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DIY Online Collaboration: Wikis

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If creating such a resource seems out of your league, you might want to consider building a wiki. What Is a Wiki? A wiki is a website maintained collaboratively by a community of contributors focusing on a particular subject or project. By far the most recognized wiki is Wikipedia. Building a Wiki.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

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In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 " The year was 2005.

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What Is Your Net2Local Group Cooking Up?

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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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Social Media Tips from the TechSoup Global Network

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TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki is designed to be a starting place for organizations just getting started on social media. Additionally, representatives from local nonprofits shared their experiences with social media at the various forums. NetSquared.

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National Day of Civic Hacking: How to Get Involved

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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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Social Media Tips from the TechSoup Global Network

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TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki is designed to be a starting place for organizations just getting started on social media. Additionally, representatives from local nonprofits shared their experiences with social media at the various forums. NetSquared.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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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. TechSoup's Hacker Helper can get you started. The ReStart Challenges.