Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 15, 2007

One of my jobs is as the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that works to help nonprofits and NGOs use the social web for social change. If you, or someone you know, is working on a tech for social impact project, please encourage them to nominate their project for a NetSquared Innovation Fund Award.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Winners in each category will be awarded a $10,000 prize by a panel of judges present at the NetSquared Conference (N2Y3). How would you mashup the Network for Good donation processing service with other services to make it easier for nonprofits to raise money online?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2009

TechSoup Global's NetSquared project is doing some amazing work, particularly on the use of mobile technologies and social change around the world. Here's a quick snapshot of some of the projects they're working on now: Case studies: Amy Sample Ward has posted the first in a series of NetSquared case studies on their site.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

NetSquared Local Reaches 70 Groups Worldwide! NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "In the last two months, we've had 5 new NetSquared Local groups join the scene, bringing the new official number to 70 groups worldwide! Below is a list of the new groups that have just gotten started.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2008

Congratulations to Marnie Webb for winning the 2008 NTEN Award at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in New Orleans. As the winner of last year's award I got to introduce her. Britt Bravo has a write up on NetSquared. Vince Stehl was also given a life time achievement award. I set up a blog, wrote two posts and stopped.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2007

Starting this week, you can vote for the best NetSquared Innovation Fund Award nominated projects until Saturday, April 14th at Noon PDT. When you're ready, log into the NetSquared site (you can become a registered user here ) and vote for 5-10 of your favorite projects. The complete list of projects can be found here.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

FACT Social Justice Challenge (2010) | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org: "The French American Charitable Trust (FACT) is pleased to announce the second annual FACT Social Justice Awards. and France that educate,

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. Through a NetSquared Community vote, 20 finalists will be chosen. Winners will receive cash awards of $5,000 (first place), $3,000 (second place), and $2,000 (third place). Winners will receive cash awards of $5,000 (first place), $3,000 (second place), and $2,000 (third place).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

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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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

N2Y4 Mobile Challenge: 15 Featured Projects Announced | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org - Last week, the NetSquared Community voted on the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge to determine the 15 Featured Projects who will be invited to compete for $50K in cash-prizes and additinoal in-kind resources at this year's N2Y4 Conference.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

" Net2 Think Tank Round-Up: Finding Volunteers Online | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – Looking for ways to recruit volunteers online? Check out the Net2 Think Tank for ideas! "For When we launched MIYO, our aim was to introduce the concept of citizen-centered philanthropy.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

Our partner See3 will announces the winners of the 2016 GoDooder Video Awards at the 2016 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). TechSoup's storytelling campaign will have four prizes: Best Nonprofit Video, Best Nonprofit Photo, an Audience Award, and a Stories of Tomorrow Award. What Can You Do?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The contest's stellar panel of judges will dish out awards in the following categories: Best Overall Windows 8 App: $15,000. There's also a People's Choice App award of $10,000! This post was authored by Elijah van der Giessen , a community curator for NetSquared, a project of TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

Our partner See3 has announced the winner of the 2016 GoDooder Video Awards. TechSoup's storytelling campaign will have four prizes: Best Nonprofit Video, Best Nonprofit Photography, Audience Choice Award, and Best Story of Tomorrow Award. The Best Story of Tomorrow Award is focused on youth and the next generation.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

TechSoup's NetSquared ( @netsquared ) community manager, Eli van der Giessen ( @elijah ), and Tech4Good SWFL organizer Birgit Pauli-Hack ( @bph ) are thrilled to offer this opportunity for online and offline community organizers to learn from each other! Want to know if NetSquared is right for you? in YOUR Community.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

During the early days of our Netsquared project , we held big annual conferences to showcase and fund innovative tech for good. We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. I was there that year and the competition was intense.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

Winners will be crowd-sourced from conference participants and receive cash-awards on day 2 of the event. No worries, share your expertise, or get involved in a hands-on session happening in the NetSquared Garage. REGISTER here! Still unsure? Here’s 3 ways participants dive into the mix with the N2Y4 Conference structure: 1.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 20, 2009

Edward Harran is a blogger and nonprofit technologist I have connected with through NetSquared, this blog, and of course Twitter. I was recently awarded a scholarship to attend the NTEN (Non Profit Technology Network) Conference in San Franciscio, which is going to be held from April 26th-28th, 2009. So here I am. I need your help.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

Eastern), where we'll hear from the pros in the world of storytelling for change: Michael Hoffman, Founder and CEO of See3 Communications , and creator of the DoGooder Video Awards ; and. Joe Lambert, creator of the Center for Digital Storytelling and literally the guy who wrote the book on digital storytelling for changemakers.

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NTEN

AUGUST 12, 2011

projects can be expensive, and not all foundations are excited to award grants for an IT overhaul. At this month’s Philadelphia NetSquared event, Ivan Boothe of Rootwork spoke about the implications of Google+ for nonprofits and social change. Her first suggestion: define your blogging goals. Check it out ! Funding I.T.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2015

This year Netsquared's own Eli van der Giessen, Birgit Pauli-Haack, and Regina Walton won NTENny awards, as well as Lauren Girardin and our beloved colleague, Michael DeLong, who passed away this past year. What Are the NTENny Awards Again? " Eli van der Giessen, NetSquared Global Community Manager.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

For a taste of nptech goings-on all around the world, NetSquared Local shares community highlights from the month of May and gets its fans excited about future projects in their recent monthly roundup. is awarding their Salesforce QuickStart Implementation Package to a deserving nonprofit organization or social enterprise.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 22, 2008

Did you know that reuse groups, like last year's 3rd place NetSquared Innovation Award winner, Freecycle , are the most trafficked on Yahoo! This post originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. Yesterday, Yahoo! launched its " Free Is Good" campaign to help promote reuse. From April 20 -May 4 Yahoo! green reuse Yahoo!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2006

The awards recognize individual and business and celebrate the growing community contribution to. I almost spilled my latte all over my keyboard when I read in Britt Bravo's post over at Netsquared that I was nominated for a Vloggie along with Netsquared Vlog and Alive in Baghdad and Sustainable Route.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

NetSquared. Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards ! Congrats to Allison Fine for the Terry McAdam Book Award. GoogleEarth launches Nonprofit Outreach Program via the NTEN blog and NetSquared community blog. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning. NpTech Talk.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 27, 2007

The widget is funded by the $25,000 first prize NetSquared Innovation Award that MAPLight.org received at the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) , and by the Sunlight Foundation. Full disclosure: I work for NetSquared. By September 15th, MAPLight.org plans to release a widget for U.S. campaign finance election president

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

They reached to these communities through the NetSquared Warsaw groups, tech- and startup-focused meetups, and through local universities such as the Warsaw University of Technology. The Public Choice Award: Rollerblading map of Warsaw is an app for rollerbladers that lets users easily map and share recreational routes.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. Apps for Good "is an award-winning course where young people learn to create imaginative mobile apps that change their world." story chronicled a middle school student who built an app to help him.

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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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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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change. There's still time to submit your nomination before October 31, 2011 for this year's Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public interest.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

His firm, Avencia , is an award winning GIS consultancy. His firm, Avencia , is an award winning GIS consultancy. Given the fantastic feedback we received from our NetSquared GIS presentation, I was very pleased to learn that NTEN is featuring Robert in a forthcoming webinar. I recommend it highly.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 11, 2007

The nonprofit, TransFair USA , is one of twenty members of Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International , the only third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States, and a three-time winner of Fast Company Magazine’s Social Capitalist awards. This post was written for the NetSquared blog. So Why Now?"

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

NetSquared is partnering with UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center for a Mobile Innovation Challenge. Video submissions are being accepted for the 3rd Annual DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards, co-sponsored by See3 Communications and NTEN. The winner will be announced at the NTC !

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