Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

With this in mind, Jamie and her team decided to do something greater for their clients and for themselves as givers, so they set their sights on building a campaign that would be meaningful for their entire city, Baltimore. Like all of Baltimore’s citizens, they understood that a healthier city is good for all members of the community.

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Candid

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The fund at CFF will focus on supporting high-impact efforts for local- and system-level improvements in Florida, as well as on making bolder bets on a broader scale on underinvested opportunities. More than $6.7 million awarded to Chicago neighborhood anchor projects. Templeton Foundation launches youth prize in honor of Jane Goodall.

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Forum One

JULY 18, 2023

Forum One is partnering with local governments, federal agencies, and nonprofits to design approaches that enhance organizations’ IT infrastructure by increasing efficiency, opening new data analytics possibilities, connecting systems, and reducing cost. If you’re confused about how to approach the problem, you’re not alone.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? Social Innovation Week is coming to Baltimore. Guatemala: Visita de Experto de Taiwan - Campus Tec - 27 de septiembre. Saturday, September 28. Busia, Kenya: Blue Bells Orphans And Vulnerable Support Program /Kenya.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

501 Tech Clubs are informal local groups that meet regularly to get to know their colleagues, develop a professional support network, and talk shop. Today we give a hearty THANK YOU to our 501 Tech Club leaders. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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DipJar

DECEMBER 21, 2021

A trip to the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, saw 1,500 people visit. There have been state-wide treasure hunts with local partners, cultivation events at car dealerships, and more, smaller events all around the state. As parents of autistic children know, family outings can quickly spiral into stressful occasions.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Join your local NetSquared group. No local group? Baltimore, MD: A Social Media Surgery in Baltimore. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Submit your digital video, five photographs, or a super-short story. We have $13,000 in prizes available! Looking for inspiration for your digital story?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Find your local #nptech tribe by joining a NetSquared Local group. Philadelphia, PA: Using Social Media to Connect and Strengthen Local Communities. Baltimore, MD: September Tech & Soc Change Baltimore Meetup: Hands-On HTML & CSS. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? Robert Kibaya introduced 30 local nonprofits to the tools of the social web. Baltimore’s Kate Bladow reports back from her most recent events and Social Innovation Week. Honolulu, HI: Creating a Facebook Fan Page for Your Club or Organizations. Thursday, October 31.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2017

Given these difficult times, we'd like to feature some local organizations that are doing great work, but not getting a lot of attention every day. House of Ruth — Baltimore. The Baltimore, Maryland nonprofit helps victims by offering them temporary shelter in its 84-bed shelter or six transitional housing apartments.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2013

We’ll be hosting social media surgeries for local nonprofits and community activists. Find your local #nptech tribe and consider sharing your skills as a volunteer surgeon by joining a NetSquared Local group. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? Don’t believe me? Event Reports.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. Baltimore, Maryland: WordPress 101 and Tech Help and Consultations. Baltimore, Maryland: Salesforce 101 for Nonprofits and Free Tech Help and Guidance. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Second Meeting of local members. Baltimore, MD: March Tech & Social Change Meetup. Open Houston and The City of Houston drafted a group of volunteer designers, writers and data scientists to streamline the local government’s communication strategy. Warsaw, Poland: Open Access.

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Care2

AUGUST 18, 2011

. “We've started attaching a QR code to the request that links to a video from a local volunteer who makes a personal ask for the meeting. National Aquarium in Baltimore. The National Aquarium in Baltimore uses QR codes directly posted on their exhibits throughout the Aquarium. We think this has huge potential.

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NTEN

MARCH 5, 2013

Beyond generous, this is a community that loves to connect - online and offline - so the fundraising campaign focused on just that: delivering you more local community-driven events from NTEN in 2013. Our board even matched your donations! When we launched the campaign, our goal was to reach a total of $30,000.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Here’s your monthly update from the world of NetSquared Local. What Is NetSquared Local? NetSquared Local is TechSoup's volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. NetSquared Local groups hold monthly in-person events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

So join your local NetSquared group and start participating in the fun. And if you don’t have a local group we’ll help you start your own. Baltimore, MD: April Tech & Social Change Meetup. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Meeting of local members. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: April Meeting of local members.

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Care2

OCTOBER 1, 2011

The Care2 Team will be near and far this month--mostly local, but with a couple trips across the pond. We'll also have a table and plenty of Care2-ers at the Convio Summit in Baltimore, so don't be a stranger if you see us there, and make sure to ask about Care2's Convio Databridge -- it turns one year old this week! Fall has arrived!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

Baltimore, Maryland: Give Back Hack Day: 2–3 Website Redesigns (WordPress!). Baltimore, Maryland: Salesforce CRM Tutorial and Free Tech Help Session! Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Image: New Orleans Net2NO meetup / New Orleans Local via NetSquared / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

That means it’s time for our monthly roundup of all the crazy goodness created by NetSquared Local in May. What is NetSquared Local? NetSquared Local is TechSoup’s volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. NetSquared Local organizers rallied around Ushahidi’s BRCK kickstarter.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

Not only will you be contributing your skills to local nonprofits, but you’ll also be building your reputation and connecting with your tribe. Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of local members. Baltimore, MD: Your Data is Ugly and Your Funders Don’t Love You. You should, because it’s awesome fun.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

NetSquared Local group Tech & Social Change Baltimore hosted a presentation on CRM for nonprofits. TechSoup's partner in Australia, Connecting Up, spent the month of September educating Australian nonprofits on CRM. Here's a selection of their informative articles and blog posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2015

.” Robert Rosenthal, who has lived in Katmandu over the past year, said that large networks like the one that Global Giving is supporting do this level of coordination on a smaller basis, working with local grantees on the ground to create projects and direct funds while collaborating with communication teams to keep the story alive.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Guests received haircuts while employees from a local Target store painted and updated the Shelter’s three-room common area. Local business owners worked with people recovering from substance abuse on local recycling and beautification projects.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

" Local humor aside, the project is exciting: 31 public parks in San Francisco will get free Wi-Fi for at least two years. Because technology access varies in different communities, HP picked three diverse areas to start Digital Villages: a Baltimore neighborhood, the Southern California Tribal Community, and East Palo Alto, CA.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

NetSquared groups focus on topics that address their unique local tech challenges, but once a quarter, we select a common theme. In the US, the Chicago and Portland groups visited their local Microsoft stores to learn how to leverage the Office 365 donation. Baltimore, Maryland: Google AdWords and Free Tech Help. Europe and UK.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Baltimore, MD: February Tech & Social Change - Social Media Analytics. Philadelphia, PA: Crowdsourcing Change: Applying the Social Web to Some Philly Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

For example, the San Francisco Public Library's website has a page that curates local services and resources on preparing for and dealing with the aftermath of an earthquake. After the shooting of Michael Brown by the local police, the city of Ferguson, Missouri erupted in chaos, violence, and unrest.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

Baltimore, Maryland: Web Dev Day for Three Nonprofits. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Wednesday, August 10, 2016. Cleveland, Ohio: Social Media Workshop. Saturday, August 13, 2016. Monday, August 15, 2016. Africa + Middle East.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared meetups will bring local nonprofits free digital storytelling workshops in more than 40 cities between August and October. Baltimore, Maryland: Fundraising Tech 101 and Tech Help/Consultations. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Here at TechSoup, we're big on stories.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

Baltimore, Maryland: Reaching the Hearts of Your Audience. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Brooklyn, New York: Protecting Data in the Digital Age for Nonprofits. Arlington, Texas: DFW Nonprofit Geeks. Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Denver, Colorado: AdWords Meetup. Wednesday, January 21, 2015.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

That's why we do an annual survey of our members — because our local volunteers are always striving to figure out how they can help your nonprofit use technology to do more good. Baltimore, Maryland: Project Management Day of Service. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

Last spring the Urban Institute and the Racial Diversity Collaborative released a study called Measuring Racial-Ethnic Diversity in the Baltimore-Washington Region's Nonprofit Sector. In addition, the study found that Executive Directors of color mostly lead local or regional organizations, not national organizations.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts? NetSquared groups held 23 Storymakers events, helping local nonprofits use video strategically. Baltimore, Maryland: Web Dev Day for 3 Nonprofits. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Well, there are!

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Baltimore, Maryland: Google AdWords and Free Tech Help. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Columbus, Ohio: Nonprofit IT Forum. Wednesday, June 14, 2017. How Do You Use It?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. Baltimore, Maryland: WordPress 101 and Tech Help Consultations. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Friday, October 6, 2017.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Look for online community news outlets like Patch.com that allow individuals to submit local news stories for posting. Here’s an example from a small local event: We posted this story to the “Trib Local” (a Chicago Tribune local news blog). Variations went to other informal news outlets. Dozer got his own Facebook page.

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