Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2009

HopePhones.org | Old phones save lives. Donate yours to a medical clinic in a developing country today - "HopePhones, a new campaign, launched today that enables anyone to provide health services to those in the developing world – by donating your old cell phones! FrontlineSMS:Medic is also an N2Y4 Featured Project!"

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 31, 2009

Now in its fourth year, NetSquared continues to encourage dialogue among people working at the intersection of technology and progressive change initiatives. Here are a couple of facts to consider: Mobile phones are in the hands of 2.2 There are some excellent submissions coming in already, be sure to add your idea to the mix!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

NetSquared has doubled down on our local focus by recruiting Regionals Ambassadors who are offering mentorship and support to new and prospective Net2Local organizers. NetSquared Camps and Travel Bursaries. TechSoup is supporting the NetSquared Camps and the regional gatherings of organizers through small travel bursaries.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. Hackathons, coding sprints, app challenges, oh my! While these types of events can focus on the creation of many things, we are seeing an increase in app-for-good related events.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In celebration of the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft announced the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest in partnership with NetSquared. The Windows 8 Apps for Social Good contest challenges anyone to design an app for Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 that can make a positive difference.

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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. Nonprofit Software and Hardware and Cell Phones.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

A similar example is that of an Atlanta city councilman who chose to post a message to Twitter asking for a medic to respond to an unconscious woman on the street rather than to dial 911 when his mobile phone battery was very low. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2013

help select the best designed, most useful Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 applications. If you don't already have a NetSquared account (you should! We need your expertise as nonprofit staffers and tech-for-good experts to. We're turning to you because you best understand the. the better. What do you need to do in order to vote?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Best Overall Windows 8 Phone App: $15,000. Plus a Windows 8 Phone for each winner! This post was authored by Elijah van der Giessen , a community curator for NetSquared, a project of TechSoup. The contest's stellar panel of judges will dish out awards in the following categories: Best Overall Windows 8 App: $15,000.

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JUNE 21, 2007

When collecting information, separate users home phone numbers and cell phone numbers. The nights theme was Pimp My Nonprofit as the wonderful ladies from CODEPINK shared their website with the group. Do not make them click to sign up! Take both numbers for a possible text messaging campaign in the future!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Walk2Help tracks the distance you've walked using the built-in GPS on your phone and converts it into points. You might be able to find help from NetSquared , an initiative from TechSoup Global. NetSquared brings nonprofits together with programmers, designers and other business professionals.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

No worries, share your expertise, or get involved in a hands-on session happening in the NetSquared Garage. 2billion people are carrying mobile phones every day. Here’s 3 ways participants dive into the mix with the N2Y4 Conference structure: 1. Are you challenged by lecture-formats? Kick the tires. Blow your mind.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Make the world a better place by submitting your Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 apps and you could win big. This post was authored by Elijah van der Giessen , a curator and Net2Local organizer with NetSquared. There are only a few short days left to enter the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. Stay tuned and take part!

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Recently, over 300 innovators and changemakers interested in the intersection of technology and social benefit work converged for a few days of idea-sharing, learning, and collaboration at NetSquared's annual conference. About NetSquared. To learn more about NetSquared or get involved, visit [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

back then) and being the one of the visionaries behind the Netsquared project. So, when Marnie starts talking about the next big disruptive technology for the nonprofit sector, I listen. I’ve been in on all the phone calls. For the past year or so, she’s thinking about and talking about “Cloud Computing.”

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

We also have a contest in which we're giving away US$7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera (but don't be afraid to start with the cell phone in your pocket!). NetSquared groups are holding free events all month. Kenya: NetSquared Camp — Storytelling 2016. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Camp — Storytelling 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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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

Laura Quinn shared her ideas at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , in a session called More Than Apps: Affordable Program Delivery Through Mobile Phones. This is similar in concept to broadcast email – you send text alerts, calls for action, or updates to a list of mobile phone numbers. Director of Idealware.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Claire Sale, NetSquared. 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. Skype - Skype's video conferencing abilities are a great way to have free long distance or international phone calls to family or friends. Getting Specialized.

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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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Once you've downloaded the app, all this information is accessible regardless of whether you have phone service or internet access during an emergency. J-ResQ allows anyone in a disaster situation to easily record and send a voice message and email from their mobile phone, telling friends and family about their status.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Kudos to Erin Palmer over at TechSoup's NetSquared Project for this: "The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that, as of early 2012, 88% of American adults had a cell phone. Mobile websites are designed for optimal download speed, so they load faster on phones and tablets. Yes, that's right.

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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.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

To celebrate the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft announced a new contest to encourage developers to create apps that positively impact the world around them. Visit NetSquared and Microsoft for more details on the contest. Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. Want to design your own Windows 8 app?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

During the early days of our Netsquared project , we held big annual conferences to showcase and fund innovative tech for good. We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. I was there that year and the competition was intense.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2014

For example, tip two in the Safer Online Guide addresses the perils of social engineering (that's security-speak for "how a sneaky criminal tricks you into revealing personal information"): You will never be asked to provide credentials or personal data in an email or over the phone. No special tech skills required!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Kevin Lo , NetSquared senior program manager, reports: "Since my account got compromised, I turn on two-factor authentication whenever possible. I also encrypt my Android phone. If someone happens to get in to my phone or computer, my browser’s password manager file is empty. In fact my bank recently enforced it on.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Many years ago, NetSquared hosted challenges and conferences to highlight and bring together fledging social entrepreneurs. These may include things like mobile phones, cameras, or even drones. netsquared digital divide' " Digital Democracy (Dd) was a prize winner in that challenge. Want to learn more? spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Kevin Lo, TechSoup's senior program manager for NetSquared, who has been TechSoup's resident security expert for many years. For example, after entering your username and password on a website, the website sends a code to your phone. Top Recommendations. You would need to enter that code to log in to the website.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

It was originally published on NetSquared. For example, the City of Boston used the motion-sensing capabilities of smart phones, through encouraging voluntary download of a Street Bump app to automatically send the city information about the condition of the streets they’re driving on. Big Data for Development.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The app is available on Android and Windows Phone. Head on over to NetSquared and share your election app idea. The app encourages users to pledge to vote and to share that pledge across their social network. The VoterHub. app offers polling location information, sample ballots, and election. news and information. If so, please tell.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone.

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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

MARCH 11, 2008

& He got us together on the phone to discuss and design the panel in a month in advance, reviewed slides, help get us organized on-site and gave us some great last minute tips in the green room.& Long Station blog has great notes here ) Erin talked about the NetSquared Mashup (deadline on March 14th).&

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. 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.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Since 2005, nonprofits have downloaded it more than 13,000 times to send news, communicate information on critical issues, and serve as an emergency help line.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2009

Or maybe you've already voted in the NetSquared Challenge. " As long as I had Vince on the phone, I wanted to get answers to all kinds of things I've been thinking about lately. This is the sort of thing we're talking about -- transparent philanthropy driven by the people.

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