Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

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. An example of an API is when you put a Bing or Google Map on your website.).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

On June 1, programmers, activists, and civic leaders participated in the first ever National Day of Civic Hacking (NDoCH) across 83 U.S. TechSoup, Caravan Studios , and NetSquared were on the scene to observe and participate in hackathon events all over the country. Image 1: National Day of Civic Hacking, IntelFreePress.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. Well, the average NetSquared organizer spends 8.2 Well, the average NetSquared organizer spends 8.2 Find your closest NetSquared group. You like numbers?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. Some big news this week as President Obama further commits to opening up government data by signing an Executive Order. Data Privacy Heat Map Shows Increasing Global Momentum Towards Data Protection Standards. Tweets also tend to come from younger and more urban sections of the population.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

According to a recent national poll , when price and quality are equal, 77 percent will choose a brand that supports a cause. There are lots of alternative gift giving opportunities too, take for example Save the Children gift catalog that lets you and your children explore a map of the world and imagine how simple gifts make a difference.

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