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Member Round Up: A busy September with new research, a cure for website obesity, and world literacy day

NTEN

TechSoup and NetSquared have put together a month of educational opportunities, from local events all over the world to day-long Twitter parties and a free webinar. No matter where you are, there''s still a week left for you to hone your social media skills during Social Media September.

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Nonprofits, Companies, and White House Unite on Tech Gap

Tech Soup

" In 2014, GigaOm found some interesting statistics on diversity in tech from company-provided data and survey results from the U.S. I first learned about Year Up's local Bay Area chapter through a Microsoft YouthSpark initiative event. The Power of a Year.

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Notes from Google Earth Outreach at Net Tuesday

Have Fun - Do Good

Last week, at NetSquared's San Francisco Net Tuesday Meetup, Steve Miller, Product Manager, Google Earth Outreach spoke to a room of 50+ social changemakers and web innovators about how nonprofits can use Google Earth Outreach for their work. Full disclosure: I am NetSquared's Community Builder.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Growing and Eating Local Foods. Tornado History Project The Tornado History Project is a searchable, sortable database of tornado statistics based on official National Weather Service (NWS) tornado records from 1950-2005 and googlemaps. Chicago Crime Maps; Another googlemap mashup with crime statistics. Can you find more?

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Nonprofits Imagine a Better Sharing Economy

Tech Soup

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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106 Free or Low-Cost Online Tools and Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For small regional nonprofits, the service could be used for local events and regular meetups. NetSquared :: netsquared.org. NetSquared in a group of volunteer leaders who host free #TechforGood in-person events every month in 120 cities worldwide. Statista is a searchable portal to multiple statistics databases worldwide.

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