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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." To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 " The year was 2005.

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Deadline Approaching for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize

Tech Soup

Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change. There's still time to submit your nomination before October 31, 2011 for this year's Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public interest.

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10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause

Have Fun - Do Good

I write for the NetSquared blog each day (it takes me anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour depending on the topic), but it is also designed to be a community blog, so any registered user can post on it about how nonprofits are using the social web for social change. Depending on your organization's work and audience, you may not have to.

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Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation

Amy Sample Ward

Instead of grant deliverables or profit, passion and impact are the bottom line motivators for change. I only have my laptop and my notebook with me, so all I need is an outlet and the wifi password to get to work. Adoption is something we’ll come back to later as well.

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74 Free or Low-Cost Tools and Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Storrito enables users to create Instagram and Facebook Stories on desktop/laptop computers. GrantAdvisor allows anyone in the nonprofit community to anonymously write reviews about their grant experiences with foundations. NetSquared :: netsquared.org. Ideal for staff and volunteer appreciation. Storrito :: storrito.com.

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