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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 NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 " The year was 2005.

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Deadline Approaching for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize

Tech Soup

Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change. The Pizzigati Prize works in the spirit that collaboration, rather than competition, and moves us forward by honoring those who work for social good.

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10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause

Have Fun - Do Good

I write for the NetSquared blog each day (it takes me anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour depending on the topic), but it is also designed to be a community blog, so any registered user can post on it about how nonprofits are using the social web for social change. Depending on your organization's work and audience, you may not have to.

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Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation

Amy Sample Ward

That word change supports co-design, it encourages collaboration, and it ensures engagement. Instead of grant deliverables or profit, passion and impact are the bottom line motivators for change. The community will see that you aren’t making changes, aren’t communicating, and aren’t collaborating and will disengage.

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74 Free or Low-Cost Tools and Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Loomly is an online social media calendar that allows multiple users to collaborate from one master calendar. Storrito enables users to create Instagram and Facebook Stories on desktop/laptop computers. Slack is a cloud-based tool for teams of staff and volunteers to collaborate on projects and communicate through focused messaging.

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