Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Read an account of how Canteen , an Australian nonprofit dedicated to supporting teenagers with cancer, used social media to raise awareness for an online and offline campaign. NetSquared. NetSquared Local groups from around the world are using social media in a variety of ways to promote and collaborate on innovative projects.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

She recently shared her social media and community-building wisdom at an event organized by the SF Tech4Good group and the San Francisco Online Community Meetup Group. They also work with celebrity speakers, volunteers, and a large online community to raise awareness and support action to end human trafficking. Learn More.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2010

Educate: Important to train or make employees aware of the implications. Altimeter Group has a good collection (although mostly corporate) on its wiki. Netsquared is running a thinktank on this topic and you contribute your ideas here. The social media policy tool helps you with part of the of step 1. . Have some thoughts?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 21, 2009

What if a group of nonprofits got together and created an application where you could donate to one, or all of the groups, each month through your iTunes account?" This month's Net2ThinkTank question on NetSquared is, “What do you think will be the big changes, new technologies, hot applications, or successful campaigns of 2009?”

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

TechSoup Taiwan discussed a few organizations that are using gaming to raise awareness about certain issues. One example of gaming for good is the PETA Pokemon game, which seeks to raise awareness about lab animal testing. Want to learn more about how gaming is changing social issue awareness and fundraising?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Moderated by NTEN membership director, former NetSquared organizer, and friend of TechSoup Amy Sample Ward , "Rethinking Movement Buildling" brought together three luminaries from organizations whose stock-in-trade are movements to promote social change. Movement Building and Elections. The moment of opportunity had passed.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 29, 2006

Answers, "Raise awareness for your cause." Examples: Users' Earthday photos and the LGBT photo pool • YahooGroups , "Start a new group or join an existing group. Examples: Climate Concern's Group and the ONE Campaign's Groups. So why not choose one that raises awareness for your favorite cause?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

We suggest also finding your nearest NetSquared group , where nonprofits and technologists come together for social impact! You can raise awareness by sharing the news using the hashtag #TechHire on social media and following @WhiteHouseOSTP on Twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

What should Netsquared's Facebook strategy be? These are events where a group of bloggers write about a particularly topic on a particular day. Blog Carnivals tend to be topic driven with a smaller number of participants compared to blog action projects that are advocacy or marketing driven and may include larger groups of bloggers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2006

She was introduced to Second Life 18 months ago as a focus group participant for Linden Labs , the developers of Second Life. " She didn't become aware any "serious" uses until six months later when she mentioned Second Life to good friend in LA, Tom Maroney (???Frank Even though I didn???t Frank Foley???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Are older groups evolving quickly enough? Will new "online" groups drive their predecessors to extinction? Is one better than the other? Sl’ack-Ti-vism.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Consider the groups you will want to track or by which you will want to arrange members: donors, activists, organizers, stakeholders, partners, volunteers, supporters, and so on. Or, you may need to get one that can work for many kinds of groups. The sessions are short (only 50 minutes!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Are older groups evolving quickly enough? Will new "online" groups drive their predecessors to extinction? Is one better than the other? Sl’ack-Ti-vism.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Are older groups evolving quickly enough? Will new "online" groups drive their predecessors to extinction? Is one better than the other?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Transparency and Digital Identity Marnie Webb has a live blog post from the Online Community Summit from a session called " Holding Power Accountable: Transparency, Data, and Community " which was how a community can form and activate around the concept of data - raise awareness achieve social change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

This articles provides some excellent tips and strategies for a successful group approach to blogging. Laura's Notebook has turned pink for the month of October to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month and so has Michelle Martin. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2006

During that time, I discovered this group of English majors who had started their own Internet Company. At the netsquared conference , I spoke with someone from a small nonprofit about Second Life. I grew up just outside of Detroit Michigan, daughter of a police officer and nurse. I fell into the wonderful world of web site creation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

SaveGuimaras is a group of individuals who are dedicated to raising awareness on the recent oil-spill tragedy in Guimaras, Philippines. If you check out their blog, you will notice that the group has a presence on myspace, friendster, YouTube, and few other communities. And yes, I've painstakingly sent out letters to care2.members

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

I think there is now lots of evidence to suggest that American consumers are increasingly aware of the world's problems. They're aware that poverty around the world is not diminishing, they're aware that environment degradation is a looming problem. We're aware of that. Climate change is on people's minds.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

As some of you know, part of my work is being the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that facilitates the adoption of social web tools by nonprofits and NGOs. NetSquared badges to put on your blog, web site or email signature. • Another example is ilovemountains' new mashup for their "What's My Connection?"

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

When I was in Australia last year, I met Priscilla Brice Weller who worked for a native rights group. They need to know that you are aware of all players’ opinions and then they will take your cause or point of view more seriously than if you completely ignore the issue. They have published their commenting policy on the site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

We'll soon be unveiling a full set of tools to let you manage your local event and build a strong local climate group in the lead-up to 24 October." Every month, the NetSquared community comes together offline at Net Tuesday events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate. Then check out. Net Tuesdays.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Built for nonprofits, Lightful is a social media management platform that enables organizations to schedule social media posts ahead of time and provides analytics to help organizations raise more awareness and funds. NetSquared :: netsquared.org. Loomly :: loomly.com. The service also provides analytics about content performance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Specifically for nonprofits, Lightful is a social media management platform that enables organizations to schedule social media posts ahead of time and provides analytics to help organizations raise more awareness and funds. Social Media for Nonprofits Organizations LinkedIn Group :: linkedin.com/groups/1172477.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2006

I came across her work while researching examples of nonprofits using the social web for social change for NetSquared and am looking forward to meeting her in person when she speaks at the NetSquared Conference next week. Heddy also writes for the Global Youth Fund blog. The first step is to get educated. Use your voice!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

The homicide rate, as people are probably aware of, has just really increased in the last few years in Oakland, where I live. And interestingly, there was a group of women who really had put that on the map as well. What I do is, I write for several blogs, as she mentioned. We have four initiatives. This is about our community.

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