

YouTube/Google. A well-designed app can be a great way for your nonprofit to motivate people to take action, change behaviors, convey important information, and inspire real change. NetSquared is TechSoup's volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events. Amazon Web Services.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

From NetSquared. NetSquared is organizing technology-for-social-good events all over the world. NetSquared is organizing technology-for-social-good events all over the world. The Canadian technology battle continues with head-to-head reviews of document collaboration solutions, Microsoft Skydrive and Google Docs.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Targeted toward 18-29 year olds, the app links Facebook users with the MyVote online service for voter registration and information. Apps currently available in Google Play (Android's app store) include App Inventor Tutorial and the Arabic Numbers apps. School and Job Preparedness. iStudiez Pro. Additional Resources.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This post was written by Trenton DuVal, contributing editor at NetSquared, and originally appeared on their blog. them, makes files accessible from anywhere, and it is fully integrated with Google Apps. Manymoon is available through the Google Apps Store. smaller nonprofits or those with occasional or informal project.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

NetSquared groups are holding free events all month. Kenya: NetSquared Camp — Storytelling 2016. Seattle, Washington: Google AdWords for Nonprofits. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Camp — Storytelling 2016. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Monthly Meetup. Storymakers Community Events. Friday, April 8.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

One of the best plain-language pieces I've seen on it is David Pogue's How and Why to Turn On Two-Step Verification for Your Apple, Google, and Yahoo Accounts. Kevin Lo , NetSquared senior program manager, reports: "Since my account got compromised, I turn on two-factor authentication whenever possible. " Resources.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2015

Make It Rain: Using Google AdWords to Drive Impact Techsoup / Webinar / Fee: Free. Sites NetSquared Monitors for Nonprofit/Technology Events. If you are looking for face-to-face meetings in your area, check out the list of 501Tech Clubs on NTEN and on Netsquared Local. Webinars and Other Online Events on Nonprofit Technology.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 11, 2013

I found that I could be of help by looking up information about various mapping tools or examples of other programs while the programmers were coding. My group started out by considering Crowdmap (from NetSquared alumnus Ushahidi ), but ended up going with Google Fusion and Google Maps to create the project.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Google Maps & MyMaps.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2011

A few years ago, he was a blogging novice; now, he now uses Flickr, Delicious, Facebook, and Google alerts to strengthen his museum's community. During the month of August, NetSquared wants to know your tips for creating a successful survey ! They talk about the best ways small nonprofits can back up their information.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

What We Found in the Numbers We made an effort to include both nonprofits and libraries by promoting the surveys in the TechSoup forums, via NetSquared and TechSoup for Libraries , and through social media. Twitter, Facebook, and Google Apps. Finally, the results below combine responses from different. September, 2011. A majority of.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question. NetSquared DC Engagement Strategies Panelists — Maddie Grant, Andrew Nachison, and Dale Pfeifer (left to right). The panelists included. Dale Pfeifer, CEO of GoodWorld.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

NetSquared. Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards ! Robin Good has a nice roundup of affordable Web Conferencing Tools and a useful comparison chart in a google spreadsheet. GoogleEarth launches Nonprofit Outreach Program via the NTEN blog and NetSquared community blog. NpTech Talk. Britt Bravo covers it here.

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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. Google announces " Broadcast Your Cause, " a nonprofit channel on YouTube. More from Britt Bravo on Netsquared blog. He also shares the key points of his presentation here. Fundraising 2.0 It isn't dumb dumb.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2016

The following blog post recaps a NetSquared Toronto presentation by Sarah Lesh, a front-end web developer at hjc. Similarly, the semantics of HTML dictate how you must write code so that a browser can understand how to display your information. Google also weights the tag heavily as an indicator of the kind of content on that web page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2006

Just came across this interesting example of nonprofit tagging via a blog post on netsquared by enoch choi. Dr. Choi is an individual contributor to Google Health Co-op and works on the non-profit Palo Alto Medical Foundation's tagging efforts @ Google Health Co-op as well. ve been tagging via del.icio.us

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! There's going to be a Netsquared Meetup (recommendations for restaurant or location are needed) How will your nonprofit avoid the Meatball Sundae? ") Okay, now we're onto fondling APIs, google's to be exact. Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

It's also a good way for your organization to attract new donors, and an incentive to keep contact information up to date. You can use Connect2Give to: Create a mobile website for collecting donations and sharing information about your organization without having to deal with app development. Benefits of a Mobile Site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

A View of the Cloud from the NetSquared Community Even among technologically inclined people, there's sometimes a reluctance to move to the cloud. Email in the Cloud: A Google Apps Case Study Learn how a cloud-based solution helped one Canadian nonprofit work more efficiently. But maybe that's not a bad thing.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Eli van Der Giessen , NetSquared community manager, reveals: "One feature I like is Sharing. " Manning Sutton , senior director, TechSoup Global Network, admits, "I've given up and succumbed to Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, and all the others in terms of my privacy. What TechSoup LastPass Users Have to Say.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

A social graph if the NpTech tag based on a google search NpTech Conversations Gavin's digital diner has written an article about the options that technology gives us for opting out of face-to-face gatherings. What should Netsquared's Facebook strategy be? Another option might be to use a shared google calendar.

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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. public information???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Michele Martin points to a new feature in google news that can spark conversations. An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. " World Grows Wide blog talks about the Google Custom Search feature. Does this resonate for you? Why not take a few minutes to answer her survey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

Google Aps. Ian Wilker is happy about the Google Apps Education Education being available to. nonprofits for free, but even happier that Google is integrating jotspot , a wiki app, into Google Apps. Perhaps this is the result of Summer mixter at Google headquarters a few weeks back. More buzz here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

What really defines GiveWell is collecting the information that nonprofits are surprisingly hesitant to share, and centralizing and coherently summarizing it. Information-sharing tools are great, but they don't magically make this happen. It focuses on the area of data privacy, secure communications and information security.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Michelle Martin rounds up some recent videos from Michael Wesch , the creator of The Machine is US/ing Us , including his newest "Information R/evolution," it is about how digital information is qualitatively different from information on paper and how this changes the ways we think about how to store, use, access it.

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