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Community-Building Tweet Chat on July 17: Contests and Challenges

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Here at TechSoup, we know that contests and challenges are an excellent way to marshal the enthusiasm and talent of our community. Our annual Digital Storytelling Challenge , Restart Romania , and NetSquared challenges are just a few examples of how we get our community members engaged at multiple levels.

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Open Challenges Harness Local Knowledge for Local Change

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Since the first NetSquared challenge in 2006, TechSoup has continued to offer people and organizations opportunities to connect, share ideas, and collaborate; they work on solutions online and offline through events, meetups, and hackathons. He said that roughly half of the people who participate in these challenges are programmers.

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Social Media and Community-Building Tips from Not For Sale's Sarah Potts

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Sarah Potts is the Community Manager at Not For Sale, and that is her challenge. 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. Not For Sale operates in Peru, the Netherlands, India, South Africa, and Romania.

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Social Media Tips from the TechSoup Global Network

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By now, you've probably heard all the benefits of building a social media presence on Facebook or Twitter. Read a recap of TechSoup and TechSoup Romania's Tweet Chat , which explored content curation and discussed the best tools for it. Here are five questions to explore when building a social media presence. NetSquared.

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Turning City Data into Apps with Apps4Warsaw

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Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. Because of TechSoup Europe's involvement in other app challenges, such as Restart Romania and Community Boost_r , the organization has experience in this work.

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Social Media Tips from the TechSoup Global Network

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By now, you've probably heard all the benefits of building a social media presence on Facebook or Twitter. Read a recap of TechSoup and TechSoup Romania's Tweet Chat , which explored content curation and discussed the best tools for it. Here are five questions to explore when building a social media presence. NetSquared.