Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. This week have a look at the just completed Open Data for Africa platform and learn more about the brewing open data revolution in the MENA region. Open Source data NetSquared big data' Some examples of NGOs using data visualization to tell important stories are also given.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2008

The last leg of the journey was to attend the Netsquared Conference (N2Y3) where three winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge were selected by conference participants. Erik shared his excitement in a post over at NetSquared. A Mashup Of 29+ Social Action Platforms ??? Also a NetSquared winner.).

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

What platform you choose really depends on the size of your nonprofit and what sort of campaign you plan to run. The Scoop: Perhaps one of the most buzzed about crowdfunding platforms, Kickstarter is a way to fund projects. You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared. where Ushahidi won its first challenge!).

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Part of my role as the Global Community Development Manager at NetSquared is to support and grow our offline organizers from around the world. I also work closely with our innovator community, those who have submitted Projects on our platform and participated in open innovation Challenges.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2009

“iPhones for Good&# is part of the Change the Web Conversation Series , a series of open chats that explore specific technology platforms for good, running concurrent with the Change the Web Challenge. Moderator : Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Join the Conversation. Details: Date: Tuesday, March 10th.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

—– Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. What tips would you share from your experience?

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

There’s a new platform hoping to help you do just that: iStart. I’ve been poking around on the newly relaunched iStart platform lately and want to share some of my reflections (and hopefully get some of yours, too!). Most exciting for organizations is the option to administer your own contest on the platform!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

NetSquared is TechSoup's answer to providing local tech support and learning opportunities. Uganda is no different except for one thing: its amazing NetSquared Regional Ambassador for East Africa, Robert Kibaya. What Is NetSquared? Most of our NetSquared members need IT equipment like computers, digital cameras, etc.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 11, 2009

Tags: events issues 09ntc innovation net2 netsquared nten.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

" Try These Dynamic Digital Storytelling Platforms | Community Organizer 2.0 – "Nonprofit organizations can tell the best stories. There are so many other tools and platforms that are exciting, innovative, incredibly engaging, and beautiful. " Check it out! Why limit yourself?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The internet is an endless stage and platform, and when we are up there speaking, we expect you are all listening. For many developers, including many of the projects we funded through NetSquared Challenges, the ultimate tool or application that was created was vastly different than the one they originally thought of or thought would work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2005

Netsquared is new project in its embryonic stages from Compumentor, the folks who have brought excellent technology resources to the nonprofit field. The other day, David Geilhufe wrote a blog post on the site posting a challenge: Doing Rather than Thinking about Doing. What is it?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

Semphonic Web Analytics Consulting: The X Change Non-Profit Analytics Challenge – "The Non-Profit Analytics Challenge is a rare opportunity for the brightest analysts in the digital measurement field to collaborate & assist non-profit organizations to optimize their websites. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Three specific examples that are very different include: Connectipedia : a wiki-based platform that allows anyone interested in philanthropy or social impact in the Pacific Northwest (or beyond) to share research, resources, information, or data about people, places and topics. The crowd decides and creates everything that it is.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

Our annual Storymakers digital storytelling challenge. Discuss the struggles, challenges, and rewards of community organizing. NetSquared is TechSoup's volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events. Want to know if NetSquared is right for you? TechSoup Boost. DonorPerfect.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

We looked at mobile tools for fundraising as well as apps that incorporate some sort of fundraising into their platform. You can set up simple competitions, like playing a game of chess or running a race, and challenge your friends. Facebook) uses mGive's text-to-give platform to bring easy donating to Facebook.

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Care2

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2014

Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, libraries, and networks such as the NetSquared Local should be leading this movement as they are already committed to social good. Trust systems and platforms are becoming critical. The question is about creating a platform that creates economic dignity for most of us.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Recently, over 300 innovators and changemakers interested in the intersection of technology and social benefit work converged for a few days of idea-sharing, learning, and collaboration at NetSquared's annual conference. Now that the Challenge is over, what are your big milestones and goals?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Net2 Think Tank: Online Fundraising Lessons Learned | NetSquared – "The Facebook application Causes recently announced it hit the $20 Million mark in donations. The America's Giving Challenge from Case Foundation spurred $2.1 Million in donations for charities this past winter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

back then) and being the one of the visionaries behind the Netsquared project. So, when Marnie starts talking about the next big disruptive technology for the nonprofit sector, I listen. ,” Marnie Webb, Co-CEO of TechSoup Global was not only writing one, but evangelizing to nonprofit techies about social media (called Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2017

A recent NetSquared London Meetup investigated the IT tools that can be used to get nonprofit operations done cheaply and effectively. But now there are so many, the challenge has become how to compare all the options. Open API linking to other platforms. Charity Digital News shares some of the key points from the event.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

This past spring, FTS was on the ground in the Western Balkans, helping organize the Community Boost_r Challenge. The finalists were paired up with technologists to develop a platform that could be worked on in a series of code sprints. The Power of Technology Challenges. translates to "What can be done?"

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

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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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

Microsoft's International Women's Hackathon challenged female developers to combat issues like human trafficking through new mobile apps and web programs. The Digital Public Library of America held a hackathon to test the prototype DPLA platform and build apps for it. NetSquared can help! The ReStart Challenges.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

Sarah Potts is the Community Manager at Not For Sale, and that is her challenge. " Different audiences and different social media platforms demand different messages. Choose the Right Platform for Your Message. Check out the full presentation for many more tips on engaging your community via these and other platforms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value. Momsrising is an early adopter of online tools currently exploring the Google + platform and discussing it in team meetings. Wait for maturation?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ushahidi created and deployed its platform in about three days to be used by ordinary Kenyans, allowing them to report incidents of violence happening around them. During the early days of our Netsquared project , we held big annual conferences to showcase and fund innovative tech for good. New Ushahidi Services for Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

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. This session will get serious about the challenges faced by business and program leaders who are expanding their work beyond the U.S. Find NetSquared at NTC.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 5, 2009

years “in business,” this is my personal challenge/resolution for 2009: I want to take the technology we already have and use it to help C3 focus our attention on our constituents and supporters as effectively as we focus on what we do to fight colorectal cancer. While we won’t officially be off the GetActive platform and.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. For example, France Telecom-Orange has made anonymized records of five million mobile phone users in Cote d'Ivoire available to the research community as part of the Data for Development Challenge. Seeing Like a State in Africa: Data Needed. Pundits: Stop Sounding Ignorant About Data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Ben Rattray mentioned: The vast majority of social good platforms have failed because they have modeled social good platforms on commercial applications. We assumed that if we created a generic platform that people would start their own actions. We faced challenges. They don't. There must be catalytic organizations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2009

29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life Filling the Well: Giving to Yourself Join My Village: Ladies Home Journal Do Good Challenge Make Someone's Day: Write a Letter Whew! 7 Tips for Measuring the Success of Your Blog on Beth's Blog Create a Listening Dashboard for your Organization on NetSquared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2009

Learn about both community-driven and corporate tech initiatives that help you make a difference in your own communities, and hear about the opportunities and challenges of taking on cutting edge technology tools. He shared some recent examples, including those from Netsquared. How do take platforms and bring it altogether?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

The Point is describes itself as a social platform for people to solve problems they can't solve alone. You can set up a fundraiser, issue a challenge, or social contract. " Jeremy Pepper , who spoke at this month's NetSquared Net Tuesday Meetup , is the director of communications. I noticed Soup.io And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

   The blogging platform makes it easy for non-technical staff to update a web presence.  Netsquared. Or don't do it because of the many challenges.      Strategy Tip: Get multiple authors to write the blog posts aren't dependent on one person. Life on Mars. Share Your Story.

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