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NetSquared Local Events: Week of July 15, 2013

Tech Soup

Find your local #nptech tribe by joining a NetSquared Local group. This Week’s NetSquared Events. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Manchester, UK: Charity & non-profit analytics meetup: Dashboards.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us.

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NpTech Summary: Slow Wifi and Flickr Massage Edition

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm working remotely on an unreliable and slow wifi connection and Flickr has been getting a massage (down for maintenance) for most of the afternoon. The summary: most big charities are based on direct mail. " Jeremy Pepper , who spoke at this month's NetSquared Net Tuesday Meetup , is the director of communications.

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Keeping an Eye on the Nonprofit Sector and other great finds via Netsquared

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I just discovered a new (to me anyway) blog on nonprofits called the Nonprofit Eye via a provocative post on the Netsquared Community Blog. She recently introduced her blog on the Netsquared site: Don't know where I fit in the scheme of things here, but I have to start somewhere. Check out the flickr stream here.).

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Great reads from around the web on January 25th

Amy Sample Ward

"2009 saw a proliferation of online charity events, competitions, and “friendraisers&# that spilled across Twitter (Twitter) and Facebook (Facebook) and filled email inboxes everywhere with more requests for money than any Nigerian prince could ever hope to make. " Check it out! ." Why limit yourself?

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Ed Schipul Grew A Mustache (and beard) For His Cause: Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo from DenneyTerrio. Ed Schipul is a colleague from the NetSquared Community that I have had the pleasure of knowing for two years now. The fundraiser is where group of volunteers grew mustaches and asked their friends to support the charity, the Texas Children's Hospital Center. " I did. in its inaugural year!

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Member Round: While We Strategized

NTEN

Nonprofit organizations across the country have raised more than $100 million in three years using Charity Dynamics' boundless fundraising solutions. A few years ago, he was a blogging novice; now, he now uses Flickr, Delicious, Facebook, and Google alerts to strengthen his museum's community.

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