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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 " The year was 2005.

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NpTech Tag Summary: The Faces of NetSquared Champions and NpTech Power of Ten Summary

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Face (book) of NetSquared Champions. The NetSquared Conference is just days away and the NetSquared blogs are buzzing with activity! Not attending the NetSquared Conference but want to follow the tag stream? The conference tag is n2y2. Buzz in NpTech space -- from blog to blog to tagged bookmarks.

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How To: Create a Listening Dashboard for your Organization

Amy Sample Ward

Here are some example searches using NetSquared as the organization. “netsquared&# or “net squared&# - putting this in the search term area of the alert would mean that any time “NetSquared&# is mentioned or “Net Squared&# is mentioned, I will get alerted. Simply visit [link] to get started.

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Nonprofit Executive Director Chops Brick With Bare Hands!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Well, that's just one of the links that showed up on my NpTech Tag Summary over at Netsquared. Is it true? What organization? If you're curious or want to explore the many other tasty and useful nonprofit technology links, go right over there and read it !

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! the skills identified in this workshop or sessions at the upcoming NTC designed to look at change issues that technology surfaces from the viewpoint of executive directors or IT staff might help. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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TechSoup Announces 2nd Annual Digital Storytelling Challenge

Tech Soup

The goal of the project is to not simply host a contest, but "to help nonprofits think creatively about using technology to fulfill their missions, without having a fear of technology and by learning a new skill with an element of fun," says Susan Tenby, Director, Online Community and Social Media Team, TechSoup Global.

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Great reads from around the web on September 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

" Net2 Think Tank Round-Up: Finding Volunteers Online | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – Looking for ways to recruit volunteers online? " Tags: roundup bookmarks broadband casestudies evaluation list postalicious report research resources volunteering. Check out the Net2 Think Tank for ideas! "For

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