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Ed Schipul Grew A Mustache (and beard) For His Cause: Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center!

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Flickr Photo from DenneyTerrio. Three weeks ago he asked me to sponsor him in " Mustaches for Kids -Houston." Ed Schipul is a colleague from the NetSquared Community that I have had the pleasure of knowing for two years now. I have the honor of joining his SWSX Panel in March about nonprofits, social media, and social good.

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Claiming Your Seat at the Leadership Table

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Flickr Photo: pete collins aka uniball The Houston YMCA runs a lot of youth basketball leagues, so they have a lot of volunteer coaches. This means they have a lot of volunteer coaches they have to train -- coaches who are already giving up a lot of time and whose schedules are already packed.

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Keep your New Year's Resolution with NetSquared

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Houston, TX: Monthly Meet-Up with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Liz Kearley via Flickr. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: LANCEMENT DES ACTIVITES NETSQUARED BURKINA FASO. Tuesday, January 14. Taipei, Taiwan: ????????????. Toronto, Canada: Tech Planning for 2014: Trends and Best Practices. Wednesday, January 15.

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April NetSquared Events in Your Community

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Houston, TX: Monthly Meet-Up with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Photo Credit: NetSquared/Joyce, creative commons on Flickr. Mukono, Uganda: Net2uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School & Community. Tuesday, April 8. San Francisco: Let’s Learn About Using Bitcoin for Social Good.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: October 23rd

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Flickr: kalabird) Nancy Schwartz announced the 13 Annual Nonprofit Tagline Awards winners , and we are so proud to see NTEN member organizations Earthjustice and The Houston Food Bank included. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.).

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Member Spotlight: Ashley Messick of Faith in Practice and Blood Centers of the Pacific

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Faith in Practice won an Honorable Mention in the Digital Storytelling Online Challenge for their Flickr story submission. I work full - time with Faith In Practice (FIP), a nonprofit organization out of Houston, Texas that does medical mission work in Guatemala. What organization do you work for and where are you located?

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Nonprofits and Videoblogging: Janitors Own Words: Video from SEIU

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We agreed You Tube should be used to showcase video when we decided to experiment with other forms of "emerging technology" like Digg, Flickr, etc. Once videos were complete, they were posted as home page material, and a communique to local press in Houston was sent.

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