Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2013

We are deep into June already, but NetSquared Local isn’t taking a vacation! NetSquared Local believes that the best way to build a strong, self sufficient community of #nptech practitioners is for us to go outside and get face-to-face. We challenge you to join a NetSquared Local group or start your own ! Event Reports.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

As we all know, the nonprofit tech community is loaded with smart and thoughtful organizers who give their time and efforts to help the rest of us do the good work we do. We learn new community organizing tips and tools from them all the time. The presentation slides have been uploaded to Slideshare.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 10, 2021

Whether you started your nonprofit last week or five years ago, if you’re still struggling to get your mission off the ground, this two-part course will help you jumpstart your work and set you on the path to success. ” “Even though I knew the recording and slides would be available, I couldn’t stop myself from taking notes.

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Classy

JULY 5, 2021

In this post, we’ll walk you through the different types of donation match partners and how to leverage your existing relationships to find the right one for your organization. A small business matching partner is typically a local or regional company within your service area. Learn How To Tap Into Local Partnerships.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2013

NetSquared Local members meet monthly in 50 cities around the world with the goal of helping each other solve their tech challenges and finding a tribe of people who shares our passions. Saturday, June 1 is the National Day of Civic Hacking and Net2 organizers in Honolulu, Boston and New Haven are jumping into the fray!

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Earlier this summer, I had the huge privilege to visit Romania and help with the Local Philanthropy Workshop. It was so much fun and it was an amazing experience to work with people like Chris Worman and meet with so many local nonprofit and community changemakers. The slides are below as well as some notes.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

That's why each month NetSquared organizers in 60 cities across the globe host networking events for the nonprofit tech community. NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * Every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 60 cities.

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Care2

AUGUST 24, 2011

Whether you are part of a nonprofit organization, an action campaign, a local community, or a school, you know that it is through stories you can showcase your work, change people's minds, inspire them to make change, or join you to make a difference. Here are four that currently have my vote - please share yours!

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 4, 2013

It also helps the dog shelter build a list of people who might have adoption on their mind. The Needham Community Farm is enhancing their relationship with a local pizza shop by offering a chance to win the pizza party. People joining this list are likely to support the organization by volunteering or donating. Photo Contests.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

A chance for local organizers to come together, network, ask questions, etc. Takeaways: A chance to connect with other local organizers. More knowledge, confidence and excitement about organizing in your city. The Internet has a proven ability to shift the balance of power between individuals and organizations.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

As part of our debrief of the event, we wanted to share some insights from the Classy staff who organized it. As you organize your nonprofit virtual fundraising event , you’ll also want to ask yourself questions during planning, execution, and follow-up on whether your schedule is respectful of your participants’ time.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 14, 2021

To accommodate latency issues and provide a shorter, tailored experience for virtual guests, Celebrity Waiters created two entirely separate slide decks for each audience. Online guests watched recordings of speakers and videos about the organization’s mission, so they still felt engaged with the cause while sitting in front of the computer.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2014

Does your organization need a disaster fundraising plan? The reality is that disasters can happen anywhere and organizations can be thrown into the relief efforts even when it isn’t part of their mission. Either way, the time may come when your organization needs to mobilize and get involved or seek help for its own recovery.

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NetWits

MARCH 23, 2012

54% of the organizations experienced results at or above this growth rate. 87% of organizations had at least one online gift of $1,000+. This tactic is genius because it helps do two things. Autism Speaks created a unique and fun way to raise money online that was so engaging that people couldn’t help but share it.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2012

You can look at total contributions, contributions by household, discretionary income by household, and percentage of income given by household at the national, state, county, and local level. So far, Council Speaker Christine Quinn has not called for a vote on this issue. Be passionate. Be creative. Be concise.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Do you offer local or national programs? Do you put on local activities? You’ll gain some interesting and actionable insights that will help guide how you create content and manage your website with a focus on SEO. Can Social Media Help Your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Efforts? Do you run fundraising events?

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

As the conference nears I’m getting ready for an exciting session focused on the use of social media in the non-profit sector, but I need YOUR help. After each of the speakers present’s I’ll be moderating a discussion with them focused on helping nonprofits understand how they can use social media for social good. Thanks for your help!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Several websites were set up to help family members find out information about each other in the chaos. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

Perhaps you line up a popular motivational speaker or lifestyle influencer to help balance out more serious event content. of virtual event organizers use polls to increase interactions. Bring in a top local chef (see point #3) to host a virtual cooking class. In fact, 81.8% Recipe Night. Live Virtual Concert. Speed Networking.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

CTK Foundation Grant Award: Social Media, Technology, and Poetry for the Soul | Community Organizer 2.0 – "I was contacted by my colleague John Haydon last week to write about an interesting foundation grant challenge by the CTK Foundation. Broadband users are more critical of their communities and local institutions."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2012

I also developed the curriculum for the 15 workshops that were localized and delivered by the in-country trainers to over 220 NGOs over 9-month period. The program accomplished the following: 220 organizations participated. Organizations raised almost $125,000 through integrated social media campaigns from donors.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Today’s Community Builder chat focused on examples and best practices for connecting on and offline community activities, events, and organizing. The Community Organizers Handbook available as a public resource, you can certainly refer there for information/feedback/best practices on offline organizing: [link].

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

Simply put, focus on the people whose lives are made better by your organization. Please help us open the door for a teen to attend our personal development conference, benefit from having a mentor, and get on a path to college and a career.” . How is our organization responding to this need? What would you say? Be specific.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

I’m gathering my thoughts to start putting together my slides and presentation and wanted to stop for reflection and sharing. Nonprofit organizations, local and federal governments, campaigners and even businesses are trying to innovate at the speed of communities. Libraries can and should be doing the same.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

The program is managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE), and implemented with a coalition of leading new media experts and local and international partners from the public and private sectors. I go through my slides and think will this metaphor or idea translate to this cultural context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Local connections built through engagement. Organizers in local community own the agenda. While this might have fueled the organic growth, they are unable to track some of the impact. TechSoup Global could have leveraged its resources in other programs to help with outreach. Hands-off approach.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Capriza has developed what they call a virtualization-based approach that allows someone to make an internal organization mobile app for a department — in as little as a week. Other companies in this space that will liberate us from our local area networks are vArmour and Embrane. It requires no API and no coding.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Roberta's organization changes the lives of children through the choral arts. While I believe that children who are "locally grown, globally loved" (as the Chorale describes their kids) are put on a path less likely to struggle with addiction, there's no clear overlap in the two organizations. Roberta's post.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

There were interesting conversations at every turn and I also had requests to share my notes and slides. Below, you can find my full speech and slides, as well as links to address questions and requests from many of those I met with. I also encountered quite a few people asking very similar questions, or looking for the same resources.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 1, 2018

My eyes locked on that phrase on her slide, "protecting loyal patrons." Organizations often protect powerful people at the expense of the very same new audiences they seek to attract. My colleagues at the MAH were working with local organizers on the Santa Cruz #FamiliesBelongTogether rally (which ended at our museum).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The above slide show was created based on all the information I gathered from my network below. I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. What Should Artists and Arts Organization???s Can I help next time?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. The site, which serves as a learning and sharing center for nonprofits and social change organizations, debuted today at [link]. We’re here to help nonprofits master the social Web to bring about meaningful social change,” said J.D.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Networked nonprofits are simple and transparent organizations. They engage people to shape and share their work in order to raise awareness of social issues, organize communities to provide services or advocate for legislation. In the long run, they are helping to make the world a safer, fairer, healthier place to live.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

Holly warmed up the crowd with a humorous slide show about the Internet connectivy. Help support local connections with other nonprofit techies. Help support local connections with other nonprofit techies. Everyone will pledge will change one mind in their organization. Direct the Rider.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

And just a couple of real quick housekeeping items, just want to let you all know that we are recording this session and we’ll be sending out that recording as well as the slides later on. Well, let me take down my slides because they want to hear from you, not me. So are you ready for me to present my slides? .

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

NetSquared holds free or low-cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient, local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Newest NetSquared Groups.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

I’ll be posting my slides and speaking notes on Tuesday for my session on the topic of “the future of online revenue generation for charities.&# More to come on this question then! Social media is a tool for you to use to help you achieve your mission. For more: What Will Online Giving Look Like Next Year.

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