Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Every month NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to use technology for social good. Tripoli, Libya: NetSquared Tripoli Meetup. Seattle, WA: Facebook: A Discussion of the Strengths and the Limits of Social Networking. What’s NetSquared Doing? Thursday, January 30.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2013

We are deep into June already, but NetSquared Local isn’t taking a vacation! you can always follow them online on Twitter or Facebook. NetSquared Local believes that the best way to build a strong, self sufficient community of #nptech practitioners is for us to go outside and get face-to-face. Event NetSquared tsevent'

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Looking for inspiration? Storymakers Events.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Technology for Change. What’s your favorite example of technology helping people create positive change in the world? Answer the same question that I discussed above: What’s your favorite example of technology helping people create positive change in the world? I think there are too many to count, really.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. The Change the Web Challenge from Social Actions is now officially open! Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit every day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Last week, we heard from Ivan Boothe about a concern with merging Facebook pages with Facebook Places. He agreed to write a guest post. Guest Post: Don’t Merge Your Nonprofit Facebook Page With Places Page by Ivan Boothe. If you already had a Facebook Page, when you go to claim your Facebook Place, Facebook Profiles.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Facebook games are notorious time wasters (and great for bugging your friends on social media). These Facebook games, however, can help give disadvantaged children hot meals, save zebras, and provide people worldwide with clean drinking water. You might be able to find help from NetSquared , an initiative from TechSoup Global.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

While this Peer Exchange starts off with best practices on Facebook, it is a means to a higher end: how to apply and integrate those principles into the organization’s broader children’s health communications strategies. Can Google + be a good platform for social change activists? Short answer: too early to tell.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Rapid advances in digital media and technology are changing how we connect to information and each other. What does it mean for community change?" " The US will use Twitter and Facebook to issue terror alerts – "The U.S. New networks are emerging everywhere. It’s exciting—and frightening.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I am completely overwhelmed by the positive, kind, touching things that so many community members have shared about the work we have all done together during my time with NetSquared and TechSoup Global over the last two and a half years. Their vision and leadership supported me in the belief that we can actually change the world.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Creating Awesome Video | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "For this month's Net2 Think Tank we asked you to share your tools and tactics for creating effective video messages – regardless of budget and organization size.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. inspire practical change from within? discover what brings a group of people to your Facebook page vs. your. Twitter and Facebook are the de facto. self-proclaimed social media expert; let me change this to a different type of person.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Naples, FL: Photos Online 501 TechClub SWFL Netsquared. Philadelphia, PA: Crowdsourcing Change: Applying the Social Web to Some Philly Nonprofits. Washington, DC: NetSquared DC Happy Hour. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

The Face (book) of NetSquared Champions. The NetSquared Conference is just days away and the NetSquared blogs are buzzing with activity! If you're on Facebook , search for the n2y2 group! If you're on Facebook , search for the n2y2 group! Not attending the NetSquared Conference but want to follow the tag stream?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

While the rest of you have been enjoying the summer partying on the beach, TechSoup’s NetSquared organizers have been plotting and scheming in front of their computers. During our month of social media for social good -themed events being held in cities across the globe NetSquared organizers are offering free workshops and events.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! Submissions close January 22, 2010." Thanks for all that you are doing, ARC! " My favorite lesson?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

" 3 Powerful Social Good Trends in 2010 – Ben Rattray, the founder and CEO of Change.org, has a great piece on Mashable showcasing the three trends he sees coming in 2010 for the social change sector. " Check it out! ." " Check it out! Why limit yourself?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

TechSoup and the NetSquared meetups are here to help. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Facebook Advertising for Nonprofits. Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston: Storymakers 2017!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

In 2009, for example, two trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing emergency numbers directly. Another great example is Epic Change. For many project teams I’ve worked with, having an endorsement actually took them further than having a chunk of change. We can’t only invest in a product.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Check out this page to see where NTEN will be in the community this month; we''d love to link up with you. agenda deadlines local events weekly round up'

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2010

And then there's the role that Facebook and Twitter are playing. That's social media for social good, and that's exactly what NetSquared and NTEN want to highlight with Beth Kanter this spring at SXSWi. .

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. Do you provide different content or appeals to your Twitter followers than to your Facebook group? How you use Twitter is going to be different than how you would use Facebook Pages. April’s Net2 Think Tank focused on the multiple entry points of engagement used by nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 3, 2009

The Change the Web Challenge is open for submissions now at NetSquared. In conjunction with the Change the Web Challenge , Social Actions has put together a Conversation Series to get you thinking and talking about how might want to change the web. Details: Time: 11 am - 12 pm PST. Moderator : Joe Solomon.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2010

And then there's the role that Facebook and Twitter are playing. That's social media for social good, and that's exactly what NetSquared and NTEN want to highlight with Beth Kanter this spring at SXSWi.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2008

Alex Steed is a self-described millennial activist and he has just announced his Millennials Changing America: The Next Generation of Organizing where he will visit over 30 cities across the United States to meet, interview and report how young people are using the Internet to leverage their social and political power. What's that?

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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. That’s not a believable theory of change. The America's Giving Challenge from Case Foundation spurred $2.1

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Using Social Networks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: fundraising advocacy ) I was lucky enough to meet Ivan Boothe at the first (or maybe second) Netsquared Conference back in 2005 and have been following his work for years.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Our Time (Facebook) is a nonprofit dedicated to youth empowerment through the voting process. Their voter registration app can be added to any Facebook Page and allows people to connect via Facebook to register to vote and share with their friends. School and Job Preparedness. iStudiez Pro.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared community of Tech4Good meetups is growing! Find your closest NetSquared group. As a NetSquared organizer, you will become known as someone who's a leader in the Tech4Good community. Start a NetSquared group. --> Upcoming Tech4Good Events. and have a reason to hang out with other cool people!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Stacey Monk talks Epic Change, Tweetsgiving and more …. NetSquared with Amy Sample Ward. Facebook for Nonprofits by Randi Zuckerberg. Check out a few of Blackbaud’s Interviews at SXSW 2010. Chris Brogan Talks Nonprofits and Trust Agents. Chris Noble on Check in for Charity, Pepsi Refresh and Social Media for Nonprofits.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Claire Sale, NetSquared. She now uses Google Search, reads her news online, sends and receives email, and even uses Facebook to check-in with family and friends. So, I turned that question to my friends and the NetSquared community, and got some really great responses that I'd like to share with you.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2017

NetSquared organizers bring together the nonprofit technology community for face-to-face meetings. Luckily for you, our NetSquared leaders are super creative when planning their #Tech4Good events. Find your closest NetSquared group. Or, apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Join us at your local group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The email encouraged MySpace users of Causes to join the cause on Facebook. . Marshall goes on to quote an interview he did with Peter Cashmore from Mashable on Netsquared who questioned whether MySpace was a place for "social media for social good.". Tags: facebook. One wonders what the motivation was ?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! Sign up for the event or learn more here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2009

NEWS This week, Echoing Green partnered with Jobs for Change on a new Be Bold Podcast. 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! It's been a been a busy few weeks!

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