NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2010

Those social media tools, along with dozens of others, have been used to help family and friends locate one another , to direct food, clothing and medical support to specific locations, and to help direct rescue workers to individuals alive and trapped under rubble. So, we invite you to share your social media for social good story.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2010

Those social media tools, along with dozens of others, have been used to help family and friends locate one another , to direct food, clothing and medical support to specific locations, and to help direct rescue workers to individuals alive and trapped under rubble. So, we invite you to share your social media for social good story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Win $10,000 DonateNow Mashup Challenge at NetSquared. Lauren-Glenn Davitian's " Be the Media -- Free Speech Unfurled " guest post on NTEN blog. Check out Joe Solomon's slides about how to use social media to build relationships. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 3, 2010

Social media tools work because they are powered by people, and people are social. And when we get connected, and can connect our networks with other networks, we get even more social and have huge potential to make great things happen. What metrics are valuable in measuring success of social media tools for organizing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

The Face (book) of NetSquared Champions. The NetSquared Conference is just days away and the NetSquared blogs are buzzing with activity! Not attending the NetSquared Conference but want to follow the tag stream? The conference tag is n2y2. Sort of like a Social Media Amish Barn Raising?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2009

Lately, I’ve heard from many organizations that they are on board with social media and excited to be finding, connecting with and engaging their communities online. Topic: How can nonprofit organizations successfully manage multiple entry points for social media engagement? Tag your blog with “net2thinktank”.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. interest to you and your cause on the web: Social Media Monitoring Tools. View the previously recorded TechSoup webinar, Social Media Listening Dashboards , with presenters Amy Sample Ward and Allen Gunn.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

NetSquared is the guest host of The Feast’s next Twitter chat about the power of social media for social good. We’ll be tweeting questions such as “how can we better leverage social media for less talk and more action?” Join NetSquared & The Feast. Join us for a chat! Time: 9 AM - 5 PM.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

Submitted by Ivan Boothe, publisher of the Rootwork Blog Over at the NetSquared blog, Joe Solomon provided a great roundup of reasons people might be "jaded about social media for change" and ways they overcome it. Joe runs through some great responses from a whole bevy of social-media-for-change folks, including me.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Who: Speakers: Amy Sample Ward | Netsquared; Debra Askanase; Ivan Boothe. Traditional community organizing informs a successful online campaign and lays the groundwork for a sustainable, effective movement for social change. Tags: liveblogging 10ntc community building events online campaigns online community. When: 1:30 p.m.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2010

This announcement was also published on the NetSquared Blog. The French American Charitable Trust (FACT) and NetSquared are pleased to announce the second annual FACT Social Justice Awards. Our Challenge theme this year is "Collaborate for Social Justice." Tags: Event.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2010

Beth facilitated a conversation, among the panelists as well as the standing-room-only room of participants, that focused on the power of crowdsourcing and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. Tags: presentation crowdx netsquared nten sxsw video.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

Here’s a listing of sessions and spaces hosted by NetSquared and TechSoup: Community-Driven Social Impact Session. Amy Sample Ward from NetSquared. This session focuses on strategies and case studies for creating successful community-driven media, events and campaigns. Room: 1471. Get in Touch Via Twitter.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2010

Previously published on the NetSquared Blog. Tags: Event. We - 13 people from TechSoup Global - are in Brussels this week to participate in am ambitious project staged by the European Foundation Centre , which is roughly the equivalent of the U.S. Council on Foundations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2008

A few days ago, Amy Gahran and I exchanged some musings on social media tradeoffs. Amy and I have noticed how our usage of RSS and social bookmarking seems to be less. Tags are one easy option, if I can get nice mobile access as the food and travel/city relevant info does me more use from a mobile. Enter Hashtags.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2009

Vince is leading the 2009 NTC session, " Fundster: How Philanthropy is Adapting Social Network Practice " You may remember America's Giving Challenge. Or maybe you've already voted in the NetSquared Challenge. Tags: 09NTC NPTech philanthropy vince_stehle. Oh, and Vince professes his love for See's Candy , too.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2009

Why not share those predictions with the NetSquared community? If you want to read some thoughts before you get going, check out these posts as starting points: Social Media Gurus Offer Their Predictions for 2009: A Few That Might Resonate With Nonprofits , by Beth Kanter. Tag your blog with “net2thinktank”.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. NTEN’s 09NTC just wrapped up in San Francisco and many conversations at the conference focused on social media use by nonprofits. Topic: How can nonprofit organizations successfully manage multiple entry points for social media engagement? From Idealist.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. Using the social web to market your cause, communicate your services, and interact with your audience is an important part of the. communication function for many socially-focused organizations. Blog, or using social media.

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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? Social Media: Adoption, Strategy, and Measuring Success ZUP4Nonprofits has a two-part post ( pt. Wonder if smashups are eligible?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2010

I’ll be presenting on a panel “Social Media ROI&# with Lauren Vargas from Radian 6, with Cheryl Contee as the moderator on Sept. Social Media ROI. Do you know what kind of an impact social media is having on your brand, mission, or bottom line? Tags: Conferences womenwhotech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

The Net2 Secret Plan from Marnie Webb NpTech Tag New Year's Reflections, Predictions, and Best Ofs What are some of the ways that the social web marks the New Year? For social media and technology predictions, here's a few from the Read/Write Web. What are the nptech social media needs for 2008?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. Here's why: The need for online accessibility is growing - "When talking about disability, it is easy to focus on more physical disabilities (like requiring aids in walking) and using social media to create networks of support.

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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. Just A Few Good Resources Plucked from the NpTech Tag Stream and Kikino. Photo from Cambodia4kids.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2009

" A conceptual model of value for social media | Juice Digital - Check ou thte "4 Cs" model developed by Gaurav Mishra: Content, Collaboration, Community and Collective Intelligence, as an example of the progression of what kind of value you can create online for your organization and the larger community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2010

Marnie Webb and Charlene Li: Two of My Social Media Role Models. Today Allison Fine and I celebrated the launch of the Networked Nonprofit at TechSoup Global in the space where Netsquared Meetups take place. A couple points that stood out: How can nonprofits work together in a networked way via social media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to. I'm moving beyond monitoring the NpTech tagged items and meta feeds to incorporate nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, friend feeds, and USG. The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

As she says, it combines social bookmarking, feed reading, and the casual interactions of Twitter into something that works somewhat like mailing list, but doesn't add to your email overload. Beth Dunn shared Social Media Club: Join Our FriendFeed Room and Kill A Mailing List. Can you answer it? And if you???re

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 17, 2009

Ready.gov Launches Social Media Preparedness Initiative - "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Ready Campaign, in partnership with The Advertising Council, is introducing a series of new social media tools today to further engage Americans in taking steps to prepare for emergencies.

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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. The transparency issue is a steep mountain to climb with social media. Well, it means a lot. To unpack this, let’s narrow in on each: Transparency. How can this work?

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

To enter, just submit a short essay (300 words or less) explaining an idea for how your non-profit can (or already does) use media and technology to solve a social problem. The essay should also focus on how the organization should use technology and media to further its goals beyond fundraising. NetSquared with Amy Sample Ward.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! 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." Thanks for all that you are doing, ARC!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! Social Media A couple of really useful posts on Facebook and Nonprofits. No problem, I dug into the NpTech + Digg tag archives and pulled out this terrific Beginner's Guide To Digg. Social Metrics: The Search for ROI in Social Media by Steve Latham of Spur Digital.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

N2Y4 Mobile Challenge: 15 Featured Projects Announced | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org - Last week, the NetSquared Community voted on the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge to determine the 15 Featured Projects who will be invited to compete for $50K in cash-prizes and additinoal in-kind resources at this year's N2Y4 Conference.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

Social Media: What I Learned This Year | Millennial Marketing – Carol Phillips has a great post recapping what she learned about social media in 2009, including: "Effective use of Social Media requires enthusiasm and diligence." NonProfit 2.0 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C.,

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

" Net2 Think Tank Round-Up: Best of 2009 | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – Check out the diverse submissions to the December Net2 Think Tank that simply asked for the best blog posts of 2009! Managers find social media important and organizations are generally enthusiastic.

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