Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

TechSoup will be hosting a pre-conference workshop on Office 365; exhibiting at the NTC Science Fair; speaking at plenary events, breakout sessions, and a "Birds of a Feather" lunch; and facilitating networking opportunities. Check NTC's schedule for specific events and hours. Want to connect with Steve in advance of NTC?

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2015

Activating Your Community: Building a Network of Changemakers — Submitted by Eli van der Giessen, NetSquared community manager. Community Organizers Connect — Birgit Pauli-Haack, organizer of Tech4Good SWFL, a NetSquared-affiliated group.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

TechSoup will be ALL OVER NTC this year. Here are seven ways you can get connected at NTC. We are thrilled to have so many partners with us at NTC and look forward to introducing you to them in the exhibit hall and throughout the conference! Want to know if NetSquared is right for you? Visit Our Booth. in YOUR Community.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2016

By voting for the sessions you want to see at the conference, you're helping build a lineup that delivers the most relevant and practical educational content. Editors' note: NetSquared organizers and TechSoup staff submitted sessions, and we would LOVE it if you weighed in and voted!]. How to Vote for NTC Sessions.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

NetSquared’s Global Community Builder , Amy Sample Ward, will be at the NTC this year to connect and collaborate with friends, colleagues and new faces in the sector. Here’s how to find Amy and connect with NetSquared. Find more ways to follow virtually from NTC-Live. NetSquared Office Hours.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 24, 2013

Net2Local, TechSoup Global’s grassroots #nptech community-building initiative has (almost) reached the end of 2013. The NetSquared Regional Ambassadors come together in Washington, DC before the NTC conference to learn how to better support Net2Local organizers in their region. Event NetSquared tsevent' Hi friends!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. Especially with the increased use of social media tools to help community building activity around causes or specific organizations.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Every month I bring you a roundup of free technology training events that will help nonprofit staffers like you build their skills. " That's why TechSoup invests in developing the best practices of our NetSquared network. Find your closest NetSquared group. Or, you can apply today to start your own NetSquared group.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Net2Local, TechSoup Global’s grassroots #nptech community-building initiative has almost reached the end of 2013. That means Net2Local organizers are reaching as many people as NTEN’s NTC conference every quarter ! NetSquared Camps and Travel Bursaries. Event NetSquared tsevent' What did we do? August 2013.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

For those interested in strengthening civil society in general, today's digital spaces are one of the few arenas in which big ideas can reach big audiences, build constituency, and clearly demonstrate political will. March 22, 2016 — First NetSquared Storymakers 2016 meetup in DC. Want to see inspiring examples?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

For those interested in strengthening civil society in general, today's digital spaces are one of the few arenas in which big ideas can reach big audiences, build constituency, and clearly demonstrate political will. March 22, 2016 — First NetSquared Storymakers 2016 meetup in DC. Want to see inspiring examples?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2008

Photo by Markpolous I am one week before the NTC , Day of Service , and Penguin Day and it's pretty crazy to say the least. Netsquared Meet up 5:00 PM. Building, Growing, Sustaining Vibrant Online Community. Bernard leaves hotel 12:30 Training Team works on site from 12-2 Jay Dedman Video Blogging Workshop -2-5. 10:30-Noon.

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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. Having attended ConnectingUp08 and MakingLinks08 ( two of Australia’s largest non-profit technology conferences), I want to build on what I learnt and share those ideas with others.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

And if you can't join in person, you can participate in the Online NTC , with live-streaming sessions, keynotes, and more. Windows Azure is an open and flexible cloud platform that enables you to quickly build, deploy and manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. Find NetSquared at NTC.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

This morning, NetSquared hosted a special unconference at NTC on open data. Tools Web Building. It was a fascinating discussion that touched both on many of the reasons why nonprofits are taking a look at data sharing and on why consequential data sharing can sometimes be challenging or unfeasible for nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

Building a separate site specifically for mobile devices, using a subset of your most important content and functionality. See the Twitter discussion from the NTC session by searching for the hashtag #12NTCmobileprograms. That means you need to make sure your information is viewable and useable on a mobile device. Photo: Alex E.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

I've kind of become an open-data geek in the past few months, largely thanks to NetSquared's unconference at NTC. What if instead, the government made certain data and systems available to citizens, so that we could design and build our own vending machines? You don't get what you wanted out of the machine, so you shake it."

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2015

Every year at NTC, we announce all kinds of award winners. Eli van der Giessen , NetSquared Global Community Manager, TechSoup Global. We love getting to acknowledge the winners live on stage, but we also want to shout out their praises online for anyone who wasn''t there to applaud in person.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. Who : NetSquared and other Community Organizers. When : 9:00 a.m.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian Institution I've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. NetSquared is partnering with UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center for a Mobile Innovation Challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

So, you want to build a MashUp? Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! the skills identified in this workshop or sessions at the upcoming NTC designed to look at change issues that technology surfaces from the viewpoint of executive directors or IT staff might help. NpTech Conversations. And if you???re

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Can your theory of change be hard coded into what your social benefit organization builds? From the time I started using CoTweet, every feature, every interaction, every conversation has convinced me that they are building a tool to make me a more successful Twitter user. I'm blaming it on 4 years of awesome NetSquared conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. Check out NOSI 's plans for NTC. More than $100,000 is on the table for innovate projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

Photo by Matt Westervelt Back in April I created a slide presentation for an Ignite session at NTC about the Many Uses of Friendfeed that Beth Kanter picked up on , intrigued with the idea of using it as an internal listening tool. Extremely easy to build lists to separate out the types of people you follow.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

NetSquared believes in the power of meeting face-to-face in the actual physical real world. Online learning is awesome (and TechSoup has got you covered ), but there’s a real magic when we get together in the same room and start building relationships. But what if you can’t make it to NTC this year? Upcoming Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I want to do a better job of connecting people in my network to one another, the art of network weaving and building social capital. I am remember something that Ethan Zuckerman said at the first Netsquared Conference, " Don't Speak, Point " He was talking about citizen journalism and advocacy in the age of read/write web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

And another multiplier comes from Network Theory (not Einstein directly but building on physics and mathematics) which shows that a network strength is in its Weak ties / Loose connections. But first, you have to build trust, credibility and -- most importantly -- a relationship with those who might interact with your posted content.

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NTEN

MAY 30, 2013

Some Tech Clubs have merged with NetSquared local groups who share similar group objectives. As Vancouver NetSquared/501 Tech Club organizer, Eli van der Giesson puts it, "Vancouver''s Net Squared group is all about connecting nonprofits, activists and technology folk. But organizing is not without its challenges.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

Amy and I will provide concrete advice from our new book Social Change Anytime Everywhere on what you need to be doing to build and mobilize your communities through multifaceted campaigns and by integrating social media into your online communications and outreach. Register here to get the party started!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Marshall Kirkpatrick, longtime Netsquared blogger, is now working with Splashcast also at DEMO 07 this week. Check out this splashcast channel with a nonprofit theme created by Netsquared Blogger, Britt Bravo. A list of tools and resources for Democracy Building and Civic Engagement from the Berkman-Sunlight workshop.

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