Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

It was originally published on NetSquared. African Students Leverage Open Data to Aid Communities Vulnerable to Disaster Lindsay Read an AidData Summer Fellow talks about Resilient Africa Network (RAN) which is run by Makerere University and 19 other African universities in partnership with USAID’s Higher Education Solutions Network.

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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. This hackathon took place at San Francisco State University's Paul J. Arthur Grau of NetSquared Honolulu reported back on the National Day of Civic Hacking/Code for Hawaii event in Honolulu.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

The site will then publish responses from local officials and encourage further transparency. From Kosovo: Bordi Studimor is a project that seeks to improve the communication between high schools and universities in Kosovo. The site will publish the problem in hopes that it will pressure local government officials to solve them.

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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. spanhidden.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

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. Check out their work at [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2008

Two years ago, with funds from the Long Island chapter of the American Association of University Women, we were able to replace their highly arsenic contaminated well with a huge rainwater collection tank and delivery system to supply safe drinking water. Now Beng Krom??? family latrine??? shown above. I tweeted that too.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

We are at a very interesting time – with shifts happening locally and globally, governments changing, and new paradigms emerging. I have heard before: I’m a university library, so I can’t learn from or build on the work from the community library because it is just so different here.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

But first I'm going to show off on behalf of our NetSquared organizers. The NetSquared organizers' events help TechSoup deliver on our shared mission of ensuring that civil society has the tools and skills necessary to use technology effectively. But I'm not the only one singing the praises of the NetSquared organizers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

So when I heard that one of the leading subject matter experts on social media metrics - Jeremiah Owyang - was the guest of honor at a local social media networking event , I decided to go. It has established a universal way to measure web sites. And, above all, the session needs to be a conversation about Social Media, not a lecture.

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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. Heddy also writes for the Global Youth Fund blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

million-member political action committee who works on issues from universal health care to climate change, and energy independence to restoring democracy through getting rid of the torture clause that the Bush administration has written into the government charter, and trying to get public funding for elections. We are a 3.5

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