Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2011

mobile consumers now have smartphones , says The Nielsen Company. There is also some nice information in the article about app usage and how it varies by type of phone/operating system (OS). Combine that with this nugget: by 2014 more people will view web pages using a mobile device than a computer. Author: Sally Heaven.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs. Why Are You a NetSquared Member? We asked NetSquared members why they attend our meetup events. Find your closest NetSquared group.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

This post is cross-posted on my personal blog and on the NetSquared Blog. Greg Berry , Systems Designer of Nuance Intelligence. On Thursday, I attended the unconference/open space portion of SOCAP09 (Social Capital Markets 2009). Here is what you missed, so you don't have to regret not having gone. Boyd Cohen , of 3rd Whale.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2016

Birgit Pauli-Haack , a web and mobile developer for Pauli Systems and Relevanza, serves businesses, professionals, and nonprofits with websites and digital marketing. Since 2013, she has also been a Techsoup NetSquared organizer for Tech4Good SWFL. Here's how to get started with TechSoup online training. About Our Experts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. Check out Greenlight Nigeria and Mobile Monitors.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

Take your CRM on the road with mobile apps for your smartphone or tablet. How do you know if you should switch to a new donor management system or keep what you already have? NetSquared Local group Tech & Social Change Baltimore hosted a presentation on CRM for nonprofits. Is CRM in the cloud right for your organization?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

To get diverse perspectives from TechSoup Global staff about user-generated content, we asked Marc Manashil, Community Evangelist for NetSquared, to share how challenges like Restart Romania enable users to get engaged at all levels. Web-based challenges are not a new phenomenon at TechSoup Global.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. Updated numbers from last week show mobile donations at over $31 Million!

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MAY 15, 2014

Earlier this week, a mixed crowd of entrepreneurs, investors, start ups, nonprofits, social activists, and others came together for the inaugural conference on Catalyzing the Sharing Economy defined as the use of networked, mobile, information technology to share goods and services. Think AirBNB and Uber, but it is much more than that.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

This post was authored by Vanessa Rhinesmith and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. Two such organizations are Apps for Good and Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab , which are teaching youth to learn, create, and improve their communities through the development of apps. Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Previous winners have developed open-source applications and systems that are free, shareable, and benefit organizations that work to benefit others. Darius Jazayeri (2009), who created OpenMRS, an open source, free, and flexible medical records system that is easily customizable by health providers without the need for programmers.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. EkoVizija is a mobile app that enables users to take pictures and report environmental problems in their community. This online reporting system is both a website and mobile app.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Many years ago, NetSquared hosted challenges and conferences to highlight and bring together fledging social entrepreneurs. These may include things like mobile phones, cameras, or even drones. netsquared digital divide' " Digital Democracy (Dd) was a prize winner in that challenge. Want to learn more? spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

J-ResQ allows anyone in a disaster situation to easily record and send a voice message and email from their mobile phone, telling friends and family about their status. WISER , the Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders from the National Library of Medicine is a free resource for first responders to hazardous material incidents.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

Here's peek into what we've been up to: TechSoup Global has two new posts on the Markets for Good blog, an effort by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Liquidnet to improve the system for generating, sharing, and acting upon data and information in the social sector.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

Nonprofit Success Story: Ushahidi, a nonprofit headquartered in Kenya, used Kickstarter to launch production of BRCK, a Wi-Fi router and mobile modem built to withstand the elements. You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared (where Ushahidi won its first challenge!). More Crowdfunding Resources.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month. The Hacker Helper project is closely aligned with our NetSquared vision of bringing communities together to solve social problems – including nonprofits, beneficiaries, activists, technologists, concerned citizens. TechSoup Technologies for Good. Hacker Helper.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

It has a free version for personal use, and it has mobile apps for all the major platforms. Eli van Der Giessen , NetSquared community manager, reveals: "One feature I like is Sharing. I created my own system for doing it that makes it easy for me to remember what they are. What TechSoup LastPass Users Have to Say.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Nonprofit Success Story: Ushahidi, a nonprofit headquartered in Kenya, used Kickstarter to launch production of BRCK, a Wi-Fi router and mobile modem built to withstand the elements. You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared. If your organization is a registered 501(c)(3), you're likely already in Razoo's system.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

NpTech Tools Sounds like Gavin of Gavin's Digital Diner had a great time sipping Burgundy wines in France, but even better wrote a detailed description of his damn DAM system. News from Nigeria via the Netsquared blog. Good summary of videos and nonprofits found on the mobile voter blog. Wanna check out more tech tools?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. Who : Facilitating: Amy Sample Ward | NetSquared; Billy Bicket | NetSquared. The NetSquared team will be working the room to activate and facilitate conversations so everyone can enjoy the ride. Who : NetSquared and other Community Organizers. When : 9:00 a.m.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Set a Time Frame, Track it and Talk about it: Make sure you activate the tracking system or install an external tracking system like site meter, bloglog, or Google Analytics. Their goal is to mobilize grassroots participation by using online networking tools and their blog. There's lots of examples in this blog.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Nonprofits have needs that can be addressed using mobile technology, particularly with apps or texting services. Essentially, Ohana is a mobile-friendly platform for finding social services. SMC Connect is currently linked on the San Mateo County Library system's website and bookmarked on branch library public access computers.

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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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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2014

The Sharing Economy -- the use of networked, often mobile, information technology to share goods and services -- offers nonprofits new possibilities for innovation and efficiency along with new paradigms to move from scarcity to abundance. Nonprofits should lead the sharing economy and demand more from the private sector.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2009

The first full session I was able to catch was “Tools Galore in Online Communications” moderated by Netsquared’s Amy Sample Ward with speakers Natalie Foster , Director of New Media for the Democratic National Committee , Rebecca Moore, Google Earth Outreach and Laura Quinn, Executive Director of Idealware.

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