Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

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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Teen Netsquared Student Library 65

Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

That's why TechSoup Global, NetSquared and Microsoft teamed up to launch the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest last November. Find out what else NetSquared was up to this spring in this roundup. 3D printing at your local library? Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. TechSoup Digital Storytelling. The ReStart Romania.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

your local elections and help support voting rights? Ever hear a political ad and wonder what that mysterious organization sponsoring it is all about? organization that sponsored it. on some congressional and local races too. Head on over to NetSquared and share your election app idea. There's an app for that.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

While many hackathons for good are run by nonprofits, there are some corporate-sponsored events as well. NetSquared can help! The challenges invite social activists and techies to create web-based tools to tackle local issues. Got an idea for an app or software solution, but don't know where to start? The ReStart Challenges.

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District of Columbia Herzegovina Serbia Library 66

NTEN

MAY 30, 2013

These are informal local groups of those working in the nonprofit sector that meet on a regular basis to network and connect with colleagues, share information, and develop a local professional support network. Tech Clubs are driven by local leaders who step up to organize and plan group events with the support of NTEN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. Film Contest - " Film Your Issue " from Yahoo and other sponsors. GetInvolved Blog shares a summary from the Sunlight Foundation and Berkman Center all day session called "Local Political Information in an Internet Era."

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Examples: Neighborhoods Against Irresponsible Logging (NAIL): When planners distributed a confusing and hard-to-understand map, many people in Rebecca’s local community didn’t “get&# what kind of logging plan was really in store. The sessions are short (only 50 minutes!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

I started contributing to Global Voices where I did blogging roundups from Cambodia. In 2007, I raised money to help sponsor the first Cambodian Bloggers conference and raised a lot of the money via Twitter as Shel Israel noted in his book, Twitterville. Here’s a video and blog post I wrote for Blogher back then.

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