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Meet Your Local NetSquared Organizer at #17NTC

Tech Soup

NetSquared believes in the power of meeting face to face in physical space. That's why we're thrilled that NetSquared is joining TechSoup in having a strong presence at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, DC. Find your closest NetSquared group. Tokyo, Japan: #社会課題に向き合うwebデザイナーが­増えている!?

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Your Local Tech4Good Club Is Ready to Help

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" That's why TechSoup invests in developing the best practices of our NetSquared network. Office 365 — how nonprofits can take leverage Microsoft's donated suite of tools to modernize their organizations and embrace the cloud. Find your closest NetSquared group. Upcoming Tech4Good Events. Africa + Middle East.

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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

In this post, we hope to voice many of the tools, resources, and tactics that have been shared, in hopes of encouraging others around the world to get involved with the digital relief efforts." In the weeks that have followed, Ichi’s e-mail provoked a series of responses from all over the world.

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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. We can’t only invest in a product.

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Finding a Community of Nonprofit Technology Experts

Tech Soup

What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts? TechSoup's NetSquared is the world's largest volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events. Most NetSquared organizers now have a peer mentor. Well, there are!

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Cool App Roundup: Disaster and Emergency Edition

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The FEMA app includes preparation guidelines for a variety of disasters, including checklists, safety tips, and local shelter maps. The notification app J-ResQ was developed in response to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Using cell phones as tools for emergency preparedness. Shelter information is updated every 30 minutes.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

Hacker Helper is a free online tool that will allow volunteer developers to prepare for hackathons. The tool will allow hackers and coders to get up to speed before the hackathon by reading problem statements written from the perspective of the people who are working to solve social problems on the ground: NGOs and activists.

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