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Start 2017 by Building Your Tech Skills and Community

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TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs. Why Are You a NetSquared Member? We asked NetSquared members why they attend our meetup events. Find your closest NetSquared group.

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

Tech Soup

It originally appeared on NetSquared. The platform has been rolled out to 54 African countries and will support the gathering, access, management and analysis of quality data from African countries. Open Source data NetSquared big data' Some examples of NGOs using data visualization to tell important stories are also given.

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Start Your September with New Tech Skills

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If there isn't a group nearby, we'll help you start your own NetSquared group. What have NetSquared groups been up to recently? NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * Or, apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Want to learn about PCI compliance?

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TechSoup at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference

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We’ll draw from recent experiences in setting up an active advisory group made up of NGO partners from all corners of the globe; our network-wide campaign to survey NGO technology trends in 24 languages; and, our own technology solution to communicating with these partners to deliver services in 37 countries. Find NetSquared at NTC.

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NpTech: Summer Vacations, Who Let the NpTech Dogs Out, and IPhone Fundraising!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Beaconfire Consultants has an analysis of nonprofit apps on Facebook. The HighTouch Blog points to a survey from 160Characters detailing how quickly people expect responses from various forms of communication. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Nonprofits Lead Fortune 500 in Social Web Adoption, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Sue Waters offers some tips for improving the quality of screencasts and a thoughtful analysis of the pros/cons of using JingProject, a free easier to use screencasting tool also from TechSmith. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Michele Martin is already exploring.

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Must Hear Speech from Barack Obama and the Power of Podcasting

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One of the reasons I am so excited about the work I am doing with NetSquared is because I think that these new web-based tools, especially podcasts, are an incredible way for nonprofits to get the word out about their causes, especially when they are listened to through headphones. I say all this not to score cheap political points.

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