Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

That's why each month NetSquared organizers in 60 cities across the globe host networking events for the nonprofit tech community. NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * Victoria, British Columbia: Social Media Surgery: Hands-on Advice and Help. Friday, June 3, 2016.

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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? Tuesday, May 10, 2016.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." " So, I'm sharing a little getting started advice, a mini-case study, and a list of resources. Katya Andresen has written a fantastic five minute guide to social networking tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

tools successfully. I think it is a pretty critical marketing practice despite what technology tools you are using. " She gives examples of the listening deficits, but also the ways that social media tools can facilitate listening. The advice for marketers looking to embark on a Web 2.0 List of Ego Searching Tools.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

See how one organization plans to bypass the crowds by teleworking during the Olympics (and the tools they’re using to do it). From NetSquared. Get practical advice on live-streaming an activist event and making an all-star meme for your nonprofit. This July, we’re celebrating web conferencing.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Read a recap of TechSoup and TechSoup Romania's Tweet Chat , which explored content curation and discussed the best tools for it. Here are three tools to measure audience engagement on social media. CU held social media forums in Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne offering practical advice for nonprofits. NetSquared.

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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. Telework Tools Eli Relies On. The telework tools I mostly use are not complicated. Email, Skype , and Google+ Hangouts keep me in touch with my Netsquared organizers.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

Advice from #15NTC , Tessa Srebro, VolunteerMatch [2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference] Part 1 - How do I configure it? Translated from [2015 ??? ?? ????(NTC) 1? - ??? ???? , ChangeON Trendspotting: 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference , Debra Askanase, Community Organizer 2.0 15NTC Community NTC press'

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AUGUST 12, 2011

Whether you recently launched a blog, are trying to stay up-to-date on the latest social media tools, or looking for affordable software, there are more options out there than ever before. The Chronicle of Philanthropy summarized the debate nicely and features advice from Beth Kanter.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2012

The best advice is to take a tip from libraries and museums and curate all that information. Last month, TechSoup and TechSoup Romania's hourlong tweet chat explored content curation and the best tools for it. You may already be using content curation tools if you visit the web on a regular basis. What Is Content Curation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 It includes case studies, tools, and how-tos. tools to capture and share knowledge from nonprofit gatherings. tools into your PR messaging?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

I was also an early member of Netsquared Community , another one of Marnie’s brilliant ideas that rocked the field. David was interested in learning more about what American nonprofits were doing with social media, he asked me for some advice. I urge people to think of the chunks and then the tools.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2012

This post originally appeared on the NetSquared blog, which is an initiative of TechSoup Global's, and was written by Causecast. latest shopping tips, design advice, and funny dog pictures. latest shopping tips, design advice, and funny dog pictures. How does Pinterest work as a tool for employee volunteer promotion?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

If you're looking for tips when making your video for the contest, or for making YouTube videos for your nonprofit in general, check out these posts for ideas and advice: 9 YouTube Features You May Not Know About by Holly DeRuyter on Frogloop YouTube Adds Call To Action Tool For Nonprofit Videos by Allyson Kapin on Frogloop Online Video Production (..)

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

For Twitter, Sarah offered the following advice: Twitter moves very fast , so they find Twitter is useful for creating and capturing "moments," rather than educating or sharing information. You can look at Facebook Insights and Twitter analytics and use tools such as Crowdbooster. Measure, Adapt, Repeat.

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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. More from Britt Bravo on Netsquared blog. NTEN's September Newsletter has tons of excellent content, in particular check out these articles about new fundraising techniques using tools like mobile phones and Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

My colleague Geoff Livingston says that “Shiny Object Syndrome&# makes nonprofits and individuals to adopt the latest cool social tool based on peer pressure, buzz, or a strange desire to be one of the first. Momsrising is an early adopter of online tools currently exploring the Google + platform and discussing it in team meetings.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

tools successfully. I think it is a pretty critical marketing practice despite what technology tools you are using. " She gives examples of the listening deficits, but also the ways that social media tools can facilitate listening. The advice for marketers looking to embark on a Web 2.0 List of Ego Searching Tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

" Also quoted is Sean Stannard-Stockton, author of the Tactical Philanthropy blog was also quoted and he shares his expanded predictions here , including "Charities recognize the potential of social-media tools and finally get serious about integrated online strategies." bubble would burst. Thoughts, leave them in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I've been looking at the examples the folks have shared in the WeAreMedia Module 3: Sharing Your Story Social Media Style , particularly blogs and thinking about questions, strategies, and frameworks that one might think about before getting into the nitty gritty of the tool itself.  Netsquared. Life on Mars. AVA Opera Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2006

He offered some pointers about how to think strategically about podcasting, when not to do it, and some advice to get started. Brad Stephenson gave a very good overview of the process and the tools. (See resources below) He also shared an interview from the 501c3Cast for Nonprofits. See YouTube interview for more). My del.icio.us

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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. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

" I used the technique two years ago for a presentation at the first netsquared conference called " I Tag the Hand that Feeds Me " or what I should retitle "Meet Sally." Andy Carvin responded with this advice: That's the only way to do it. Here's another one called " Meet Charlie."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! Beth Dunn's " Money for Nothing, IT for Free " has a post about the importance of considering the total cost of a technology investment even if it is free and some advice for getting started. NpTech Conversations. So, you want to build a MashUp? And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2008

In an earlier post, I covered some tips for getting " conversation ready " from Alexandra Samuel's recent workshop at Netsquared. " She points to a post by Caroline Middlebrook with some advice about developing a blog commenting strategy. I need advice! There are other services: CoComment. Co.Comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

Tools Here's yet another post declaring the death of email due to Facebook and Myspace. tools to adopt. It's an online collaborative mapping tool. tools, you need to change your mindset. Wild Apricot Blog has a post about using Meebo , an instant messaging tool, to engage your supporters. Listening is important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. Gobuki Blog identifies the steps from migrating nonprofits from stand-alone email tool to Salesforce. Andy Roberts has a good roundup of advice for encouraging participation on wikis, yet another new kind of online community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? Tools Creating Passionate Users Blog asks " Are our tools making us dumber ?" " and offers some advice to tool makers, teachers, and users.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 10, 2007

I am often asked for advice from nonprofits that want to start a blog. There are lots of theories about what is the best social media tool to first introduce to nonprofits. My final piece of advice to nonprofits is to just start. This post was originally written for the NetSquared blog. Read blogs. Just start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

An article on the NPTimes that offers some good advice about online fundraising using circus metaphors via link from AFP Blog. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week. Powered by ScribeFire.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've gotten a lot of great advice about how to get started and I will share it as I plan to blog what I learn about taking this blog to the next level. Some of the topical themes I will work in more depth: Listening: I have focused on the free tools and have some great step-by-steps. I will explore in more depth the analytics tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

" Jayne Cravens from Coyote Communications offers advice and commentary for nonprofit organizations about online social networking. Michelle Martin writes about her experience as a non-technical programmer creating mashups with some new user-friendly tools. Cross posted at Netsquared 20 practices. Need a chuckle?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

My post over at Katya's blog generated some excellent advice and has also raised many more questions. I posted an announcement of the campaign on my blog and on Netsquared Posted a guest blog post at Katya's blog soliciting campaign advice in exchange to share my learnings. Results My campaign goal is $750 by December 31, 2006.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

The advice/questions: Do most people have and know how to use video cameras to post video replies? Ownership of content advice: " It will depend on what you want to do with the videos. The tools used are low cost (Logitech camera and MovieMaker software). YouTube keeps the copyright, some others don't.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

What is your sense of how these social networking tools, tagging, blogs and the like ??? tools for development, because everyone can now use the web as a space to express themselves, interact and co-create. s possible with free tools. What advice would you give to someone about starting a blog? And Netsquared.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Platforms like Genius Rocket and NetSquared provide nonprofits an opportunity to crowd-source a communications or technological need. Today, it's becoming standard practice to communicate with supporters using tools like Flickr, MySpace , Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. If four years of social media can transform the way U.S.

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