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Need Hands-on Help? NetSquared's Free Workshops Are in Your Community

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If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Wednesday, June 7, 2017.

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TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge Global Tweet Chat Recap

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Although video is popular issues like bandwidth speed, which affect many communities, photo may be the best storytelling option. Paris, France & Manchester, United Kingdom: Camilla Burg of Wiser.org , an online platform to connect those working on sustainability issues, and Steven Flower of Manchester NetSquared.

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

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For example, France Telecom-Orange has made anonymized records of five million mobile phone users in Cote d'Ivoire available to the research community as part of the Data for Development Challenge. Open Source philanthropy data big data' Private companies are also testing the concept by actually sharing data.

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Building the Tech Capacity of Nonprofits Everywhere with TechSoup's NetSquared Events

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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. Every month our global network of community organizers hosts Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's a nice collection of links from the NTEN blog with good footnotes that includes a pointer to the ChicagoTechnology Cooperative , a group comprised of consultants, technicians, developers, and designers, with extensive experience serving the unique needs of nonprofit and community-based organizations. Are there others? Global NpTech.

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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

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” To be fair, Causes describes the acquisition as a new chapter for the Causes community. The Mifos X Platform is free open source cloud software for running a microfinance organization that provides small loans, savings accounts, and micro insurance to very poor people. Perhaps demise is too strong a word, then.

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