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Transform Your Communications & Collaboration With Slack

Saleforce Nonprofit

The technology organization designs, deploys, and supports open-source software for health workers providing care in the world’s hardest-to-reach communities. For the past two years, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Canada has promoted its annual Day of Care on Slack. Collaboration from anywhere is key to their mission.

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Great reads from around the web on December 15th

Amy Sample Ward

The Boston Globe published an article in September, subtitled, “Billions of dollars and a Nobel Prize later, it looks like ‘microlending’ doesn’t actually do much to fight poverty.&# " – I'm interested to hear what you all think about this issue, especially now during the 'giving season.'

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Find an Awesome Nonprofit Tech Training Near You

Tech Soup

Highlights this month include website accessibility in Portland, Oregon; project management in Boston, Massachusetts; and data visualization in Las Vegas, Nevada. Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: Managing Nonprofit IT Projects, Tasks, and Teams. Kitchener, Ontario: Promoting Open Source. Thursday, October 6, 2016.

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Social Media Opportunities for Social Movements | Open Media Boston

AFP Blog

Social Media Opportunities for Social Movements | Open Media Boston: "Social Media Opportunities for Social Movementsby Jesse Kirdahy-Scalia (Staff), Sep-19-08 * Open Source * Tech Newsmass_media_forum.jpgTraditional mass media forums provide few opportunities for weak social movement organizations to advance their frames.

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Need Hands-on Help? NetSquared's Free Workshops Are in Your Community

Tech Soup

Boston, Massachusetts: Monthly Pitch Night | BostonSpeaks/Impact Hub Open Project Night. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Boston, Massachusetts: Community Class — Intro to Design Thinking and Prototyping.

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Why Nonprofits Need a Values-Based Social Media Strategy

Non Profit Quarterly

Some users are migrating to new platforms, like Post, or to decentralized, open-source services, like Mastodon. Long-time users of Twitter are concerned about hate and harassment after Elon Musk recently acquired the company, as some accounts that were previously banned for violating the platform’s content policies are now reinstated.

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NetSquared Volunteers Help Nonprofits Like You Master Technology

Tech Soup

Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Doing a Data Dive to Find Data About Children and Families. Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Integrated Services and Emerging Technologies for Nonprofits. Monday, May 1, 2017. Mississauga, Ontario: Geek Talk — Coffee & Convo.