Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. Visit the first part in this two-part post to read more tips from our community and contribute your own below. Visit the first part in this two-part post to read more tips from our community and contribute your own below. I prefer AWeber.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2015

TechSoup's NetSquared is a global volunteer-run network of nonprofit technology meetups. Every month, our chapter leaders bring together the local nonprofit community for live events that share best practices and case studies of how technology can be used for social good. There are already 20 NetSquared groups across the U.S.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Speaker: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Session: Building Stronger Online Communities Without Losing Your Sanity & Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Campaigns. Again, my answer here is really the same for both sessions: it's not about you, it's about the community.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

We use mobile apps to capture memories, keep track of tasks, entertain ourselves, and communicate. 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.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2009

Lately, I’ve heard from many organizations that they are on board with social media and excited to be finding, connecting with and engaging their communities online. How do you decide what kind of information or campaigns are delivered to your various community members on different social networks?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. This is a great example of a clearly defined cause that is consistently communicated through all channels. Hackathons, coding sprints, app challenges, oh my! Better Together.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. How do you decide what kind of information or campaigns are delivered to your various community members on different social networks? Do you track how people find your organization? April’s Net2 Think Tank focused on the multiple entry points of engagement used by nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

—– Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. Does it seem to be reaching the community you hoped?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Creating Awesome Video | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "For this month's Net2 Think Tank we asked you to share your tools and tactics for creating effective video messages – regardless of budget and organization size. " The Web Is Dead.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

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

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

As part of the App It Up 2: Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore how charities and nonprofits are using gamification. Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project. Additional Resources.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

As part of the Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore apps targeted toward youth as well as apps developed by youth. Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project. iStudiez Pro.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

But to many people active in online social action communities, these events had deeper meaning. This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#. But, transparency is even more than this, and really is a part of the Data and Community, too. Well, it means a lot.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The first project, Good Gym , makes exercise doubly productive by using it to help the community. Group projects include tasks such as clearing land for community farms or cleaning up parks. Participants were invited to continue developing their project by posting them on NetSquared and Hacker Helper.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

I’ve been following the work of Rob and his team closely as they have shown not just interest, but passion and intent for engaging with the community at large to create a tool that meets the needs of nonprofit organizations and keeps us involved in making the tool better and better. Just create an on-going campaign. Support Center.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. [Ed. Netvibes will let you track all kinds of things online, all by using RSS feeds or ready-built widgets. This free service from Google let’s you identify key words, phrases, or URLs that you want to track. Here are some example searches using NetSquared as the organization.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2012

BiGTech will be tracking the projects' progress and reporting back on its blog. NetSquared , an initiative from TechSoup Global, holds similar events all around the world to connect NGOs with the resources they need. NetSquared brings nonprofits together with programmers, designers, and other business professionals in their area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. NpTech Community. " Findhabeas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The second network, Netsquared , in contrast was more loosely controlled with a lower risk in failure. The Netsquared Network which has grown to over 27,000 people world wide through its self-replicated face-to-face events has grown quite differently. Here’s some points that Marnie mentioned: -Allowed the people to be the starts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Ten Tech Proposals Empowering Human Rights, Local Leadership, and Community Education is.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

TechSoup, Caravan Studios , and NetSquared were on the scene to observe and participate in hackathon events all over the country. Arthur Grau of NetSquared Honolulu reported back on the National Day of Civic Hacking/Code for Hawaii event in Honolulu. Using tweets' GPS, the database can then track where the rack is.

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NTEN

AUGUST 12, 2011

Luckily, our members take the time to share their knowledge, experience, and resources with the nonprofit community. At this month’s Philadelphia NetSquared event, Ivan Boothe of Rootwork spoke about the implications of Google+ for nonprofits and social change. Together, we can stay on top of technology, even in a time of rapid change.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

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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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

Some posted to community blogs like NetSquared. Lesson #4: Create easy ways to track and follow the campaign. We could follow the hashtag on Twitter using Twitter Search ( [link] ) and could use the tracking built into Bit.ly to track clicks on the links ( [link] ) (or try doing a search using Tweetmeme ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2010

Today Allison Fine and I celebrated the launch of the Networked Nonprofit at TechSoup Global in the space where Netsquared Meetups take place. Marnie Webb and Charlene Li: Two of My Social Media Role Models. I got to snap this photo of two women, Marnie Webb and Charlene Li , who have greatly influenced my work over the past 5-10 years.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution. It can inform members of a community of critical information as it happens, and tell an event's story visually with maps, interactive charts, and other visualizations. The name Ushahidi means "testimony" in Swahili.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Organizing a community and serving it well has a lot of dimensions poorly reflected in webstats alone. " Holly Ross from NTEN has the final word with a brilliant post sharing all the metrics they track and putting them into context. What should Netsquared's Facebook strategy be? What do you think? Here's a growing list.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2013

It was originally published on NetSquared. Jungle light speed: Tracking Epidemics with Natural Language Processing and Crowdsourcing In this post Robert Munro discusses his views on the need to use data in a way that preserves individual rights. Data Use by Citizens. Big Data and Global Development. Data Resources.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. "It wasn't by accident that we were approached as a partner for this project," says Alicja Peszkowska, communications specialist at TechSoup Europe.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question. NetSquared DC Engagement Strategies Panelists — Maddie Grant, Andrew Nachison, and Dale Pfeifer (left to right). What tools do you use to track and measure your success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2009

I don't understand by @ntenhross (Holly Ross, Director of NTEN) and @amyrsward (Netsquared community builder) aren't in my cloud. What's interesting to me is looking at my map and identifying sub-communities or spokes and hubs. I think it's because they're not in the malina database, but you should follow them. jasonfalls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Submitted by Amy Sample Ward, publisher of Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech When it comes to “nptech” or nonprofit technology, there are more blogs and organizations and resources than any one person can find, let alone keep track of! creates a chance to improve this collection of feeds by and with my community. I’m no exception.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Disasters are often the times that communities most rely on the nonprofit sector. If an organization has taken adequate steps to prepare itself, then it will be able to resume operations swiftly and provide its needed services in the community. " Local Community Organizers Affinity Group. Find NetSquared at NTC.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2009

Last week marked the launch of the newest resource site and treasure trove for the nonprofit community – Socialbrite.org. In the words of the site: “Socialbrite is a learning hub & sharing community that brings together top experts in social media, social causes and online philanthropy. I had the pleasure of meeting J.D.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2010

It seems a default landing tab has never been available on things categorized as Community Pages initially auto-generated from interests listed on profiles. He co-organizes the Philadelphia NetSquared meetup , and is a board member of the Peace and Justice Studies Association.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Over on the NetSquared blog , we've been running a great series of posts by Bari Samad about ways that nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries can leverage the power of human capital. It's a great resource, full of ideas and common sense we've picked up from the nonprofit community over the years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

The community features – open circle lists – allows activists to sustain conversations which is important to organizing and to the serendipity to discover new people who may have interest in your cause. He talks about the importance of Google implementing brand pages. What are the potential uses for nonprofits?

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