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A View of the Cloud from the NetSquared Community

Tech Soup

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. This is a communiqué on the current state of cloud adoption in TechSoup's NetSquared international community from Marc Manashil, community evangelist for NetSquared.

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Developing Apps with a Community-Centered Approach

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But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? The Five-Step Process to Create an App for a Community. Caravan Studios employs a five-step process that begins and ends with deep community engagement.

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Windows 8 Apps for Nonprofits and Libraries

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As part of the App It Up 2: Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore some of the latest desktop apps for Windows 8. Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project.

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July NetSquared Think Tank Round-Up: Building a Culture of Accessibility

Tech Soup

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. Below, we've compiled all of the community responses. Depending on a client's visual acuity, they not only use different media when accessing print (large print vs. Braille) but also use different software on the internet. Gmail Motion.

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Open311: What Nonprofits and Public Libraries Can Gain from Open Government

Tech Soup

I've kind of become an open-data geek in the past few months, largely thanks to NetSquared's unconference at NTC. Kapor also warned that in order to build applications that truly serve a community, we need to understand that community from many different perspectives.

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Around the TechSoup Global Blogosphere, April 10-16

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From the TechSoup Community: TechSoup Blog. Chris notes that buying PCs for your library is harder than it looks. From TechSoup Global Labs: NetSquared. Meet this year's crop of NetSquared featured projects and Change the Web finalists. Tags: Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 Talk back to TechSoup at NTC.

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The Next Generation of Networked Social Change: Embracing the Share Economy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, libraries, and networks such as the NetSquared Local should be leading this movement as they are already committed to social good. A question during the Q/A, “Will the future of work be not working for a company but for a community?”

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