Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 3, 2009

The Change the Web Challenge is open for submissions now at NetSquared. The Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit everyday. Featured Guests : Zak Greant , Mozilla Foundation. Moderator : Joe Solomon.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

A lot of helpful and insightful digital storytelling advice was shared; below are some of the highlights: India: NASSCOM Foundation, TechSoup Global partner, led the way with How to Create High Impact Stories. Beirut, Lebanon: NetSquared Beirut. Malhoun talked about using digital storytelling tools to empower citizen journalism.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Connected Citizens: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks – This new report from the Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute explores engaged communities: "Ten years ago, a tiny web site asked people to volunteer to write their own encyclopedia. Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

I was reading the reactions to the Overbrook Foundation Report on Nonprofit Adoption of Web2.0 over at the NetSquared ThinkTank and discovered an excellent blog called " Tools, Thoughts, and Things One Can Do With Little Time and Hardly Any Resources."

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Creating Awesome Video | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "For this month's Net2 Think Tank we asked you to share your tools and tactics for creating effective video messages – regardless of budget and organization size.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

She's our volunteer Netsquared organizer there. NetSquared is TechSoup's volunteer-driven, global network of nonprofit technology workshops and networking events. Getting Started with NetSquared. The speaker was Mark Brewer with the Central Florida Foundation. Find your local NetSquared group. Get (or Give!)

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This post was authored by Trenton DuVal, a contributing editor at NetSquared, and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. LinkedIn is launching a new set of tools aimed at nonprofits. The new initiative is being headed by Bryan Breckenridge , the former Director of Nonprofits and Education at the Salesforce Foundation.

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JANUARY 27, 2008

Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! There's going to be a Netsquared Meetup (recommendations for restaurant or location are needed) How will your nonprofit avoid the Meatball Sundae? KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools. Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2010

I have followed the development of Social Actions over the last few years and really believe in the work that Peter, Christine and the community have done to shape a collaborative, open tool that benefits so many people and organizations in all kinds of ways. Social Actions Transition: Request for Letters of Interest.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

We looked at mobile tools for fundraising as well as apps that incorporate some sort of fundraising into their platform. Mobile Fundraising Tools. These mobile tools help you fundraise on-the-go. The Mobile Giving Foundation is a great place to start find resources to start your mobile campaign.

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

We've compiled a list of Tools and Resources to share with participants, and thought that you might enjoy seeing it as well. All of the Nonprofit Boot Camp sessions will be recorded and available on the Craigslist Foundation's Nonprofit Boot Camp Podcast. Update: The presentation slides are available on FivePaths.

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NTEN

AUGUST 12, 2011

Whether you recently launched a blog, are trying to stay up-to-date on the latest social media tools, or looking for affordable software, there are more options out there than ever before. projects can be expensive, and not all foundations are excited to award grants for an IT overhaul. Her first suggestion: define your blogging goals.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

Here's peek into what we've been up to: TechSoup Global has two new posts on the Markets for Good blog, an effort by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Liquidnet to improve the system for generating, sharing, and acting upon data and information in the social sector.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

What’s the foundation of CDSI? Especially with the increased use of social media tools to help community building activity around causes or specific organizations. Where are they: which platforms or tools do they use and when do they use them? Know where your community is and what tools they want to use, and use those.

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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. …That means setting aside our shiny online tools and tactics long enough to ensure that we're using them to deliver real impact."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2010

Johnson of the Advertising Research Foundation and Tara Hunt, author of the Whuffie Factor. This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 12, 2010

Her birthday wish is to raise money for the Sharing Foundation using Causes and we think we could help her crush her goal of sending 53 Cambodian children to school by raising $530. Some posted to community blogs like NetSquared. We even said that they could do something else entirely! Some people posted on their own blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The second network, Netsquared , in contrast was more loosely controlled with a lower risk in failure. The Netsquared Network which has grown to over 27,000 people world wide through its self-replicated face-to-face events has grown quite differently. Here’s some points that Marnie mentioned: -Allowed the people to be the starts.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2010

This post was written by Amy Sample Ward and was originally posted on the NetSquared Blog. The third Digital Media and Learning Competition , from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. Submissions close January 22, 2010. Learn more and apply today!

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

50 Fascinating Nonprofit Statistics , Douglas Gould Company Must-Know Insights from #15NTC , Kevin Martone, Harold Grinspoon Foundation via Getting Attention 15NTC: Tech Tools & Austin Tips , Roshani Kothari, Ginkgo Street Labs NTEN 2015 Wrap Up , Paul St. 15NTC Community NTC press'

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2013

It was originally published on NetSquared. Some great data resources are featured this week, along with telling insight on the use of big data for global development and the use of open data by citizens. Data Use by Citizens.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

It was originally published on NetSquared. These include free tools that allow exploration of your data without a data scientist. data foundations big data foundation center tsfoundations' This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

" New at TechSoup: Your 501(c)(3) nonprofit, library, or foundation can now collect donations by text message — and develop your own mobile site — with discounted and donated services from Connect2Give. This offer is available to all nonprofits, charities, foundations, and public libraries. Benefits of a Mobile Site.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

This morning, NetSquared hosted a special unconference at NTC on open data. Jake Brewer talked about how his organization, The Sunlight Foundation , has played an instrumental role in the development of new data transparency standards in the US government. Tools Web Building.

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NTEN

MARCH 5, 2010

The March 501 Tech Club in NYC will be a panel on " Texting for Good: Trends, Tools, and Tips for Nonprofits " with Katrin Verclas (MobileActive) , Jed Alpert (MobileCommons) , and George Weiner (DoSomething.org). Deborah Elizabeth Finn announced the prototype of a tool that will search and. Full details and RSVP here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

NetSquared. Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards ! " (At first, I thought the title might refer to Electric Sheep Company , a big player in virtual worlds, and that it would lead to some more reflections on the MacArthur Foundation's recent Philanthropy Event in Second Life. NpTech Talk. It's a must-read.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 11, 2013

Interestingly, none of them had any experience working with mapping tools. I found that I could be of help by looking up information about various mapping tools or examples of other programs while the programmers were coding. I quickly got over my trepidation and got to work. Our group was made up of programmers with varying skillsets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Don't forget to add the search tool. Win $10,000 DonateNow Mashup Challenge at NetSquared. On a related note, see Allison Fine's Social Citizen's Report commissioned by the Case Foundation. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Want to listen on Twitter?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

Like TechSoup's other community-driven tech-innovation initiatives — the NetSquared challenges , the ReStart movement , and Apps4Warsaw — Caravan Studios' work is informed first and foremost by the needs of the community itself. Shelters are using the tool for survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Last week, I helped launch a peer exchange Webinar for Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Insurance grantees with Spitfire Communications (creators of the SMART chart ). Momsrising is an early adopter of online tools currently exploring the Google + platform and discussing it in team meetings.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

This was originally published on The Case Foundation Blog. Giving Guru Marnie Webb is Co-CEO of TechSoup Global where under her leadership the NetSquared initiative is in its fourth year of helping nonprofits worldwide use innovative web tools to increase their reach and impact. nonprofit sector.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 27, 2007

The widget is funded by the $25,000 first prize NetSquared Innovation Award that MAPLight.org received at the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) , and by the Sunlight Foundation. Full disclosure: I work for NetSquared. By September 15th, MAPLight.org plans to release a widget for U.S. campaign finance election president

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2016

Since the first NetSquared challenge in 2006, TechSoup has continued to offer people and organizations opportunities to connect, share ideas, and collaborate; they work on solutions online and offline through events, meetups, and hackathons. It motivates and engages citizens across central and eastern Europe, the Balkans, and Turkey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

If you, like Jon Stahl and many others, are interested in seeing more tools play well together, go sign it right now. Should A Foundation's Financial Transactions Fully Support its Social Purposes? Should foundations align their grantmaking directives with their endowment investment policies? tools in their web sites.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning global. have access to the tools to play, create, and build. story chronicled a middle school student who built an app to help him. Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.

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