NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Check out this page to see where NTEN will be in the community this month; we''d love to link up with you. agenda deadlines local events weekly round up'

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! Submissions close January 22, 2010."

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

" That's why TechSoup invests in developing the best practices of our NetSquared network. Office 365 — how nonprofits can take leverage Microsoft's donated suite of tools to modernize their organizations and embrace the cloud. Find your closest NetSquared group. Image : NetSquared / CC BY.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

For example, simply review the hundreds of ideas listed in NetSquared ’s Project Gallery and you’ll quickly see that people from around the world are hard at work leveraging all kinds of technologies to create positive change for communities tackling many different issues. I think there are too many to count, really.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

In 2009, for example, two trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing emergency numbers directly. This focus on collective participation and 24/7 connectivity has impacted more than just our social lives. Impacts to Society. What does all this really mean for us now? People believe in the internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

That's why each month NetSquared organizers in 60 cities across the globe host networking events for the nonprofit tech community. NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * Austin, Texas: Microsoft | How to Obtain a Donation and the Benefits of Microsoft 365. Friday, June 10, 2016.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

Rather than direct our friends to a generic donation page, we wanted to be able to weave our own personal story within the cause we support. Influencers and organizations like NTEN and Netsquared are prime to be the leading voice in setting vision for how technology is intended to be for nonprofits. Continuous Fundraising.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

This post is cross-posted on my personal blog and on the NetSquared Blog. That is really the reason we even do face-to-face these days, as much of the content at conferences is pretty much the same conversation again and again, at least in the nonprofit tech world (Twitter or Facebook?

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Blackbaud guest bloggers share expert fundraising tips and simple steps for creating a Facebook page that rocks. Also check out the special rates on Adobe Connect web conferencing from TechSoup donation partner, BetterWorld Telecom. TechSoup has new product donations! From NetSquared. From the TechSoup Community.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question. NetSquared DC Engagement Strategies Panelists — Maddie Grant, Andrew Nachison, and Dale Pfeifer (left to right). It doesn't have to be a big donate button.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

How do you talk about the enslavement of 30 million people in just 140 characters or in a simple Facebook post? The goal is for people to have "an ongoing conversation that is positive and informed and that inform purchasing and donation decisions for the rest of their lives." Connect with Not For Sale on Twitter or Facebook.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

TechSoup Asia currently offers product donations from our donating partners Microsoft, Symantec, and SAP, as well as relevant and useful content to NGOs in Singapore and Malaysia. We’ve also launched a NetSquared Local in Singapore, and are working to include the Philippines and Thailand in the near future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

She her day job is to blog and she does a terrific job at NetSquared and BlogHer. I was concerned at one point that the donations I'd received from these sorts of campaigns might be "transactional" - in that new donors to my charity would only contribute once and that was that. Donate now. What a deal for $10 or more!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

Project creators offer rewards and incentives for donations to thank backers for their support. What's at Cost: This is an all-or-nothing platform , meaning that if you don't meet your set goal for funds, you don't get to keep any of the donations. Kickstarter. based projects, pledges are processed by Amazon Payments.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 21, 2009

"Someone should create an iPhone app that allows you to donate $1.99 What if a group of nonprofits got together and created an application where you could donate to one, or all of the groups, each month through your iTunes account?" They say they donate a portion of the retail price and ad revenue to plant trees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. There's a roundup of coverage on his Netsquared blog , including pointers to live blog posts like this one. More from Britt Bravo on Netsquared blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Positive reinforcement is one of the best leadership development practices you can build into your work across the board, whether it’s online or offline, on your facebook page, newsletter, annual fundraiser or neighborhood events. Events: NetSquared Camps. Striving to be replaced also means rewarding and spotlighting leaders.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Project creators offer rewards and incentives for donations to thank backers for their support. What's at Cost: This is an all-or-nothing platform , meaning that if you don't meet your set goal for funds, you don't get to keep any of the donations. You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared. Kickstarter.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

Some posted to community blogs like NetSquared. Others posted on Facebook (using the Notes application). NOTE: Beth was able to smash her goal of raising $530 by getting $4,540 donated to help buy school uniforms and send Cambodian children to school via the Sharing Foundation. Some people posted on their own blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2008

I just donated a small amount to his effort! The meme isn't necessarily limited to individuals as David Neff at Fispace mentions - corporate bloggers like Tyson Foods will donate 100 pounds of food for every comment made here. Britt included links to change bloggers and started a Changeblogger Facebook. What's that?

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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. Causecast helps connect nonprofits (for free) with businesses, volunteers, and corporate donations. Unlike Twitter and Facebook, images are key to Pinterest. users and potential customers.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Within just three hours of the earthquakes hitting Haiti on January 12th, the Red Cross had set up a mobile fundraising mechanism that let people donate $10 (or any other amount they wished) from their phone by sending HAITI to 90999. 100% of donations went directly to disaster relief.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2009

link] shows a good example about a pop up call to action and links to url for donation #cfbc09 from charitywater that was successful. He shared some recent examples, including those from Netsquared. Facebook is better at organizing people than nonprofits - can't ignore it. YouTube audience is a lean forward audience says.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

Nonprofits need to look at objectives and resources, target their audiences, and think about multi-channel efforts before jumping on the Let's Use Facebook bandwagon. (I " Geoff Livingston makes a good point about why some efforts using Facebook have not raised huge dollar amounts. Not buying into social media/Facebook hype.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Eli van Der Giessen , NetSquared community manager, reveals: "One feature I like is Sharing. " Manning Sutton , senior director, TechSoup Global Network, admits, "I've given up and succumbed to Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, and all the others in terms of my privacy. What TechSoup LastPass Users Have to Say.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Different tools have different ways to measure their impact from site and page views, to subscribers, to "friends," to links back to you, to donations, to anecdotal evidence. Whatever you do, please don't abandon your out-of-date, un-updated blog, Facebook group, Twitter feed, etc. Cross-posted from NetSquared. What a pain!"

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

[link] Design Logoworks [link] 99designs [link] Flickr photos with Creative Commons Licenses (free): [link] iStockPhoto: [link] Online Donations Network for Good [link] ChipIn [link] PayPal https://www.paypal-portal.com/charity/ E-newsletters Feedblitz [link] Emma [link] Constant Contact [link] Donations and mailing lists Democracy in Action [link] (..)

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Facebook General Growth data: More than 200 million active users. billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day (worldwide). Plan and visualize your projects and results: Where are we getting (or giving) donations? The sessions are short (only 50 minutes!) More than 3.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Michael Stein has an interview with Jonathan Coleman about his success building a donor base on Facebook. Lucy Bernholz reports that embedded giving - in which a charitable transaction becomes part of any other financial transaction, such as checking out of the grocery store and making a donation to diabetes care - has gone web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

First there was a flickr group for NpTech Dogs and then we started seeing NpTechers with dog profiles on their Facebook profiles. Tools Here's yet another post declaring the death of email due to Facebook and Myspace. Beaconfire Consultants has an analysis of nonprofit apps on Facebook. tools to adopt. Listening is important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

The Best and Worst Cities for Nonprofit Efficiency (posted by Sarah Conner Smith ) Social Media and Web Strategy and Marketing Jonathon Coleman shared The (Lil) Green Patch Facebook app has donated $33,600 to The Nature Conservatory's Facebook Cause (I screenshotted and summarized the discussion thread here ). Causes Raised $2.5

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 20, 2007

"If you just need bodies at a rally, names on a petition or donations in your coffers, mobilizing through traditional means will work great. Facebook isn't just for college students anymore. You might be surprised how many nonprofits and individuals are using Facebook groups to organize. Networking for Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

As bloggers and others give it closer scrutiny, we're hearing a debate about which Facebook App is better? See3 Blog writes about the advantages of the Convio Face App (integration with organization's Convio database) and the limitations (can only run one Facebook app at time). Dave Winer describes in detail why Why Facebook Sucks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Donations 2.0 : Connecting donors directly to the beneficiaries of contributions is a game-changing fundraising strategy. Submitted by Gradon Tripp.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2009

Amy Sample Ward of Netsquared and Amy Sample Ward's Version of NPTech. A Causes widget that points to charitable actions and donations on other sites such as Global Giving and Facebook Causes. Only some of the best and brightest in social media for nonprofits, of course. Sloane Berrent of the Causemopolitan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

Submitted by Ivan Boothe, publisher of the Rootwork Blog Over at the NetSquared blog, Joe Solomon provided a great roundup of reasons people might be "jaded about social media for change" and ways they overcome it. Sometimes that's all you need - making a donation, sending petitions, affecting website ratings, flooding online polls, etc.

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