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How the NetSquared Challenges Have Accelerated Tech for Good

Tech Soup

The Ushahidi platform was created and deployed by this group in about three days. The goal was to provide a platform for ordinary Kenyans to report incidents of violence happening around them. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. We got to know Ushahidi mere months after the platform launched.

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Congrats to the NetSquared Winners!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The last leg of the journey was to attend the Netsquared Conference (N2Y3) where three winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge were selected by conference participants. Erik shared his excitement in a post over at NetSquared. A Mashup Of 29+ Social Action Platforms ??? Also a NetSquared winner.).

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NpTech Tag Summary: The Faces of NetSquared Champions and NpTech Power of Ten Summary

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Face (book) of NetSquared Champions. The NetSquared Conference is just days away and the NetSquared blogs are buzzing with activity! Not attending the NetSquared Conference but want to follow the tag stream? They are posting their introductions and photos here. If you're on Facebook , search for the n2y2 group!

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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

Tech Soup

Ushahidi created and deployed its platform in about three days to be used by ordinary Kenyans, allowing them to report incidents of violence happening around them. During the early days of our Netsquared project , we held big annual conferences to showcase and fund innovative tech for good. New Ushahidi Services for Nonprofits.

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Wiring the Green Movement for Earth Day

Amy Sample Ward

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Mobile Platform Battle Royale. We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'll be using a new online learning platform that I haven't used before and the participants are a slightly different audience than nonprofit staff or at least I think. Another free blogging platform is wordpress hosted. If you have a small budget, you might consider a blogging platform like typepad for the ease of use.

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