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How the NetSquared Challenges Have Accelerated Tech for Good

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The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008. TechSoup partnered with agencies like USAID and tech companies like Microsoft and Yahoo to host these "tech for good" challenges annually via our NetSquared program.

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Vote for the Best Social Change and Technology Projects at Netsquared!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Starting this week, you can vote for the best NetSquared Innovation Fund Award nominated projects until Saturday, April 14th at Noon PDT. You can cast your ballot for the projects that you think most effectively use the social web for social change. Fair Trade Language Tutoring Via WebCam. Games for Change.

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[Research] Data on Nonprofit Cloud Computing: Anywhere, Anytime Technology for Social Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. We’ve published those results and our partner network has translated the executive summary into a wide variety of languages. Or it can, anyway.

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July NetSquared Think Tank Round-Up: Building a Culture of Accessibility

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This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. From providing accessible content for people with disabilities, to creating fully usable functionality, to support for multiple languages, we wanted to learn about the benefits people are creating using web and mobile technology. Johnson via Linkedin.

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NpTech Summary: Advocacy 2.0, Sketchcastes, and NpTech in Different Languages

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An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. What language is this? And, if you want to add sub-titles in another language to a video, use dot.sub. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Need some comic relief?

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Net2Local: Year-End Revelations

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Changing the world is like eating an elephant.” I’ll decode that slightly wonky language below. NetSquared has doubled down on our local focus by recruiting Regionals Ambassadors who are offering mentorship and support to new and prospective Net2Local organizers. NetSquared Camps and Travel Bursaries.

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Get the Guide: 12 Tips to Stay Safer Online

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The guide will also be translated into 10+ languages in the coming weeks. The good news is, you don't actually need special expertise (or in-house IT staff) to start making changes to protect your privacy and your organization's data. We believe these small changes can have a huge impact.

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