Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

As part of Social Media September (#SocMedSep), we've been tapping into the wisdom of our global TechSoup and NetSquared communities as well as experts in nonprofit technology. Even with great tools, social media management requires regular, close attention. AP: Time is the biggest challenge. Got any social media stories or tips?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Even if you pay only glancing attention to news about technology and social media, you've probably heard something about their uses during disaster response and relief efforts.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2016

'" That opening in Graves of Cotton by Fernando Molina Cortés immediately grabs your attention, and leaves you asking questions and demanding more information. You have three sentences or fewer to catch your reader's attention and convince them your story is worth reading before they move on to something else.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This post was authored by Trenton DuVal, a contributing editor at NetSquared, and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. That article includes links to various resources about using this network for nonprofits, including NetSquared's Think Tank on using LinkedIn for Change. NetSquared's own LinkedIn group.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Not sure if your followers are paying attention to you on Twitter? NetSquared. NetSquared Local groups from around the world are using social media in a variety of ways to promote and collaborate on innovative projects. Read about how the NetSquared Local Warsaw group (NetWtorek) advertises its events through social media.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#. —– There’s something in the wind, other than in-coming winter, that has my attention. That doesn’t mean NetSquared’s perfect, by any measure, but it does mean that a quick abandonment isn’t in store.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2010

Jessica is also a Nonprofit Commons member and NetSquared Local organizer.) People called out various budget items (a space, computers, staff, telephones) as well as intangibles (attention, a mission, passion). Founder Jessica Dally came down from Seattle to give a talk called Run Free: How to Transform Your Community Without Money.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

50 Fascinating Nonprofit Statistics , Douglas Gould Company Must-Know Insights from #15NTC , Kevin Martone, Harold Grinspoon Foundation via Getting Attention 15NTC: Tech Tools & Austin Tips , Roshani Kothari, Ginkgo Street Labs NTEN 2015 Wrap Up , Paul St. 15NTC Community NTC press'

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Not sure if your followers are paying attention to you on Twitter? NetSquared. NetSquared Local groups from around the world are using social media in a variety of ways to promote and collaborate on innovative projects. Read about how the NetSquared Local Warsaw group (NetWtorek) advertises its events through social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Simply put, we are living an era of content abundance. A content curator offers high value to anyone looking for quality content because finding that information (and making sense of it) requires more and more time, attention, and focus. Content Curation Provides Value from the Inside Out. You have to be organized and know your sources.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 5, 2009

years “in business,” this is my personal challenge/resolution for 2009: I want to take the technology we already have and use it to help C3 focus our attention on our constituents and supporters as effectively as we focus on what we do to fight colorectal cancer. That’s my resolution. Social Actions Blog. Weiner Blog. Convio Summit.

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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

JANUARY 20, 2009

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2009

On YouTube the attention span is very short 15 hrs of footage uploaded every minute. grab attention quickly. He shared some recent examples, including those from Netsquared. YouTube video volunteers channel - a video version of All for Good - get video volunteers to create content for nonprofits. psa don't work. Very exciting.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2017

Often, MSPs will only pay attention to something if they are alerted to a problem. Tony Caufield is a longtime IT manager and is founder and organizer of Tech4Good Las Vegas , a NetSquared technology community. Are you paying for services you are not receiving? Embrace IT but ensure you are getting your money's worth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2009

It's great energy - but it requires a lot of attention. I remember when I was a guess blogger on Netsquared early on - it was an amazing experience. But, moving can be a little chaotic - like you can't find anything! You have rewired all those neurons because everything has changed. How to Be a Good Guest Blogger. Click To Play.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

These are best of breed young hackers doing what comes naturally, incited and incented by blazing connections, motivated collaborators, cash reward challenges and future employers’ avid attention. Campus Party is cheap. Food for a week cost another $80. billion to date.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Participate in the 2009 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards voting to see the 60 tag line finalists and get both inspired and thinking strategically about your own tag line. Nancy Schwartz is helping nonprofits do it right: how long has it been since you've considered your organization's tag line? Does it even have one?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 6, 2005

As I mentioned in my November 3rd post , I am working as a Community Builder with NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup. Ed Batista, Executive Director of Attention Trust and Seth Sternberg from Meebo will be presenting. Finally, anyone who is registered on NetSquared can blog on the NetSquared blog about Net2 related things.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! There's going to be a Netsquared Meetup (recommendations for restaurant or location are needed) How will your nonprofit avoid the Meatball Sundae? Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Wonder if smashups are eligible?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

I'm honored to be on the team of live blogging (that is, blogging about an event during an event) for the NetSquared Conference. According to Seth Godin's I'm liveblogging this: "The act of writing things down triggers different areas of our brain, it focuses attention, it makes it easier to remember things."

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 23, 2008

Get everyone's attention in the beginning: tell a story, provide a statistic, read a quote, or show a shocking image. uploaded by Beth Kanter Cross-posted from NetSquared. Review guidelines, like how people can participate (i.e. chat, raise hands), and how to mute phones.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared (where Ushahidi won its first challenge!). On the other hand, because Kickstarter is so popular, you might be able to garner a lot of press or attention for your campaign. Bottom line: Kickstarter might be a bit of a gamble for nonprofits. Indiegogo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

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 +. He talks about the importance of Google implementing brand pages. What are the potential uses for nonprofits? You can find the information for the meet up in my collection of Google + and Nonprofit Links.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2006

" He observes " the combination of excellent short video clips available online, together with an "I could do that" feeling, means we are going to see more and more attention paid to mixed media in knowledge sharing."

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2007

Last week, at NetSquared's San Francisco Net Tuesday Meetup, Steve Miller, Product Manager, Google Earth Outreach spoke to a room of 50+ social changemakers and web innovators about how nonprofits can use Google Earth Outreach for their work. Full disclosure: I am NetSquared's Community Builder.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. Cross posted at Netsquared Might we start seeing tag called "NpTechUk" or a wiki for the UK Riders List? Have an opinion on any of these topics? Change the World! A Few Web2.0

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 29, 2006

Example: Al Gore asked, "What do you think it wil take to reverse the effects of climate change?" • Flickr , "Show how rewarding it is to volunteer, to highlight issues that need extra attention, or to show pride in your cause." This post was originally written for NetSquared. Discuss issues and events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

marketers use them to get attention. Marshall Kirkpatrick's Article on Netsquared : How To Track Mentions of Your Organization. Knowing what others say and think about you is the best and most effective way to improve your profile, positioning, price without needing to hire any expensive marketing consultant. Ego searches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

She caught my attention when she announced her blog over at Netsquared. s Getting Attention. In January, 2006, she started a blog, the Nonprofit Eye , to write about professional topics of interest related to her work as a nonprofit finance professional. Does your current nonprofit employer know you're blogging? Kelly Kleiman???s

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared. On the other hand, because Kickstarter is so popular, you might be able to garner a lot of press or attention for your campaign. where Ushahidi won its first challenge!). Bottom line: Kickstarter might be a bit of a gamble for nonprofits. Indiegogo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2007

Something like the NetSquared open call for projects that happened last month, but mapped to a virtual world. More thoughts from Rik Riel here.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The Hacker Helper project is closely aligned with our NetSquared vision of bringing communities together to solve social problems – including nonprofits, beneficiaries, activists, technologists, concerned citizens. Hackathons are most often fast projects that last one to three days. Hacker Helper is currently in beta.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

marketers use them to get attention. Marshall Kirkpatrick's Article on Netsquared : How To Track Mentions of Your Organization. For example, this nonprofit marketer shares his decision about choosing a software tool in light of the recent acquisitions in the market. How do you listen carefully? Ego searches. Yahoo News Google News.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. You always get a bit of bad with the good, however, especially with the news and public attention of a disaster relief effort. When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. How can we do that? The Haiti earthquakes were no exception.

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