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Supercharge Your Nonprofit Tech Powers with NetSquared

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But don't worry, NetSquared is here to save the day. TechSoup's NetSquared is a global network of nonprofit technology meetups. Every month we hold free training and networking events in cities across the United States (and the globe!). Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Monthly Meetup.

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TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge Global Tweet Chat Recap

Tech Soup

Paris, France & Manchester, United Kingdom: Camilla Burg of Wiser.org , an online platform to connect those working on sustainability issues, and Steven Flower of Manchester NetSquared. Beirut, Lebanon: NetSquared Beirut. led the bilingual tweet chat.

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Net2Local: Year-End Revelations

Tech Soup

Fourteen Net2Local groups descended on their communities in full costume and delivered one-on-one training to local social benefit organizers. NetSquared has doubled down on our local focus by recruiting Regionals Ambassadors who are offering mentorship and support to new and prospective Net2Local organizers. Regional Ambassadors.

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TechSoup Global: Springing into Action

Tech Soup

That's why TechSoup Global, NetSquared and Microsoft teamed up to launch the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest last November. Find out what else NetSquared was up to this spring in this roundup. All April long, we’ll provide your organization with training and resources to tell its story digitally.

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Nonprofits, Companies, and White House Unite on Tech Gap

Tech Soup

Earlier this year, President Obama announced a bold initiative to expand access to technology jobs in the United States. We were especially thrilled to learn that one of TechSoup's nonprofit members, Year Up , was spotlighted as a model for employment and technology training. The Power of a Year.

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Campus Party H4SB — Hacking for Something Better Coming to US in 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Campus Party is the biggest technology phenomenon that almost nobody in the United States has ever heard of. It is a huge success in the Spanish-speaking world and plans to debut in the States, in the S.F. Imagine SxSW meets Burning Man meets Makers Faire meets Spring Break meets Bar Camps. billion to date.

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Guest Post by Ivan Boothe: Social change takes more than social media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. With that in mind, I think social media and social networking hasn't entirely matured as part of long-term social change.