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(Re)Introducing NetSquared

Tech Soup

But did you also know that TechSoup’s NetSquared project supports nonprofit technology events and workshops happening in 50 cities across the globe? What Does a NetSquared Event Look Like? Each NetSquared group is run by volunteers who program events reflecting the unique needs of their community. netsquared event'

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BiGTech India Connects Nonprofits with IT Students

Tech Soup

To celebrate, TechSoup's partner in India, BiGTech , held the Find an IT Partner event in Mumbai to connect local nonprofits with IT students. The event was hosted by the Don Bosco Institute of Technology (DBIT), giving the IT students at the school a chance to hone their professional skills in a real work environment.

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What is working wikily? How can funders catalyze and support networks? Join the conversation #netfunders on April 5-6th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How to create environments that encourage and celebrate working with a network mindset within foundations? If you want to learn more about the networks, here’s a few blog posts: TechSoup/Netsquared. A Tale of Different Networks: Netsquared and TSG (Video interview with Marnie). How to build network weaving capacity?

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Storymakers 2014 Webinars & Events: Register Today to Participate!

Tech Soup

Melissa Thompson, activist filmmaker, documentarian, and senior video producer for Greenpeace USA , which ran a Vine short-video contest to inspire their activist community to tell their own short stories about the environment for Earth Day 2014. More Great Events to Come - Follow #Storymakers2014.

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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

Tech Soup

The Louisiana Bucket Brigade (LABB), for instance, has used Ushahidi to document the impacts of oil spills and other petrochemical pollution on human health and the environment. During the early days of our Netsquared project , we held big annual conferences to showcase and fund innovative tech for good.

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Net2 Think Tank & Social Innovation Review: Changing Role of Nonprofits

Amy Sample Ward

After taking some pictures at the local holiday parade, she finds that many others wanted to post their pictures on Flickr and started a group to pull them all together. How do nonprofits convene groups or create content that fits with the changing online environment? For directions on contributing to the NetSquared blog, click here.).

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Interview: Kedar Iyer, PickyPolly

Amy Sample Ward

Community production: Encouraging entrepreneurs to find community solutions to meet the localized needs. These are just some ways, that come my mind, Picky Polly can assist the different parties mentioned from its measurements of local lifestyle patterns. What help could you use at this stage?

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