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How the NetSquared Challenges Have Accelerated Tech for Good

Tech Soup

Between 2006 and 2009, TechSoup hosted open challenges to identify and provide support for innovative projects that harnessed these and other technologies for social good. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.

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News from NetSquared: Case Studies, Microsoft Development Challenge, and N2Y4 Registration Open!

Tech Soup

TechSoup Global's NetSquared project is doing some amazing work, particularly on the use of mobile technologies and social change around the world. Here's a quick snapshot of some of the projects they're working on now: Case studies: Amy Sample Ward has posted the first in a series of NetSquared case studies on their site.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: This Week in NPTech

NTEN

Case Foundation highlights advocacy mashups , and we're glad to see NTEN members Peter Deitz , Care2 , GlobalGiving , and MAPLight.org received some well-deserved props. And we can't forget to highlight the fact that TechSoup 's NetSquared Mashup Challenge helps encourage, spread the news about, and fund this type of work each year.

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NetSquared Mashup Challenge: How Do You Combine Data for Social Change?

Have Fun - Do Good

As some of you know, part of my work is being the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that facilitates the adoption of social web tools by nonprofits and NGOs. You don't need to have tech expertise to submit a project to the Challenge, just an idea for a change you want to make that could be facilitated by a mashup.

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Web and PR/Marketing An excellent post from Chris Andreson on Long Tail PR: How To Do Publicity Without A Press Release (or the Press) Nancy Schwartz of the Getting Attention Blog is hosting next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Cross posted at Netsquared 20 practices. Need a chuckle?

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last year, many more nonprofit panels made it onto the agenda and there was even a nonprofit lounge hosted by BeaconFire. . The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

An excellent first small step is to just identify the blogs that are hosting those conversations on the topics that interest you or inform your work. Another free blogging platform is wordpress hosted. Examples of Mashups. Chicago Crime Maps; Another googlemap mashup with crime statistics. Who Is Sick? Full Stop Campaign.

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