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. Las Vegas, Nevada: Online Courses (Storytelling).

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

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. Embrace storytelling. The basics include: Show impact in real time. Crowd vs Community.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

From gaming to storytelling, these apps make supporting a cause entertaining and interactive. If you have a great idea for a fundraising app, but don't know where to start, you might be able to find help from NetSquared , an initiative from TechSoup Global. The Shopify service (available through TechSoup!)

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

Our annual Storymakers digital storytelling challenge. 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. Want to know if NetSquared is right for you? Want to know if NetSquared is right for you? 7:00 p.m.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki is designed to be a starting place for organizations just getting started on social media. NetSquared. NetSquared Local groups from around the world are using social media in a variety of ways to promote and collaborate on innovative projects.

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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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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. Panelists: Natalie Foster, DNC ; Rebecca Moore, Google Earth Outreach ; Laura Quinn, Idealware. Network for Good : $29.95/month

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Streamline: The literal definition is to design in a form that offers the least resistance to fluid flow. I need get rid of clutter, but I first need to do the redesign thinking process before getting into the details of the information design, look, and feel. Whiteboard: Why Less is More in Design. Critique Your Design.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. Who : NetSquared and other Community Organizers. When : 9:00 a.m.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

About 100,000 new weblogs were created each day According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project report, "Bloggers: A Portrait of the Internet’s New Storytellers" from July 2006: 8% of Internet users, or about 12 million American adults, keep a blog. Today, the blogosphere is doubling in size approximately every 230 days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 blog shares an interview with entitled " Camera Rwanda: Storytelling using Flickr." Today I Cried blog announces that he will quit his job ! Steve Bridger from NFP 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

This beautifully designed and well written concise guide is a must-read. Video The AFP Nonprofit Technology blog points to a story by Jennifer Gilomen from BAVC about digital storytelling techniques and tools for nonprofits in the NPTimes. The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

As the conversation moved east around the globe, we witnessed an explosion of storytelling knowledge. The NetSquared Auckland group launched the event and shared four valuable insights into digital storytelling: Always have a hero. Here, we got to tap into experienced storytellers who were sharing mobile tools and platforms.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

That word change supports co-design, it encourages collaboration, and it ensures engagement. And finally, you want to identify the roles needed to create, facilitate, and implement the programs and services you design with the community. Community-Driven Model. At least if you plan on interacting with them! What roles are needed?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Bureau for Good is a design agency that offers inexpensive templates for nonprofit websites and annual reports. Nonprofits can use it to study past versions of their website and to monitor their progress in web design over time. NetSquared :: netsquared.org. Bureau for Good :: bureauforgood.com. Cureo :: cureo.com.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

NetSquared organizer, Eli van der Giessen’s personal favorite free lightweight online image editor is PicMonkey. Scribus is the primary In-Design freeware clone. It is designed to integrate closely with OpenOffice Suite and GIMP. TechSoup: Web, Multimedia, and Design donations. It does professional color management.

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