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NetSquared Events for September: Featuring #Storymakers2014

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Join your local NetSquared group. No local group? This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs and HandsOn Tech. Oakland, CA: Office 365 for Nonprofits. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Storymakers Events.

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Tell Your Community's Story with NetSquared

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Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Looking for inspiration? Storymakers Events.

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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

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TechSoup, Caravan Studios , and NetSquared were on the scene to observe and participate in hackathon events all over the country. Arthur Grau of NetSquared Honolulu reported back on the National Day of Civic Hacking/Code for Hawaii event in Honolulu. ReWrite Oakland. Image 3: ReWrite Oakland, Caravan Studios.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

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The site will then publish responses from local officials and encourage further transparency. The site will publish the problem in hopes that it will pressure local government officials to solve them. EkoVizija is a mobile app that enables users to take pictures and report environmental problems in their community. From Serbia.

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

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You can also create a special reading list, locate books in your local library, and share what you're reading with friends over social media. This student-built app lets players take on the role of a ghost detective who encounters local residents who haunt the community. Apps Made by Youth.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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or Code for Oakland ). NetSquared can help! The challenges invite social activists and techies to create web-based tools to tackle local issues. There are many different types of hackathons: from company hackathons (such as Facebook's All-Night Hackathon ) to government improvement hackathons (like #HackWeTrust.

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Mother's Day for Peace

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Campaign supporters are asked to bring pies to their local Congressional offices and let their Congresspeople know that "Peace wants a Piece of the Pie" (the federal budget). Last year Oakland's homicide rate reached a five-year high of 148 people. Department of Peace. Beth Kanter posted about this a couple weeks ago.