Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

Janet Mawlyoo , executive director, Kenya Community Development Foundation. Heather Holdridge , director of digital strategy for Planned Parenthood. Image 1: Jennifer Leahy Photography. Image 2: Jane Meseck. Image 3: Lisa Pool. Image 4 : JD Lasica / CC BY-NC. Image 5 : JD Lasica / CC BY-NC.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Los Angeles, California: Digital Inclusion. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Digital Dumpster Fire: Tips to Handle Social and Online PR Problems ( Communications Networking Lunch). Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya and Mozilla — Building for the Future with App Maker. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2014

Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Monthly Meeting. Portland, OR: Visual Storytelling & Digital Management. Kisumu, Kenya: Mozilla Make a Party Western Kenya joins together with Netsquared Kenya. Image: Nick Booth. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Innovation?

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

Vancouver, British Columbia: Digital Storytelling — Production to Distribution. Austin, Texas: Google Digital Inclusion Fellowship — NTEN, Skillpoint, and Austin Free-Net. New York, New York: Essential Digital Asset Management (DAM): Framework and Management Guide. Busia, Kenya: Net2Kenya Small Charity Week 2015.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

So far we've scheduled events in Kenya and Uganda, and will be adding more cities throughout the fall. Raleigh, North Carolina: Digital Inclusion. Busia, Kenya: Office 365 Workshop Train the Trainer NetSquared Mombasa­ Friday, October 9, 2015. Busia, Kenya: Office 365 Workshop Train the Trainer NetSquared Kisumu.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Kakamega, Kenya: Kakamega Maker Party. Busia, Kenya: Maker Party Western Kenya. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de como hacer Estilos Sociales para el mundo digital. Image : Sarah McAfee / CC BY-NC-SA. Mukono, Uganda: Net2uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School and Community. Stay tuned!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the digital divide by giving every NGO the tools and skills to accomplish its mission efficiently and effectively. Orlando, Florida: Ways to Digitally Say Thank You. Nakuru, Kenya: Net2Nakuru: Office 365 workshop. Malaba, Kenya: Net2Malaba: Office 365 Workshop.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Portland, OR: Visual Storytelling & Growing Your Digital Media and Protecting It. Kisumu, Kenya: Mozilla Make a Party Western Kenya joins together with Netsquared Kenya. Image: Nisha Virdi. Vancouver, Canada: Social Media Success with HootSuite. Wednesday, February 5. Thursday, February 6. Sunday, February 9.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Melbourne, Australia: How to Deliver in Digital with Limited Resources and High Expectations. Busia, Kenya. Maker Party Western Kenya. Image 1 : Joel Myers / CC BY-NC-SA. Image 2 : Elijah van der Giessen / CC BY-NC-SA. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES. Image Name: Author / License. Mukono, Uganda.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Ushahidi is an NGO headquartered in Kenya. Image: BRCK in action ( Ushahidi ). Connecting to the Internet Digital Divide GreenTech International Networks Green IT WiFi tsgreentechnology BRCK Ushahidi' Here’s some news on a now famous NetSquared alumnus project. Find out more about this here.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Los Angeles, California: Nonprofit and Cause Marketing with Digital Media. Portland, Oregon: Get 'Er Done: Surveying Digital Project Management Tools. Morrisville, North Carolina: Digital Inclusion Fellows — What's Next? Busia, Kenya: Net2 Kenya Subregional Conferences — Kisumu Busia and Kakamega.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

Vancouver, British Columbia: Design an Exceptional Digital Experience. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Busia, Kenya: Stop Cyberbullying Day SCD 2016. Busia, Kenya: Building for the Future with Appmakers — Mozilla and NetSquared Kenya. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

One cool project that came out of a RHoK event is InfoPlace Kenya , an Android application for information and directions of essential places in Kenya like hospitals, tourists attractions, restaurants, educational facilities, and more. Image credit: Hackathon, hackNY. Library Hackathons. The ReStart Challenges.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2014

They change the topic and format each month (but this September most groups will be focusing on digital storytelling ), so there’s going to be something of interest to you soon! Or if you’re in Kenya check out the computer training workshops in rural schools. Image : Tannis Sullivan / no restrictions.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

Hello digital storytellers! Our friends Eric Mason and Melanie Duve at Wix are busy helping all kinds of do-gooders create meaningful websites because they believe your home page is the most important page in your digital story. Running Your Organization nonprofits tsdigs digital storytelling tstellingyourstory tswebdesign'

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

Busia, Kenya: mozilla western kenya follow ups -openness,opportuni­ty on the open web. Vancouver, Canada: The Digital Nonprofit Conference. Image: Robert Kibaya of Net2 Uganda. Washington, DC: Powerful Websites: Hub for your Online Presence. Wednesday, April 30. Thursday, May 1. Friday, May 9. Monday, May 12.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2015

At a recent talk entitled Jobs for the Future: Using Technology to Empower in the Digital Economy , Tess Posner of Samaschool explained that although on-demand freelance technology work is proliferating, those lacking in digital skills will be the most likely to be left behind. Image : Jon Gosier / CC BY. million today to 7.6

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

One of TechSoup's less-known areas of work has been to support and promote the work of other tech-for-good organizations, like Ushahidi in Kenya. Creative Digital Inclusion Work. A Ushahidi digital inclusion device for developing countries that I've written about and admire is called the BRCK (pronounced "brick").

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

Brooklyn, New York: Protecting Data in the Digital Age for Nonprofits. Burlington, Vermont: Digital Storytelling Fundamentals. Busia, Kenya: Safer Internet Campaign: February 10th - March 25th. Image : NetSquared / CC BY-NC-SA. Adapted from Image : Andrew Becraft / CC BY-NC-SA. Thursday, January 15, 2015.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Abuja, Nigeria: A Well-Told Digital Story Is Powerful. Wednesday, May 11. Saturday, May 14.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Busia, Kenya: Safer Internet 2016 — 9th February 2016. Lausanne, Switzerland: Intergen Digital. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License. HTML EXAMPLE Image: NetSquared : Tannis Sullivan / CC BY-NC 2.0. --> spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Washington, DC: Digital Trends — Look Back at 2015 and Ahead at 2016. Busia, Kenya: Net2Kenya Joins Hour of Code 2015. Mukono, Uganda: Digital Activism. Image : Doxieone / CC BY-NC-SA. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License. Wednesday, December 9, 2015. NPTech Social.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

The event's purpose was to join industry and government in putting into action some of the precepts developed at the 2012 United Nation’s Pan-African Forum on E-Waste in Nairobi, Kenya. I’ve already written about some of it in my post on How Digital Inclusion Is Done in Africa. Images courtesy of Caroline Bowley.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Kisumu City, Kenya: Netsquared Safer Internet 2017: Be the Change; Unite for a Better Internet. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Wellington, New Zealand: Get a Digital Head Start for 2017 — NetSquared Wellington Unconference. Monday, March 6, 2017.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. The images are called pins and collections are called.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Indirect Content.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

She says: “I like to reach communities that we haven’t reached before in the developing world like what we’re doing to bridge the digital divide with the Aga Khan Development Network in Mozambique. The project is active in Iraq and Kenya. Image One - Temple: Courtesy of Stuck in Customs Creative Commons.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. Kibera is a slum located within the city of Nairobi, Kenya. The organization is working to build a digital public map of the Kibera community for the residents and organizations working there. The image above is an example from the Sumatra earthquake response of 2009.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. gear up to administer standardized tests digitally next year. As our digital selves develop in to significant mirror presences, someone else will probably own them. Social Media.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. Kibera is a slum located within the city of Nairobi, Kenya. The organization is working to build a digital public map of the Kibera community for the residents and organizations working there. The image above is an example from the Sumatra earthquake response of 2009.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Back in my May Nonprofit Technology News edition, I covered the emerging field of digital wallets. mobile payment system in Kenya that allows people there to text each other money. Images: TechSoup Global and Nominet Trust. • Data management • Drones. Sending Money By Email. Why don’t you try it and let me know.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Although most people tend to think of videos when they think of digital storytelling, the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge (TSDigs), powered by Lights. Throughout the campaign, TechSoup invited nonprofit digital storytelling experts to share their best practices for creating stories with impact using pictures.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Burlington, Vermont: Free Open Office Hours for Nonprofits — with Sustainable Digital. Busia, Kenya: Netsquared Kenya Joins MLH Hackathon 3 December 2016. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Storytelling 2016. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Image 2 : Glenn Hirsch via NetSquared / CC BY.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2014

That’s why TechSoup holds an annual digital storytelling campaign each year. Our global tweet-chat will be a series of one-hour conversations to be hosted by digital storytelling experts. There are already free events scheduled in countries as far-flung as Australia, Kenya and the USA. Image 1: Campfire by Chris Zielecki.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

Digital Inclusion. The Digital Divide Will End in 11 Years – and Will Be Our Ruination. We have another date for the end of the global digital divide! This, of course, is not the first declaration of the end of the digital divide. The web introduced publicly viewable web pages that include text, images, and sounds.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

This time I’ll review some new developments in digital inclusion, smart watches, accessibility technology, apps in Africa, crowdfunding resources, and digital trends to expect in the next five years. Now, here's the latest: Digital Inclusion. It's about time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013. Digital Wallets.

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