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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

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

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What Do You Want to See at Your NTC? Please Vote!

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Activating Your Community: Building a Network of Changemakers — Submitted by Eli van der Giessen, NetSquared community manager. Come Together Right Now — With Cloud APIs — Submitted by Michael Enos, senior director of community and platform at TechSoup.

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7 Ways You Can Connect at #16NTC

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TechSoup's NetSquared ( @netsquared ) community manager, Eli van der Giessen ( @elijah ), and Tech4Good SWFL organizer Birgit Pauli-Hack ( @bph ) are thrilled to offer this opportunity for online and offline community organizers to learn from each other! Want to know if NetSquared is right for you? – 12:00 p.m.

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Data Digest: Building the YouTube of Data, Big Data and Global Development, and Data Resources

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It was originally published on NetSquared. Some great data resources are featured this week, along with telling insight on the use of big data for global development and the use of open data by citizens. He says that open-data-idealists wrongly and dangerously believe that once information is shared more widely problems will be solved.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Nonprofits Imagine a Better Sharing Economy

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Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, libraries, and networks such as the NetSquared Local should be leading this movement as they are already committed to social good. Are nonprofits ready to build alternative platforms to AirBnB and Lyft’s owned by the people? Let us insist on what is most transformative.

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