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TechSoup Global: A Tale of Two Dramatically Different Networks and Their Development

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Last week, I got to BoardSource at 8 am just so I could hear Marnie Webb and Rebecca Masisak, CO-CEOs of TechSoup Global share their lessons learned in developing, weaving, and stewarding two very different types of networks. The second network, Netsquared , in contrast was more loosely controlled with a lower risk in failure.

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How Charities Get Tech Support in Uganda

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It's tough out there everywhere for NGOs and charities to get help with their technology. NetSquared is TechSoup's answer to providing local tech support and learning opportunities. Uganda is no different except for one thing: its amazing NetSquared Regional Ambassador for East Africa, Robert Kibaya. What Is NetSquared?

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BiGTech India Connects Nonprofits with IT Students

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Nonprofits, government agencies, schools, and corporations organize events bringing awareness to fundraising and volunteering. There were a total of 12 NGOs present at the event, including the Maharashtra Dyslexia Association and the Sujaya Foundation , which provides educational services to underprivileged youth.

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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

Governance and managing across difference in power and capacity in network participants / members. How to support NGO leaders who want to work with a network mindset but run into obstacles, like their board? If you want to learn more about the networks, here’s a few blog posts: TechSoup/Netsquared. Story of Stuff.

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Help a Nonprofit Cross the Digital Divide This Summer

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You can help your tech-shy NGO friends cross the digital divide by bringing them to a nonprofit tech meetup. Every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 60 cities. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech.

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Visualizing the World's Seven Billion

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This post originally appeared on the Netsquared blog and was authored by Bari Samad, an NGO domain expert for NetSquared. SAP , a TechSoup Global donor partner and a leader in enterprise software applications partnered with the UNFPA to unveil two interactive population dashboards to mark the milestone.

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Advancing the New Machine: A Recap from the Human Rights and Technology Conference

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TechSoup's NetSquared Initiative partnered with the HRC in the first conference The Soul of the New Machine in 2009 to help select a winner in their Mobile Challenge. NGO capacity is still lacking, but they must learn to own technology. & Catherine T. Lyman gives the example of the user interface of a website, which we often.