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New on SSIR: Can Giving Days Strengthen Your Community?

Amy Sample Ward

—– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. Nearly 18,000 people participated in the 24-hour, online fundraising event, raising more than $2 million to benefit 1,200 local nonprofits.

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

Microsoft partnered with Facebook and Washington State to develop the MyVote Facebook app. While the app is only available for Washington voters, it could potentially be adopted for other states. This student-built app lets players take on the role of a ghost detective who encounters local residents who haunt the community.

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Free In-Person Events for Nonprofit Techies

Tech Soup

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Washington, DC: DC Action Data Sprint. Seattle, Washington: AdWords Success and Google Grants for Nonprofits. Wednesday, September 2, 2015.

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

Tech Soup

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. Bellevue, Washington: Microsoft Azure IoT Workshop. How Do You Use It?

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Get Fundraising Tips at a NetSquared Community Event

Tech Soup

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. RSVP now for the events in Chicago, Dallas, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know and I'll include you in the next community calendar.