Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

NetSquared’s global network of volunteers will be organizing more than 30 events this April in communities as diverse as Mukono, Uganda; Wellington, New Zealand; and Boston, USA. So join your local NetSquared group and start participating in the fun. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Story Time: Creating Technologies with Visually Impaired People. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

NetSquared’s February series exploring “Online Community Organizing” includes three different interviews; I’m really excited to participate! I’ve included my interview below, but you can also read it and join the conversation on the NetSquared blog. Q: What makes a community?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2014

These are just three of our services dedicated to ensuring that nonprofits and NGOs have the technology resources and knowledge they need to operate at their full potential. But did you also know that TechSoup’s NetSquared project supports nonprofit technology events and workshops happening in 50 cities across the globe?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated. That's why TechSoup supports a global network of tech trainers called NetSquared. NetSquared groups focus on topics that address their unique local tech challenges, but once a quarter, we select a common theme.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

TechSoup’s NetSquared community organizers connect nonprofits with local technology experts. The goal is to create strong, self-sufficient communities of nonprofit technology professionals (and accidental techies too!). In September, NetSquared groups participated in the Storymakers campaign.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. NetSquared organizers are also offering hands-on Office 365 workshops this fall to help small nonprofits set up email with their own domain name. Or you can apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Feeling overwhelmed?

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NetWits

MARCH 30, 2010

While at South by South West Interactive (SXSWi) Amy Sample Ward spent some time talking with me about how NetSquared ( about ) serves the nonprofit industry. NetSquared is focused on the intersection of technology and social impact.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts? TechSoup's NetSquared is the world's largest volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events. Most NetSquared organizers now have a peer mentor. Well, there are!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. With more than 75 events scheduled for October, there's probably an event scheduled for your community, so RSVP now for one of our meetups. Seattle, Washington: Fall Nonprofit Technology Speed Geek. Feeling overwhelmed?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

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. December Events.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

Every month TechSoup’s NetSquared community organizers volunteer to bring free (or low cost) nonprofit technology events and workshops to over 50 cities. If you want to network with your peers or love to learn at live, in-person events NetSquared is the place for you! Los Angeles, CA: Community Building.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

This is a communiqué on the current state of cloud adoption in TechSoup's NetSquared international community from Marc Manashil, community evangelist for NetSquared. Marc has been conducting a survey this month of NetSquared members that includes some questions about cloud computing.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Huddle up with your #nptech colleagues at a NetSquared meetup to keep warm and learn about the latest trends in nonprofit technology. October’s NetSquared Events. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Vancouver, Canada: Community Management: PR Tips & Tricks. Event NetSquared tsevent'

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

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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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. NetSquared is pleased to announce a new Partner Challenge with University of California at Berkeley’s Human Rights Center. This Challenge encourages innovations for mobile technologies in human rights investigations and advocacy. Tags: challenge mobile netsquared.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2014

What has NetSquared got planned for the next month? Net2Local organizers hold regular events connecting the nonprofit and technology communities. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Monthly Meeting. Washington, DC NetSquared Meetup.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2009

Originally posted by me on the NetSquared blog. NetSquared currently has 3 open Challenges, calling for innovators and change makers around the world to submit ideas for Web and mobile-based technologies for social change. Through a NetSquared Community vote, 10 finalists will be chosen. Learn more.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Join your local NetSquared group. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Story Time: Empowering People with Technology. We’ve rounded up almost thirty other community nonprofit technology events being held this September, so you’re sure to find something new. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Monthly Meetup.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

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. Event Reports.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Here’s your monthly update from the world of NetSquared Local. What Is NetSquared Local? NetSquared Local is TechSoup's volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. NetSquared Local groups hold monthly in-person events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Every month NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to use 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. Upcoming Events.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

But did you know about NetSquared , our volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events? NetSquared has groups in 20 countries, and it held over 600 events last year, helping more than 17,000 nonprofit employees, board members, volunteers, and community leaders with technology.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2014

But there’s a special magic that happens when we get face-to-face, which is why each month NetSquared organizers in 50 cities across the globe host workshops and socials for the nonprofit tech community. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. NetSquared Cambridge: Inclusion Unstuck.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

NetSquared believes in the power of meeting face to face in physical space. That's why we're thrilled that NetSquared is joining TechSoup in having a strong presence at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, DC. Find your closest NetSquared group. SF Online Community Meetup.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

NetSquared’s core objective is to get nonprofit techies and activists together in the same room. Some recent events have included the panel discussion Technology Upgrade 101: Integrating New Tech into Existing NonProfits in Victoria, Canada and hands-on computer training for youth in Mukono, Uganda. Upcoming Events.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2013

NetSquared organizers bring together the nonprofit technology community for face-to-face meetings… but we all know that meetings are boring! Find your local #nptech tribe by joining a NetSquared Local group. August’s NetSquared Events. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

If you're like me, then you swore that this year, you're finally going to learn to use technology to make yourself more productive at work. But don't worry, NetSquared is here to save the day. TechSoup's NetSquared is a global network of nonprofit technology meetups. Image : NetSquared / CC BY-NC-SA.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

That means it’s time for our monthly roundup of all the crazy goodness created by NetSquared Local in May. What is NetSquared Local? NetSquared Local is TechSoup’s volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. Highlights from the Community. NetSquared’s Organizers are movers and shakers.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Here’s the dashboard from The Extraordinaries of our 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference session today: Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Campaigns – [International Ballroom C] (#co2oc). Who: Speakers: Amy Sample Ward | Netsquared; Debra Askanase; Ivan Boothe. When: 1:30 p.m.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2014

NetSquared’s core objective is to get nonprofit techies and activists together in the same room. This May and June NetSquared is holding regional gatherings of our co-organizers at events across the globe, because they need to get together for conversation and emotional renewal with their peers too! Sunday, May 4. Monday, May 5.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

NetSquared believes in the power of meeting face-to-face in physical space. That's why we're thrilled that NetSquared is joining TechSoup in having a strong presence at this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference in Austin, Texas. Check out our newest groups: NetSquared Tanzania in Tanga, Tanzania.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

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. What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? This Week’s NetSquared Events.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 2, 2014

Luckily for you NetSquared is here to keep you on track. NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good or connect with a peer network. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: LANCEMENT DES ACTIVITES NETSQUARED BURKINA FASO.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

The rise of mobile, social media, crowdsourcing, blogging, and citizen journalism in the mid-2000s created extraordinary new communication and information-sharing opportunities. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2015

Describing NetSquared events is difficult, because each one focuses on a different topic and has a unique flavor set by the organizing team. Instead of words, let me try a few pictures that will illustrate our community. Join us every month for a dose of community inspiration. Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Thursday, April 23, 2015.

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