Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

In actuality, hackathons are events where ideas are hatched and technology needs are met — making them excellent opportunities for nonprofits, charities, and libraries! The hackathon model is ideal for nonprofits and libraries because it brings together motivated volunteers to expedite a project on a limited budget.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

From NetSquared. From the TechSoup Global Network. Use our newly launched Local Impact Map to learn how organizations are using technology products and knowledge to further their missions. From TechSoup for Libraries. Sarah reports on the Public Access Technology Benchmarks project. From TechSoup Global.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

I've kind of become an open-data geek in the past few months, largely thanks to NetSquared's unconference at NTC. Tags: Accessible Technology Community Tech Centers Community Tech Centers Digital Divide Event Online Activism Online Recruitment Services Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Then check out our new online learning courses, starting with Tech Training for Nonprofits and Libraries. If there isn't a group nearby, we'll help you start your own NetSquared group. What have NetSquared groups been up to recently? NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. *

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The weekend event was organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness , and many other organizations and companies. TechSoup, Caravan Studios , and NetSquared were on the scene to observe and participate in hackathon events all over the country. Leonard Library.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Our Online Safety for Nonprofits and Libraries: Paranoid or Are They Really Out to Get You? He is a programmer and web developer who helps other charities use technology more effectively. Kevin Lo, TechSoup's senior program manager for NetSquared, who has been TechSoup's resident security expert for many years.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

All this month, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Mark your calendar! Mark your calendar again!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2010

Netsquared is running a thinktank on this topic and you contribute your ideas here. MindMap of Social Networking Policy Discussion. There is also an operational aspect of the policy - all the tips and best practices that should be incorporated. Does your nonprofit have a social media policy? How did you create an effective one?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 11, 2013

The challenges included connecting African farmers to markets, creating an online networking space for women veterans, mapping Africa's natural resources, and a few others. My group started out by considering Crowdmap (from NetSquared alumnus Ushahidi ), but ended up going with Google Fusion and Google Maps to create the project.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Net Tuesdays are events that unite technology professionals with nonprofit organizations. The events are designed to be a forum for ideas, discussion, and action to execute technology-based projects or campaigns. Only then will gamers be willing to put in enough time and effort for the underlying message to get across.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Last March I was on a blogging panel for an event put on by the Alliance of Technology and Women. Beth Kanter raised $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation using a Network for Good Badge and similar tools to the ChipIn campaign, in three weeks. To prepare for the panel, I wrote up 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2006

Currently the Online Community Manager for TechSoup , she was part of the original launch team for the Techsoup, a one-stop resource for nonprofit technology needs including free information, resources, and support. "I knew that we could be a provider of a network of organizations to meet and collaborate in SL.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

The event not only served as a networking opportunity for these two groups, but also showcased eight social good apps already in progress. Nonprofits have needs that can be addressed using mobile technology, particularly with apps or texting services. This project is a great resource for libraries to share with patrons.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Jarod Lanier is regarded as the father of virtual reality technology. He imagines what a future will be for us in light of social networks, cloud-based data storage systems, and Web 2.0 Ross Braden, Senior Systems and Network Engineer. " Kevin Lo, Lead Technology Analyst. " Allyson Bliss, Relationship Manager.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Business Opportunities Web Blog Network. Networking Insight Blog. Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines, tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want. Found from this Technorati Search ). Youth Entrepreneurs.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Jarod Lanier is regarded as the father of virtual reality technology. He imagines what a future will be for us in light of social networks, cloud-based data storage systems, and Web 2.0 Ross Braden, Senior Systems and Network Engineer. " Kevin Lo, Lead Technology Analyst. " Allyson Bliss, Relationship Manager.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2012

company focused on how technology is changing politics, government and. These changes are an opportunity for you to better tell your group's story on the social network. from NetSquared. Nick Judd is the managing editor at Personal Democracy Media , a media. civic life. service, Personal Democracy Plus.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

Elijah van der Giessen, NetSquared Community Manager. Their team of journalists pull together a politics and technology news feed that condenses the essential information of the day and makes easy to look at on the small screen. Yelp – for restaurant and other reviews. The app also has a voice-activated search.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996. Buffer enables social media managers to schedule posts on social networks throughout the day and evening. NetSquared :: netsquared.org. See also the Noun Project. Keep your email signatures modern and simple.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2014

The Sharing Economy -- the use of networked, often mobile, information technology to share goods and services -- offers nonprofits new possibilities for innovation and efficiency along with new paradigms to move from scarcity to abundance. Nonprofits should lead the sharing economy and demand more from the private sector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Buffer enables social media managers to schedule posts on social networks throughout the day and evening. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996. NetSquared :: netsquared.org. Social Media. Buffer :: buffer.com. Chatfuel :: chatfuel.com.

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