Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2017

Find out about our trove of how-to articles, weekly webinars, discussion forums, Netsquared in-person training events, and new step-by-step online courses. Design for Nondesigners (two courses). Web Design Best Practices. Find your closest NetSquared group. Design and Web Building. TechSoup Courses. TechSoup Blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. Social Media in Program Delivery.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2012

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. Image: BiGTech logo ( NASSCOM Foundation ).

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared community of Tech4Good meetups is growing! Find your closest NetSquared group. As a NetSquared organizer, you will become known as someone who's a leader in the Tech4Good community. Start a NetSquared group. --> Upcoming Tech4Good Events. Vancouver, British Columbia: Design for Nondesigners.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

A well-designed app can be a great way for your nonprofit to motivate people to take action, change behaviors, convey important information, and inspire real change. NetSquared is TechSoup's volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events. Want to know if NetSquared is right for you?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

The room was packed with enthusiastic participants and this post is designed to be shared with others who couldn’t attend in person, as well as to all those who did and asked to have resources to share with their networks. I had a really wonderful time, and the Community-Driven Social Impact session was terrific! Presentation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2013

Get your world-changing ideas together and warm up your programming fingers because the National Day of Civic Hacking is happening across America on June 1 and 2, 2013. NetSquared can help! Link up with designers, developers and other likeminded social activists to get your project off the ground.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Many years ago, NetSquared hosted challenges and conferences to highlight and bring together fledging social entrepreneurs. " Dd has enlisted and trained local leaders program from the beginning. netsquared digital divide' " Digital Democracy (Dd) was a prize winner in that challenge. Want to learn more? spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

A hackathon is an event where programmers, developers, designers, and leaders come together to collaborate on an app, website, or software projects. Microsoft's International Women's Hackathon challenged female developers to combat issues like human trafficking through new mobile apps and web programs. NetSquared can help!

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Recently, over 300 innovators and changemakers interested in the intersection of technology and social benefit work converged for a few days of idea-sharing, learning, and collaboration at NetSquared's annual conference. About NetSquared. To learn more about NetSquared or get involved, visit [link].

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

Laura Quinn shared her ideas at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , in a session called More Than Apps: Affordable Program Delivery Through Mobile Phones. Employing responsive design. Many platforms, including Drupal and WordPress have responsive design themes available. Support services and programs. Proimos.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2016

The following blog post recaps a NetSquared Toronto presentation by Sarah Lesh, a front-end web developer at hjc. HTML lays everything out by defining the content and flow (the design comes later). These programs also catch your errors — similar to spell check in Microsoft Word. Responsive Design. Web Inspector.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

That's why TechSoup offers education and training programs in addition to product donations. NetSquared is your source for local in-person nonprofit tech training and meetups around the world. Charts designed by Wes Holing. You Want Online Training, Step-by-Step Guides, and Help Using TechSoup Donations. spanhidden

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

and for faith-based organizations that may want to designate donations between a variety of programs they're operating. Kudos to Erin Palmer over at TechSoup's NetSquared Project for this: "The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that, as of early 2012, 88% of American adults had a cell phone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

That's when I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on its technology capacity building programs, including offline/online workshops for online skill building called SpiderSchool. I finally got to meet Jayne about a year at the netsquared conference. I'll be in Afghanistan through part of August."

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared (where Ushahidi won its first challenge!). You can design your own t-shirt with Teespring's online tool or you can work with one of the company's consultants. CauseVox is available through the TechSoup donation program to eligible nonprofits and charities.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

In case you haven''t already grabbed a copy of Kivi Leroux Miller ''s new book, A Communications Map for Engaging Your Community, Becoming a Favorite Cause, and Raising More Money , it will guide you through designing and implementing a content marketing strategy that will bring in supporters.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2012

This post originally appeared on the NetSquared blog, which is an initiative of TechSoup Global's, and was written by Causecast. latest shopping tips, design advice, and funny dog pictures. latest shopping tips, design advice, and funny dog pictures. volunteer and giving programs and earn the goodwill of other Pinterest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

NetSquared. Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards ! Then, I remembered the phrase flowed through the NPtech tag stream about six months as a reference to interface design.) The essay has nothing to do with virtual worlds or interface design. Net Tuesday Seattle has been in the local press too! NpTech Talk.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

It was originally published on NetSquared. At the launch of RAN, innovative projects designed by students to enhance resilience pointed to the tremendous importance of accessible, transparent information for increased disaster resilience and development outcomes.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

The organization does this through a one-year, intensive training program that provides technical and professional skills, college credits, an educational stipend, and a corporate internship. For example, Year Up designed a curriculum for JPMorgan Chase , training students to work in the company's anti-money-laundering operations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Ann Wizer is an artist who uses design and education to protect the environment and reduce poverty. I want to design well made recycled bags. The shoppers won't go to the landfill, so I needed to get the designers there." The need for some experimentation before a program or project rolls out or scales. Don't give up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! It notes, "Maybe the answer is an intermediary b/w tech and design volunteers and the non-profits they???re " There's also another article on a similar theme that focuses on the describing the problem -- or why nonprofits, designers, and techies can't talk to each other.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Given the fantastic feedback we received from our NetSquared GIS presentation, I was very pleased to learn that NTEN is featuring Robert in a forthcoming webinar. The speaker, Robert Cheetham, is both concise and knowledgeable, but more importantly he has a knack for explaining GIS in a way that is very accessible to non-techies.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). You can listen to the original interview and a live recording of Freecycle's 5-minute pitch at the NetSquared Conference on the NetSquared Podcast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. a leading provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, has announced that it has acquired privately-owned eTapestry, based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Need some comic relief? Maybe just some prayers?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Tomorrow, October 18th, Eric Leland of Leland Design , and I will be presenting about, "Internet Strategy on the Cheap" at the San Francisco Bay Area Nonprofit Boot Camp. We've compiled a list of Tools and Resources to share with participants, and thought that you might enjoy seeing it as well.

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Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Given the fantastic feedback we received from our NetSquared GIS presentation, I was very pleased to learn that NTEN is featuring Robert in a forthcoming webinar. The speaker, Robert Cheetham, is both concise and knowledgeable, but more importantly he has a knack for explaining GIS in a way that is very accessible to non-techies.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 1, 2006

The last week has been all about getting ready for, and going to, the NetSquared Conference (thus no new blog posts since last Thursday), but I'm back home now and getting back into a normal schedule. Design plays a big factor in what makes a web site attractive to women. Now I'm really excited to go to the Blogher Conference !

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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 Hildy Gottlieb’s new book The Pollyanna Principles is a handbook for starting a revolution in social benefit organization design and practice, but it isn’t the revolution. What’s the catch?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

In 2005, we began our youth education programs, inviting school groups out to experience a working farm. Please specify 'Pie Ranch/Green Oaks Fund' in the Designation field of the online donation form. Through hands-on collaboration, teenagers discover new competencies that benefit them as individuals and in community."

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. design: is it clean? Great template options, including custom designs for $199. If you start with a theory of change, you can then design tactics around it. I see on the slides different services, is there one comprehensive program where we can manage everything?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2006

I was also in a graduate program in Literature and so they trusted that I could research and write from my experience with my Master???s " The virtual TechSoup office is designed as an outdoor or transparent space. Susan described the design philosophy as both practical and metaphoric. "We didn???t t want barriers."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

Does anyone know of any other audio or video programming that has mentioned philanthropy blogs? These are free and simple searches designed to monitor blogs and news sites for mentions of your organization, services, or other specific keywords. Marshall Kirkpatrick's Article on Netsquared : How To Track Mentions of Your Organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened - so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program or not until September 4th. Design and Development Powers for the Social Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

WeWorkForFree is a design community that allows it's members to upload and share their portfolios in order to raise money for international programs that benefit developing nations around the globe. I'd two more issues with how the interaction design meshes with fundraising here and here. And if you???re

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