Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2013

Your NetSquared organizers are gearing up for Social Media September , a month of social media for social good -themed events. We’ll be hosting social media surgeries for local nonprofits and community activists. August’s NetSquared Events. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Event Reports.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. TechSoup and the NetSquared meetups are here to help. Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston: Storymakers 2017! Houston, Texas: NetSquared Houston.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

The way we engage in public dialogue, coordinate, solve problems—all of it is shifting. Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. Rapid advances in digital media and technology are changing how we connect to information and each other. New networks are emerging everywhere.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Paris, France: “Made in Local”- Emploi, croissance, durabilité & si la solution était locale? hosted our first NetSquared Camp in China. NetSquared (soft) launched our latest project, the Hacker Helper , a wiki that connects social good hackathons with problems that need to be solved.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Instead, we should put the problems first and invest in a project. We can’t only invest in a product.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In celebration of the launch of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, Microsoft announced the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest in partnership with NetSquared. Apps to Address Real-World Problems. A good app idea will not only solve a problem your audience has - it will be easily accessible to them. Here are some tips.

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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. Digital organizing: Once communities are digitally literate, they can use the tools to advocate for addressing the challenges and problems they are facing. Gaining Trust with Local Partners.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

ClassTalk was made through Code for America , a nonprofit that connects app developers with civic leaders to solve city problems. 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. Apps Made by Youth.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Through technology, data, and resource-sharing, Community Boost_r seeks to empower Balkan citizens to voice their opinions, demand solutions to everyday problems, and stay informed on accountability and transparency issues. The site will then publish responses from local officials and encourage further transparency. From Serbia.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

TechSoup, Caravan Studios , and NetSquared were on the scene to observe and participate in hackathon events all over the country. Open source champion Brian Behlendorf spoke at the event, encouraging the hackers to focus on finding an interesting problem to solve rather than worrying about building a sustainable model.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

—– 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 #4: Be prepared to change. We’re all learning as we go!

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2013

Using publicly-released data and code, participants will be able to swap ideas, share skills, and solve challenges that affect Americans on both local and national scales. This wiki can be a first step in providing those developers with information about the problems that can benefit from their support. NetSquared can help!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

This week, TechSoup Global and Microsoft Community Affairs hosted the TechSoup Global Contributors' Summit, a gathering of TechSoup Global Network partners , TechSoup product donors, foundational partners, NetSquared Local organizers , GuideStar International partners , and other members of TechSoup Global's extended family.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

As ImpactMax writes so beautifully, tying individual stories to overall contextual problems and societal issues can really change policies. " Check it out! Stories about the impact that a nonprofit has on people’s lives can engage, recruit and solidify donors and members. Why limit yourself?

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

For a taste of nptech goings-on all around the world, NetSquared Local shares community highlights from the month of May and gets its fans excited about future projects in their recent monthly roundup. They are places where problems big and small are tackled by groups of people working towards a common goal.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

How do we enable transformative and far-reaching change that gets down to the root of solving local, regional, and global problems? These participants have come from more than 40 countries around the world — from some teeny nonprofit organizations to some of the largest corporations on the planet — all to ask questions like " What now?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? Jaeger explains that to be actionable, an idea must be concrete and address a problem or issue. That is the mission of Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup. Images: Erica Mesker. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

It was originally published on NetSquared. It harnesses locally based solutions to decrease the effects of disasters and rehabilitate communities in disaster-prone areas. This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

During the early days of our Netsquared project , we held big annual conferences to showcase and fund innovative tech for good. We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. I was there that year and the competition was intense.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

What happens when you combine local government, open data, and creative and tech-savvy citizens? They reached to these communities through the NetSquared Warsaw groups, tech- and startup-focused meetups, and through local universities such as the Warsaw University of Technology. Apps4Warsaw. A Contest Built on City Data.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

I first learned about Year Up's local Bay Area chapter through a Microsoft YouthSpark initiative event. To fine-tune its training and curriculum to specific companies or industries, Year Up's staff meets with companies and asks them about their specific business problems or openings and how Year Up graduates might help.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

This wiki can be a first step in providing those developers with information about the problems that can benefit from their support. NetSquared can help! The challenges invite social activists and techies to create web-based tools to tackle local issues. The ReStart Challenges. Image credit: Hackathon, hackNY.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

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. They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2008

Now thanks to a generous Sharing Foundation donor who responded to our appeal in the holiday newsletter, local builders will build three latrines, bigger and stronger than the ???family Unfortunately they don't have credit cards (that's a problem for some of the potential donors like the bloggers I met in Cambodia - take for example Denith ).

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

For example “Starbucks sucks” will show a lot of issues around free trade and other image problems. Beth : Participate in local meet ups of social media professionals or social good professionals that are happening different cities across the countries. Rather, it makes sense to start with listening.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

I think there is now lots of evidence to suggest that American consumers are increasingly aware of the world's problems. They're aware that poverty around the world is not diminishing, they're aware that environment degradation is a looming problem. PR: The old approaches to the world's problems aren't working very well.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

First up was Joseph Tanigawa from Code for San Francisco (our local chapter of Code for America), who presented a nifty tool for bridging the digital divide. The user can go to any bus stop and simply text the stop ID number (listed on every bus stop) to a local phone number (415-528-3226). Reporting Problems.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

If you discover that you are blacklisted, call your web and email host immediately to fix the problem. NetSquared :: netsquared.org. NetSquared is a group of volunteer leaders who host free #TechforGood in-person events every month in 120 cities worldwide. Ghostery :: ghostery.com. Idealist.org :: idealist.org.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2014

Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, libraries, and networks such as the NetSquared Local should be leading this movement as they are already committed to social good. AirBnB will allow hosts to donate to local causes; will add smoke detectors, will work on joint campaigns with the city and improve disaster preparedness.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2006

I came across her work while researching examples of nonprofits using the social web for social change for NetSquared and am looking forward to meeting her in person when she speaks at the NetSquared Conference next week. This project will tackle big questions such as: What are the most pressing human rights problems in our world?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

If you discover that you are blacklisted, call your web and email host immediately to fix the problem. For small regional nonprofits, the service could be used for local events and regular meetups. NetSquared :: netsquared.org. Ghostery :: ghostery.com. MeetUp :: meetup.com. For Nonprofits Only. Dipjar :: dipjar.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

You can also see if there is a local charity that you bring items to in your own world travels. In response to the Facebook flip, Doc Searles, in this post and a follow-up argues that we should "stop petitioning Facebook and Google to solve our problems for us." And you don't have purchase new stuff to give a gift.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2009

The first full session I was able to catch was “Tools Galore in Online Communications” moderated by Netsquared’s Amy Sample Ward with speakers Natalie Foster , Director of New Media for the Democratic National Committee , Rebecca Moore, Google Earth Outreach and Laura Quinn, Executive Director of Idealware.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

We went and had a victory party and then woke up the next day and realized that it didn't really matter because the company that wanted to build had gone to the state legislature to get them to pass a law to undercut the local ordinance that would protect our water. What I do is, I write for several blogs, as she mentioned.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2005

One of the reasons I am so excited about the work I am doing with NetSquared is because I think that these new web-based tools, especially podcasts, are an incredible way for nonprofits to get the word out about their causes, especially when they are listened to through headphones. We need to immediately recognize and address this problem.

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