Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

back then) and being the one of the visionaries behind the Netsquared project. So, when Marnie starts talking about the next big disruptive technology for the nonprofit sector, I listen. And that means advocacy and access can happen in ways similar to open government efforts. And the cloud helps that. No internet! &mdash

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APRIL 20, 2016

Since the first NetSquared challenge in 2006, TechSoup has continued to offer people and organizations opportunities to connect, share ideas, and collaborate; they work on solutions online and offline through events, meetups, and hackathons. "It's totally open," Worman said.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

This announcement was also published on the NetSquared Blog. The French American Charitable Trust (FACT) and NetSquared are pleased to announce the second annual FACT Social Justice Awards. Learn more about the challenge and how to participate below. Our Challenge theme this year is "Collaborate for Social Justice."

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Are you headed to San Francisco this week for the Nonprofit Technology Conference ? 12NTC is the go-to event every year for nonprofit professionals who work on technology, communications, or guide their organizations in tech decisions. "The Online Nonprofit Technology Conference will let you connect with. Lynn Van Housen.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2009

You’re invited to join in a live and open text chat to discuss how the iPhone can be used for social change. “iPhones for Good&# is part of the Change the Web Conversation Series , a series of open chats that explore specific technology platforms for good, running concurrent with the Change the Web Challenge.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Through technology! Through technology, data, and resource-sharing, Community Boost_r seeks to empower Balkan citizens to voice their opinions, demand solutions to everyday problems, and stay informed on accountability and transparency issues. The Power of Technology Challenges. How can people fight back?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Part of my role as the Global Community Development Manager at NetSquared is to support and grow our offline organizers from around the world. This offline network, called Net Tuesdays, balances the work we do online to connect all those working at the intersection of technology and social impact. Like I said, I cannot wait!

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 11, 2011

In a previous job, I had the opportunity to help run crowdsourcing contests for new and innovative technologies that help nonprofits and the world. There’s a new platform hoping to help you do just that: iStart. Most exciting for organizations is the option to administer your own contest on the platform! The ins and outs.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

This year's #16NTC Nonprofit Technology Conference is in San Jose, right around the corner from TechSoup's San Francisco office. Three Affordable Solutions: Using Open Data and Open-Source Data Science to Reach Your Goals — Friday, March 25 — 10:30 a.m. Want to know if NetSquared is right for you?

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2015

Next year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (March 23–25, 2016) will be in our own backyard — San Jose — so TechSoup will be there with bells on!*. Activating Your Community: Building a Network of Changemakers — Submitted by Eli van der Giessen, NetSquared community manager.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2010

While some may think there are not a lot of high quality women who can speak on technology issues or are starting tech companies, it simply isn’t true. Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

We’ll also be referring folks to resources for more formal learning and peer connections, like NTEN , the Nonprofit Technology Network and host of the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference and Netsquared and TechSoup Global – and of course sharing resources from our colleagues in the nonprofit/social media field.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

What happens when you combine local government, open data, and creative and tech-savvy citizens? Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. The platform was installed on the Warsaw City Council servers.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

The message explained that Causes would be focusing on only providing service to the Facebook platform, encouraging any MySpace users that wanted to continue using the application to migrate, too. What is the difference between a community actively using a platform and one actively involved in the evolution of the platform?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

—– Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. Tip #1: Set the stage.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2017

A recent NetSquared London Meetup investigated the IT tools that can be used to get nonprofit operations done cheaply and effectively. Matt Moorut from Technology Trust kicked things off by noting, from his own experience and from working with others, that it's often difficult for nonprofits to get organizational support for new tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value. Momsrising is an early adopter of online tools currently exploring the Google + platform and discussing it in team meetings. Wait for maturation?

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Over on the NetSquared platform right now we are in the midst of the 2010 FACT Social Justice Challenge. NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. Tip #1: Set the stage.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. Speaker: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Recently, over 300 innovators and changemakers interested in the intersection of technology and social benefit work converged for a few days of idea-sharing, learning, and collaboration at NetSquared's annual conference. About NetSquared. Who are they and what are they working on?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. 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. These folks do astonishing work. New Ushahidi Services for Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

In actuality, hackathons are events where ideas are hatched and technology needs are met — making them excellent opportunities for nonprofits, charities, and libraries! Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global-wide community of hackers and social leaders with the common goal of building open technology for a better world.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. Where are they: which platforms or tools do they use and when do they use them? Events: NetSquared Camps. Case Studies.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2012

Software for creating wikis is easy to use and is available in both open-source and proprietary forms. The idea came from NetSquared community organizers who were eager to share their best practices and experiences and saw a wiki as the ideal platform. The Online Community and Social Media Team Wiki.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2015

Also announced was the winner of this year''s Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest , an annual award of a $10,000 cash grant to one individual who has created or led an effort to create an open source software product of significant value to the nonprofit sector and movements for social change.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. However the search is still on in communities around the world for legal frameworks, ethical guidelines and technology solutions that preserve data privacy. Open Source philanthropy data big data' Seeing Like a State in Africa: Data Needed. Pundits: Stop Sounding Ignorant About Data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There's a roundup of coverage on his Netsquared blog , including pointers to live blog posts like this one. More from Britt Bravo on Netsquared blog. NpTech Software and Web Apps Here's two new networked content creation platforms, although focusing on different disciplines. It's an open source free web meeting service.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2009

When it comes to technology, the future is now. The Future Tech panelists are experts in the development and implementation of new technologies that work for the social good. Gave a great simple definition of open source software: access to code, users modify, anyone can redistribute, public collaborative development.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened - so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program or not until September 4th. In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.

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NTEN

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. Now we have technology catching up with our responses times. How can we do that?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Email is a critical channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened - so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program or not until September 4th. In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

via the AFP Blog summarizes this news story from msnbc about nonprofits in Second Life inspired by Kiva in Second Life's Grand Opening Party at the Nonprofit Commons. The Point is describes itself as a social platform for people to solve problems they can't solve alone. Pixelanthropy takes hold in Second Life! I noticed Soup.io

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

If we're creating online platforms, what values are we hard coding in to them? I do think that there are some discoverable values that are hard coded into any online platform. Platform values are most obvious in the TOS (see Facebook's history.) I'm blaming it on 4 years of awesome NetSquared conversations.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened - so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are worthy of being on the program or not until September 4th. In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely. Twitterstorm, anyone?

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