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Cool App Roundup: Election Edition

Tech Soup

app offers polling location information, sample ballots, and election. polling place, review voting rules, and contact Election Protection if. Philly Votes is an Ushahidi -powered poll monitoring initiative that gathers and maps voting incident reports, such as voter intimidation and long lines. The VoterHub. If so, please tell.

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Google + for Social Change Activists: Dive in Early or Wait?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

During the Webinar, I polled the group’s general approach. Ivan Booth is doing a meet up and live stream for the Philly Netsquared meet up on August 2nd at 6:00 PM EST about Google +. They are eager for the platform to gain critical mass so the promise of Google + for social activism can be realized.

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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. Sometimes that's all you need - making a donation, sending petitions, affecting website ratings, flooding online polls, etc.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

News from Nigeria via the Netsquared blog. Some say it is impossible and a poll by wikimedians here. Technologies to Recruit, Engage, and Activate Youth." Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Wanna check out more tech tools? Global NpTech. Using Web2.0

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Allan Benamer of the Nonprofit Technology Blog continues his coverage of the software vendors with a poll to debrief the Convio merger teleconference and a hug. " If you're interested the uses of videogames in advertising, politics, education, and other activities, check out Ian's site, water cooler games. " Web 2.0,

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is now a poll to vote on names suggested by people. Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. As part of the activities, people are invited to kick the tires of the new version of Social Source Commons. FLOSS Usability Sprint is taking place this weekend.

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106 Free or Low-Cost Online Tools and Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

GoToWebinar enable organizations to host webinars with VOIP audio or toll free numbers, polls, analytics, and recording. NetSquared :: netsquared.org. NetSquared in a group of volunteer leaders who host free #TechforGood in-person events every month in 120 cities worldwide. Ideal for fundraising events. MeetUp :: meetup.com.

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