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Your NetSquared Holiday Gift!

Tech Soup

NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Houston, TX: NetSquared Houston.

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NetSquared Local Events: Week of July 1

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NetSquared Local is growing! All we need is a bit of sunlight, water and your participation for our tribe of nonprofit techies to keep expanding into new communities. NetSquared 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.

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NetSquared Local Events: Week of June 24

Tech Soup

NetSquared events come in all shapes and sizes, and we love them all! The exact format isn’t important, as long as we are consistently gathering the nonprofit and tech communities together so that they can learn from each other. Event Reports. What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? Monday, June 24.

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NetSquared: The Place for Free Nonprofit Tech Help

Tech Soup

TechSoup's NetSquared is the world's largest volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events. We have groups in 20 countries, and last year we held 600+ events helping 17,000+ nonprofit employees, board members, volunteers, and community leaders. Upcoming Events.

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How the NetSquared Challenges Have Accelerated Tech for Good

Tech Soup

The rise of mobile, social media, crowdsourcing, blogging, and citizen journalism in the mid-2000s created extraordinary new communication and information-sharing opportunities. The goal was to provide a platform for ordinary Kenyans to report incidents of violence happening around them.

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NetSquared Think Tank Round-Up: Tactics for Monitoring Online Feedback Part 1

Tech Soup

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. Using the social web to market your cause, communicate your services, and interact with your audience is an important part of the. communication function for many socially-focused organizations. the perception of our organization.

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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

Connected Citizens: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks – This new report from the Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute explores engaged communities: "Ten years ago, a tiny web site asked people to volunteer to write their own encyclopedia. " The US will use Twitter and Facebook to issue terror alerts – "The U.S.

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