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NetSquared White Paper: Building Community To Foster Social Innovation

Amy Sample Ward

Reflecting on the Community and the work being done in every corner of the world, we’ve tried to articulate some of the aspects that make the NetSquared Community so unique and also so powerful. This new white paper captures just a few of the stories and the qualities that make up the special place where we all come together.

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Last Chance to Enter the Windows 8 Apps Contest!

Tech Soup

There are only a few short days left to enter the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. Make the world a better place by submitting your Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 apps and you could win big. Contest entries need to be in by February 28. Read the official rules and enter today at [link]. Stay tuned and take part!

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Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Amy Sample Ward

The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. the value and practice of contributing back to the community is probably already in place.

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TechSoup Announces 2nd Annual Digital Storytelling Challenge

Tech Soup

TechSoup Global, the leading technology place for nonprofits, just announced it will kick off their annual Online Digital Storytelling Challenge January 13, 2011. said Amy Sample Ward of NetSquared, a program of TechSoup.

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Member Round Up: Brain science in fundraising, website tips, and Do Good Data 2013!

NTEN

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! They are places where we learn and become something greater than we were.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. The site was developed by Democracy in Action. NpTech Community. " Findhabeas.

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Turning City Data into Apps with Apps4Warsaw

Tech Soup

A Contest Built on City Data. They reached to these communities through the NetSquared Warsaw groups, tech- and startup-focused meetups, and through local universities such as the Warsaw University of Technology. The contest got a total of 72 entries, which Sobieszuk said was a huge surprise and success. Apps4Warsaw.

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