Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2017

NetSquared organizers bring together the nonprofit technology community for face-to-face meetings. Join us at your local group. Find your closest NetSquared group. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 7, 2009

Great questions: Social media is becoming a key driver of social change, allowing for the dissemination of new ideas, the formation of new communities and coalitions and the realization of new efficiencies and reach by existing social change groups. And beyond. Twitter, I believe, provides us with such a platform.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

I've posted a couple of times about giving circles, groups of people who get together to learn about an organization's work, and pool their donations to have a greater impact. Salbi is the President of Women for Women International , an organization that helps women affected by war to rebuild their lives.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

We believe that NGOs learn best from each other, so NetSquared provides a platform where we can come together face to face to share technology tips and create a community of practice around tech for good. Find your local #Tech4Good group. If there isn't a group nearby, we'll help you start your own NetSquared group.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It originally appeared on NetSquared. Private companies are also testing the concept by actually sharing data. Seeing Like a State in Africa: Data Needed.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Not only were they from all over the country, but they all shared an international, multi-ethnic or cultural base. They are either from other countries, or they are embedded in communities of color or of other places, or they've traveled and worked extensively with communities. I went to France. What brought you here?

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

But her experience and those of the residents in her community inspired her greatest work, A Raisin in the Sun , the first play written by an African American to be produced on Broadway. Groups like the Lady Parts Justice , Ms. Edmonia Lewis. Want to hear more from feminist philosophers and advocates? Queen Anna Nzinga. Kamala Harris.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 31, 2010

After reading each of her books: Hope's Edge (that she co-authored with her mother, Frances Moore Lappé), Grub (that she co-authored with Bryant Terry), and now her new book, Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It , I've felt hopeful and energized. Not Anna Lappé's books.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

According to the latest blog post on Causes.com , to date: “186 million registered users in 156 countries have raised over $48 million for nonprofits, collected 34 million signatures for grassroots advocacy campaigns and created hundreds of thousands of online groups around important social issues.” This offer is international.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

I have learned that there is an enormous diversity within the sector – higher education institutions, advocacy groups, public broadcasting stations, health organizations, unions, associations and relief organizations are distinct from each other. Your mother is French, and youve had a lot of international exposure.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

I have learned that there is an enormous diversity within the sector – higher education institutions, advocacy groups, public broadcasting stations, health organizations, unions, associations and relief organizations are distinct from each other. Your mother is French, and youve had a lot of international exposure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2008

Wells, Blogger and Community Organizer "We need to treat many of our social tools like door knocking, if someone comments on our site, we should take that as a hello, and use it to open a door to a potential relationship with a new leader, member, or supporter." A listing of these groups is also available on our website.

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