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TechSoup Hosts Saturday Hackathon 4 Good

Tech Soup

The day started with demonstrations by two projects that have moved past the initial idea phase. Inspired by these two projects, participants then broke off into smaller teams to fine tune existing ideas or surface new solutions. Do you have an idea you need help launching?

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Guest Post on Frogloop: 5 Tips for Running a Competition

Amy Sample Ward

—– Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. Tip #3: Operate in public. We’re all learning as we go!

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Restart Romania Social Justice Challenge Spotlights User-Generated Content

Tech Soup

To get diverse perspectives from TechSoup Global staff about user-generated content, we asked Marc Manashil, Community Evangelist for NetSquared, to share how challenges like Restart Romania enable users to get engaged at all levels. Web-based challenges are not a new phenomenon at TechSoup Global.

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Being or Managing a Great Technical Volunteer

Tech Soup

Over on the NetSquared blog , we've been running a great series of posts by Bari Samad about ways that nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries can leverage the power of human capital. It's a great resource, full of ideas and common sense we've picked up from the nonprofit community over the years.

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Changing the World One Gift at a Time: An Interview with Deron Beal of the Freecycle Network

Have Fun - Do Good

This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). You can listen to the original interview and a live recording of Freecycle's 5-minute pitch at the NetSquared Conference on the NetSquared Podcast.

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An Interview with Jeska Linden about Nonprofits in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's what led me on the next phase of my adventure. I remember when I first started, my parents had no idea what it was I did. At the netsquared conference , I spoke with someone from a small nonprofit about Second Life. We were hired by a startup outside of Detroit, a build-your-own computer company, sort of like Gateway.

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Some Nuggets from NTC 2014

Tech Soup

This is a cross-posted with permission from NetSquared ambassador Stephen Blyth's blog, Common Knowledge. Stephen is a NetSquared ambassador from Wellington, New Zealand and attended the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in March. Making time to connect with the many inspiring people involved was my top priority.

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