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NetSquared Events to Cure Your Social Media Ailments

Tech Soup

We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. NetSquared Tanzania in Tanga, Tanzania. Check out our newest groups: NetSquared St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri. Nonprofit Neighbors Tech Club in Kansas City, Missouri. 501 Tech Club Austin in Austin, Texas. NetSquared Mississauga in Mississauga, Canada.

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What Does a NetSquared Event Look Like?

Tech Soup

We''re a [global movement]([link] with chapters in 20 countries. Check out our newest groups: * [NetSquared Tanzania]([link] in Tanga, Tanzania * [501 Tech Club Austin]([link] in Austin, TX * [Nonprofit Neighbors Tech Club]([link] in Kansas City, MO --> Upcoming Events. Join us every month for a dose of community inspiration.

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The Deep Learning When Nonprofit Techies Get Together

Tech Soup

We''re a [global movement]([link] with chapters in 20 countries. Check out our newest groups: * [NetSquared Tanzania]([link] in Tanga, Tanzania * [501 Tech Club Austin]([link] in Austin, TX * [Nonprofit Neighbors Tech Club]([link] in Kansas City, MO --> Upcoming Events.

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NetSquared Goes to 15NTC. And Your Hometown Too

Tech Soup

We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Check out our newest groups: NetSquared Tanzania in Tanga, Tanzania. Attending our events is like going to NTC in Austin — except without the cost of a hotel and flight. Newest Groups. 501 Tech Club Austin in Austin, Texas. Upcoming Events.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. I wondered whether or not those results would be replicable ?

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

Instead of saying in the middle of the campaign “we need $X”, they share an interview with one of the beneficiaries, or invite people to connect directly via twitter with children in Tanzania who attend the school funded through the campaign. It instantly becomes less about numbers and more about impact. And that’s hard to ignore.

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Developers and Nonprofits Come Together to Make Apps for Change

Tech Soup

First up was Joseph Tanigawa from Code for San Francisco (our local chapter of Code for America), who presented a nifty tool for bridging the digital divide. The app is currently being used in Tanzania, but the developers are hoping to deploy it in other countries as well. So, what are these nonprofits and developers working on?