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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." Facebook was just getting its first venture funding, YouTube was just starting, and Twitter was still a year away from being founded. " NetSquared Up Close and Personal.

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Net2 Think Tank Round-Up: Entry Points for Engagement

Amy Sample Ward

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. Do you provide different content or appeals to your Twitter followers than to your Facebook group? It isn’t vital that you post to Twitter AND Pownce AND Jaiku or that you upload photos to Flickr AND Picasa AND Photobucket. Invest fully in a few tools, and use them well.

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NpTech Summary: Slow Wifi and Flickr Massage Edition

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm working remotely on an unreliable and slow wifi connection and Flickr has been getting a massage (down for maintenance) for most of the afternoon. " Jeremy Pepper , who spoke at this month's NetSquared Net Tuesday Meetup , is the director of communications. In addition, no visuals either. and social networking tools?

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Great reads from around the web on January 25th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Anecdotely, I see a lot of blogs and Flickr photo streams, some YouTube and Vimeo use. " Check it out! ." Why limit yourself?

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Guest Post on Frogloop: 5 Tips for Running a Competition

Amy Sample Ward

—– Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. .&# If members ask a question on Twitter, respond on Twitter, and so on.

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Networked Nonprofit Update: November

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by WiserEarth - WiserEarth's team from Around the World play Peek-A-Boo With Book. Flickr Photo by KK. Flickr Photo by James Leventhal. Meanwhile in down at action camp in San Antonio, Texas, I heard through Twitter that copies of the Networked Nonprofit were offered in a raffle. Photo by KK.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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