Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. The site was developed by Democracy in Action. NpTech Community. " Findhabeas.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Criteria is really important to consider: the crowds voting = who do you want to win this; the hosts/judges/experts voting = quality, value, innovation or alignment with competition/organizational goals. For a few reasons: the community has a shared context or starting place, there’s less to explain upfront. What do you think?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Many years ago, NetSquared hosted challenges and conferences to highlight and bring together fledging social entrepreneurs. In January 2013, Dd also hosted a hackathon mainly comprised of local students and programmers, further cultivating ownership and sustainability in the process. netsquared digital divide' spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2013

As long as you have a passion for positive social change in your community, you'll have a place at National Day of Civic Hacking! Want to host your own hackathon? NetSquared can help! Visit the National Day of Civic Hacking's Events page to see find out what's happening in your state.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2010

Today Allison Fine and I celebrated the launch of the Networked Nonprofit at TechSoup Global in the space where Netsquared Meetups take place. Most importantly, the vision that Marnie Webb had over five years ago called Netsquared inspired me to keep blogging and explore social media and nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

This morning, NetSquared hosted a special unconference at NTC on open data. On the other hand, some people suggested that funders should be the first place to look for more openness. Where are the reams of data from funders on the cost and ROI of projects they've supported? Tools Web Building.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

One cool project that came out of a RHoK event is InfoPlace Kenya , an Android application for information and directions of essential places in Kenya like hospitals, tourists attractions, restaurants, educational facilities, and more. Here are even more hackathon resources from TechSoup and beyond: Want to host your own hackathon?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2006

I almost spilled my latte all over my keyboard when I read in Britt Bravo's post over at Netsquared that I was nominated for a Vloggie along with Netsquared Vlog and Alive in Baghdad and Sustainable Route. My videos are distributed all over the place (I'm experimenting with many different video hosts).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

You may be familiar with the NTC ( Nonprofit Technology Conference ) hosted by NTEN. It's taking place this year in San Francisco from April 26-28th. Last week at Netsquared Net Tuesday, Peter Campbell, IT Director at Earthjustice , created the above slideshow that offers an overview of the Day of Service. tags: nten 09ntc ).

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 23, 2008

NTEN, Idealware, and TechSoup host webinars that will answer many of your burning nonprofit and technology questions! They could be a fun way to do trainings for volunteers, fundraiser table captains, house party hosts, and concerned citizens who want to learn more about the issues you are working on.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Hosting included) WordPress.org: [link] (Free software. You have to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting) MovableType.com: [link] (Higher Education & Non-profit license for 5 authors, $195. Need to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting). Update: The presentation slides are available on FivePaths.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 26, 2007

Hey Have Fun * Do Gooders, Many of you know that I work as the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of TechSoup. PT/SLT (Second Life time), 32 Nonprofits and their supporters will host a grand opening celebration in their new offices in the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. I thought some of you might want to check it out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

Last week I dropped in on the weekly NTEN Water Cooler chat hosted by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer of SocialFish. Many community members are avid users of and students of social media – for some it is an integral part of their profession, so this is a great place to learn about social media. for the last five years or so).

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2007

From the article: Aside from a new place to post your profile, myBLOC.net is set up to host self-selecting groups, create alumni circles to provide long-term connection between participants at a training or conference and individually tailor learning circles to strategize on particular issues or campaigns on your block, or globally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. What do you think? See below).

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 25, 2006

On Tuesday, May 30th at 4pm PDT, Micki Krimmel , the Director of Internet Outreach for Participant Productions , will be speaking about, "Media that Mobilizes: An Inconvenient Truth , ClimateCrisis and More Tales from Participate.net " as part of NetSquared's remote conference.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2016

The following blog post recaps a NetSquared Toronto presentation by Sarah Lesh, a front-end web developer at hjc. The Internet can be a confusing place, and often Internet concepts, like coding a website, may seem complicated and overwhelming. You can watch her full, in-depth presentation. These are called self-closing tags.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

One of the newer entries into the video hosting game is Revver. Revver actually pays you for your content based on advertising placed on your work and the click thrus. I read on Netsquared about how Creative Commons is trying to raise money with its video on Revver and am trying it out. I contributed. I love retro film.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Tactical Philanthropy Blog notes that the next Giving Carnival will focus on Fundraising for Nonprofits and will be hosted by Gayle Roberts. News from Nigeria via the Netsquared blog. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

60) Search « CASE STUDY: Care2 Recruits 10,000 for CHEJ Campaign | Main | NetSquared Meetup Roundup » Thursday Jun 21 2007 Online Branding Takeaways Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 12:09PM | by James OMalley Yet another fantastic Internet Advocacy Roundtable took place at the Care2/Oxfam offices!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

This year it’s taking place in Atlanta, GA and I’ve got such a long list of people to meet, talk to, and learn from. NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. Who : NetSquared and other Community Organizers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 7, 2007

NJN was created to give Oakland a place to share stories and to connect and develop solutions. Two of the creators of Not Just a Number will be speaking at NetSquared's Net Tuesday in San Francisco tomorrow, May 8th. Last year Oakland's homicide rate reached a five-year high of 148 people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. TechSoup's Virtual Office space was pretty busy last night, hosting an earlier mixed reality event in Cambridge and SL , featuring Pathfinder Linden , head of educational activities for SL.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

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. Submitted by Rachel Weidinger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

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. Submitted by Rachel Weidinger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

Posting cellphone videos is not easy with all video hosts. The organization has had a small video program in place for about 10 years. Netsquared Net Tuesday also had a session on vlogging and Britt Bravo posted some great notes. Check out this popular YouTube user. Cabrini Connections shared a video on YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

As FrogLoop blog concludes in its recent analysis of MySpace, "Social networking sites are essentially a microcosm of the internet, and hosting a profile on either is akin to managing a website. More On Social Networking for Social Change OneNorthWest recently hosted a seminar on social networking sites and environmental organizations.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

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. Submitted by Rachel Weidinger.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Before I talk about strategic elements of the community-driven model, I want to share some key conditions that need to be in place to ensure a library or any other organization can move to a community-driven model. Someone has to host, someone has to clean up. Principles. And I’m glad we do.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

To talk about the evolution of nonprofit technology we really need to pick a place to start, because the beginning could be anywhere. The magical kingdom in which offline and online worked together, where strategies that were proven in one place were re-imagined in new ones. Thus, we entered the social period.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

It is something that needs to be accepted because the groundswell is already taking place. Before you feel like it is necessary to host a community or answer the posts, take some time to really understand what people are saying and who they are. Some specific groups exist: social media club , netsquared , tweetup , etc.

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NTEN

MAY 30, 2013

Some Tech Clubs have merged with NetSquared local groups who share similar group objectives. As Vancouver NetSquared/501 Tech Club organizer, Eli van der Giesson puts it, "Vancouver''s Net Squared group is all about connecting nonprofits, activists and technology folk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

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. or software that gathers all the news feeds in one place where you can scan/read them quickly. news or web feeds ????

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2013

The story focuses on a bright and eager 20-something-year-old who gets a job at this highly coveted place to work that offers luxuries such as free concerts, volleyball courts, and a spa. Elijah van der Giessen, TechSoup's Netsquared Community Organizer and Curator. The e-book was created with sponsorship from NetSquared.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2013

The story focuses on a bright and eager 20-something-year-old who gets a job at this highly coveted place to work that offers luxuries such as free concerts, volleyball courts, and a spa. Elijah van der Giessen, TechSoup's Netsquared Community Organizer and Curator. The e-book was created with sponsorship from NetSquared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2009

Open standards (see picture above) guide me to a place where I can @reply in a hurry. In June, I hosted a discussion about Collaboration and Competition on Social Edge in which the topic of open standards for the nonprofit sector was raised. Sometimes collaborating in one area raises the bar of competition in another.

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