Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

TechSoup and the NetSquared meetups are here to help. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston: Storymakers 2017! Portland, Oregon: NTEN Presents: Oregon Nonprofit Tech Roundup.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

NetSquared’s Global Community Builder , Amy Sample Ward, will be at the NTC this year to connect and collaborate with friends, colleagues and new faces in the sector. Here’s how to find Amy and connect with NetSquared. NetSquared Office Hours. Have questions about NetSquared, Net Tuesdays or innovation Challenges?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In celebration of the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft announced the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest in partnership with NetSquared. Design with Your Audience in Mind. A good app idea will not only solve a problem your audience has - it will be easily accessible to them. Test and Refine.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2015

Online Marketing Every Month: How to Engage Your Audience from January to December CharityHowTo / Webinar / Fee: $77. Community of Practice: Chat with Anne Kreamer NTEN / Community of Practice: Women in NPTECH / Fee: Free. Ask The Expert: Finding Funding for Technology Projects NTEN / Webinar #NTENlearn / Fee: Free / Members Only.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. NTEN’s 09NTC just wrapped up in San Francisco and many conversations at the conference focused on social media use by nonprofits. Below are a few simple thoughts of my own: Use the social media tools that are appropriate for your work and that will connect you to your target audience.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2017

NetSquared organizers bring together the nonprofit technology community for face-to-face meetings. Luckily for you, our NetSquared leaders are super creative when planning their #Tech4Good events. Find your closest NetSquared group. Or, apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Join us at your local group.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Claire Sale, NetSquared. So, I turned that question to my friends and the NetSquared community, and got some really great responses that I'd like to share with you. They're all specialized networks targeted at an older audience: Seniors Meetup Groups - This is a list of meetup groups for seniors by seniors. Getting Specialized.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

NetSquared gathers together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who's interested in using technology for social change. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , HandsOn Tech , DataKind , and more. Thursday, September 17, 2015.

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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. Maddie Grant, founding partner at Culture That Works and NTEN board member. Your audience will respond to stories that immediately grab their attention. Brand it and test it.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

We need honest feedback from a wide audience of non-profits to distill themes. Influencers and organizations like NTEN and Netsquared are prime to be the leading voice in setting vision for how technology is intended to be for nonprofits. Because that, we come up with hypotheses on how technology should work.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Strategy : Highlight the strategies that specifically address the problems (this assumes you’ve already used a process to identify your audience and goals and chosen the corresponding/appropriate tools to match). Tags: challenge community presentation beth kanter crowds crowdsourcing netsquared nten sxsw. What do you think?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Beth''s Blog recently featured a guest post by Christian Arno, Using Social Media Internationally: How Not to Get Lost in Translation , full of useful tips for anyone with a global audience. No matter where you are, there''s still a week left for you to hone your social media skills during Social Media September.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

She posted a pointer on the NTEN Nonprofit Flickr Affinity Group list today. s interest to education and engage new audiences. Just last week, Lee Romeo, posted something over a Netsquared about a similar use of flickr - people holding signs. This has also been done by NTEN and Netsquared.

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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? What I wonder is whether difference audiences are being reached? Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

She said that, while there are definitely some organizations that are using them effectively, in general "there's a limited audience that knows what to do with a QR code and is willing to do it." " Learn More.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

It is important to think about the benefits, objectives, and audience before jumping on the social networking bandwagon. I suspect NTEN's presence in Portland has something to do it! " Jeremy Pepper , who spoke at this month's NetSquared Net Tuesday Meetup , is the director of communications. and social networking tools?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference.

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Care2

MAY 1, 2008

Heres the outline: Tell a story Keep the audience in mind Make a clear call to action Shoot video with repurposing in mind Think outside the box Prepare a script and get some feedback B-roll is important Sound is critical Give the viewer the right web tools Host a screening To get the details, read the full article.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

We'll cover the back-to-basics of successful email marketing including audience surveys and demographics, improving CTR, benchmarking yourself, open rates, and list "churn." Find NetSquared at NTC. " Local Community Organizers Affinity Group. Claire Sale. Details here.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

A few blog redesign resources I need to sink my teeth into after I share my goals, audience, etc. Social Media Audience Research and Social Network Analysis: I've been tracking social media research snippets for a while, but not in a very well organized way. Whiteboard: Why Less is More in Design. The Blog Usability Checklist.

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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? sticky???

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Everything revolves around the audience. Reach a broader audience: More than 500M Google Earth users today; Drive people to your site; Gain members, volunteers, donors, media coverage. It really depends on the audience you are trying to engage. What is your real output?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 22, 2006

Many of these blogs have been mentioned on this blog before or on NetSquared. Example: NetSquared's blog is a community blog that anyone can post to about resources, events and information related to how nonprofits and NGOs can use the social web for social change. 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs 1. I added the bold.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

The On-Demand Nonprofit Katrin Verclas at NTEN examines the implications for nonprofits about the recent announcement of the free Google Premier Apps, a suite of on-demand Google services. Nancy Schwartz writes about the importance of email newsletter welcome messages because your audience is most engaged as a new subscriber.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

I think NTEN is a terrific example of the rule of thirds. Participate: Once you know what the audience is saying, the next step is to engage in a conversation with them. You can find more stories and lots of tips and resources in the WeAreMedia Listening Module and really basic primer from the NTEN Social Media Newsletter. #4

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Depending on your organization's work and audience, you may not have to. I write for the NetSquared blog each day (it takes me anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour depending on the topic), but it is also designed to be a community blog, so any registered user can post on it about how nonprofits are using the social web for social change.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Before I worked at NTEN, I managed the NetSquared program at TechSoup Global. At that time, most of NetSquared’s content came from the community blog, where anyone working at the intersection of technology and social impact could create a profile and contribute to the blog with stories, case studies, and more.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. Who : NetSquared and other Community Organizers. When : 9:00 a.m.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Therefore, when crafting your social media communications strategy, focus on the qualities you want to be associated with and not the target audience you want to reach. Platforms like Genius Rocket and NetSquared provide nonprofits an opportunity to crowd-source a communications or technological need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience. Oh, I so want a NTEN baseball cap !) Nonprofit Software Earlier this month, Convio alerted its nonprofit clients of an Online Security Issue as reported by the nonprofit tech blog (be sure to read through the comments), NTEN and TechSoup blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Choosing which of these tools to adopt starts with outcomes, strategy, message, and knowing your audience - and nothing to do with the tools. So the issue is more how to best match your strategy, outcomes, and audience with the right tool and what type of simple experiment can you set up and what will you learn?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

I’d like to extend my thanks to Emily and Beth for participating, and to all of the audience for your good, insightful questions. There is also a generic organization one - but a lot of NTEN conversations happen through Holly and other staff. Some specific groups exist: social media club , netsquared , tweetup , etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Marshall Kirkpatrick, longtime Netsquared blogger, is now working with Splashcast also at DEMO 07 this week. Check out this splashcast channel with a nonprofit theme created by Netsquared Blogger, Britt Bravo. Cross-posted at Netsquared Definitely a must-read, particularly the post by Steve Bridger on the power of storytelling.

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